Posted By Dan Greenfield on Aug 8, 2025 | 5 comments

EXCLUSIVE DETAILS: Change is afoot in Riverdale…

Archie Comics this fall is revamping its classic-style publishing line with a new digest series that’ll be based on seasons/holidays and that will be on stands longer.

The new slate, which is being adjusted month-to month, actually kicks off Aug. 20 with the release of Archie Comics Digest #1, which will be fewer pages, taller in height and slimmer in width than previous digests, similar to the publisher’s popular supermarket puzzle books.

Archie Comics Digest starts out as a bi-monthly and the first issue will have a Halloween theme. October’s Issue #2 will be Christmas-focused. In addition, the previously announced Sabrina, the Teen-Age Witch #1 Facsimile Edition has been moved from August to November, and there will be a new Josie one-shot coming that month.

Dig these official solicitations:

ARCHIE COMICS DIGEST #1: HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

After 50+ years of Archie digests, our beloved archival collection is getting a new look, and what better time for this treat than Halloween?! Based on the success of our hugely popular Puzzle Book and Word Search series, ARCHIE COMICS DIGEST is back in a big way with the classic stories, puzzles, fashion pages, and pin-ups you know and love, all loaded with Halloween fun!

Script: Sy Reit, Tom DeFalco, Frank Doyle
Art: Bob White, Steven Butler, Dan DeCarlo
Cover: Dan Parent, Rosario “Tito” Peña
On Sale Date: 8/20
96-page, full color digest
$9.99 U.S.

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ARCHIE COMICS DIGEST #2: ARCHIE’S CHRISTMAS STOCKING

Archie’s brand new COMICS DIGEST series returns with tons of Christmas cheer! From mischievious elves to merry mayhem, Riverdale is the place to be during the holiday season, and this digest showcases why! Plus puzzles, pin-ups, and fashion pages galore, this is one stocking stuffer you don’t want to miss!

By Frank Doyle, Dan DeCarlo, various
Cover by: Bob White, Vincent Lovallo
On Sale Date 10/15/2025
96-page, full color digest
$9.99 U.S.

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Main Parent cover

Dan DeCarlo variant

JOSIE ANNUAL SPECTACULAR One-Shot

Halloween may be over, but it‘s monsters vs. Pussycats in this spectacular issue, now packed with over 30 PAGES of content, including a BRAND NEW STORY! The South Side Serpents are once again looking to toughen up their image, and they’re trying to last overnight in a haunted section of the woods, where witches have been rumored to once exist. But when the Pussycats arrive on the scene, more than their musical pasts are called into question!

Script: Dan Parent
Art: Dan Parent, Bob Smith, Glenn Whitmore, Jack Morelli
Josie Annual Spectacular O.S. CVR A Main Cover: Dan Parent, Vincent Lovallo
Josie Annual Spectacular O O.S. CVR B Var Cover: Dan DeCarlo
Ship Date: 11/5
On Sale Date: 11/19
32-page, full color comic
$4.99 U.S.

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Main cover

Variant

SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH #1 FACSIMILE EDITION

MILESTONE FIRST ISSUE OF SABRINA’S FIRST-EVER COMIC SERIES! Re-live the magic when everyone’s favorite teenage witch got her very own comic series! Experience history (and even more pages than ever!) in SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH #1, faithfully reprinted in a full-facsimile edition!

Script: Frank Doyle
Art: Dan DeCarlo, Rudy Lapick, Bill Yoshida
Sabrina #1 Facsimile Edition CVR A Main Cover: Dan DeCarlo, Rudy Lapick, Bill Yoshida
Sabrina #1 Facsimile Edition CVR B Var Cover: Andy Price
Ship Date: 10/22
On Sale Date: 11/5
48-page, full color comic
$6.99 U.S.

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This is where things stand right now, but there’s the potential for further shifts as the year goes on.

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MORE

— BETTY AND VERONICA #40: ARCHIE’s Next FACSIMILE EDITION Is a Silver Age Classic. Click here.

— 1961’s Infamous Devil-Dealing BETTY AND VERONICA #75 to Get Facsimile Edition in September. Click here.