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It’s Chilling Adventures and Strange Science from Archie in August

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With a string of top-selling comics establishing Jinx Holliday as the latest star of the Archie Horror imprint from Archie Comics, supporting character Danni Malloy will be next to take center stage. The duo embarks on a new terrifying adventure in Chilling Adventures Presents… Strange Science, a one-shot comic book releasing in August.

Writer Magdalene Visaggio teams with artist Butch Mapa for this latest entry, a turn towards dark sci-fi. In a story about being true to yourself and what matters most to you, Strange Science will also reveal that Danni is transgender.

The new one-shot takes its title from the 1989 comic book series Dilton’s Strange Science, which introduced Danni, a science genius who rivalled tech expert Dilton Doiley’s prodigious talent. In Visaggio’s story, Danni has left that life behind to become an artist and musician, exposing her to criticism from Dilton as the teens try to save themselves from a bizarre time travel accident. 

Danni’s first appearance in the modern Archie Horror universe was The Cursed Library, a one-shot released on Free Comic Book Day earlier this month, and she reappears alongside Jinx in their first full-length solo adventure this week in Jinx: A Cursed Life, both with art by Craig Cermak. The sequence subtly establishes linked continuity in Archie Horror for the first time with references to events in other titles, and serves as a starting point for all horror fans looking for a new storytelling universe to explore.

Strange Science, with an open-to-order variant cover by Skylar Patridge, colors by Ellie Wright, and lettering by Jack Morelli, releases August 16 in comic shops nationwide and will be available for pre-order in comics shops this Friday. 

Preview: Jinx: A Cursed Life

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Jinx: A Cursed Life

Script: Magdalene Visaggio
Art: Craig Cermak
Colors: Ellie Wright
Letters: Jack Morelli
Cover: Craig Cermak
Variant Cover: Reiko Murakami
On Sale Date: 5/17
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.

Jinx Holliday is a firecracker and a firestarter. Destruction always follows in her wake. And sometimes weirdos stop her and talk about her “destiny.” It’s all combined to create quite the aura of mystery around a 14-year-old girl who just wants some pizza rolls, and while her soul might belong to Satan, her heart belongs to the electric guitar. But one day, when Archie and company come looking for her help because Jughead is acting weird, Jinx and her BFF Danni embark on a mission to exorcize Jughead. It’s the two BFFs vs. Satan for the good of humanity—or at very least, for Jinx to just be free to be a normal 14-year-old girl who just happens to dabble in necromancy and rock ‘n’ roll.

Jinx: A Cursed Life

Betty: The Final Girl #1 doesn’t bring the scares

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Betty: The Final Girl #1

It feels like forever ago, but Archie Comics really shook things up by willing to lean into taking their characters in new, more adult, directions. One of their successes was the Archie Horror line which has released some fantastic comics that do the horror genre justice. Betty: The Final Girl #1 is part of that line, and maybe because it is, it feels like it falls short of that imprints high bar.

Featuring a series of short stories, Betty: The Final Girl #1 plays off more as humor than real solid horror. The story has Betty falling asleep and dreaming up some horror stories while Veronica gets food. While the stories entertain, they also don’t scare, taking on a more of a silly tone. Micol Ostow, Casey Gilly, and Sam Maggs each take turns with shorts that sort of play on a well known franchise but never quite leans into them. The result is more spoof than love letter never quite committing to real scares. Part of the problem is the stories are themselves so short it’s hard to build up the tension that horror relies so much on.

The art by Laura Braga, Carola Borelli, and Natalie Mardozza is pretty good and teases at what could have been. There’s some blood and teases of guts but it never quite fully commits to it all. Like the stories themselves, it’s all a little rushed and the details are never the focus. The trio of artists are joined by Ellie Wright and Matt Herms on color and lettering by Jack Morelli. Overall, the art emphasizes the more lighthearted nature of the stories which are much more on the laughs than the scares.

Having Betty at the center of a classic slasher story has a lot of potential. And, I thought we might get that, but the shorts are her dreaming of others as opposed to a story where we wonder what’s real and what’s not. Betty: The Final Girl #1 misses the mark a bit never fully committing to its horror roots and delivering stories that are far too short for the genre. There’s attempts to build up tension before the cathartic confrontation but things never get to the level where it really works. Horror often feels like a carnival ride with ups and downs but Betty: The Final Girl #1 feels more like the kids ride. There’s something there but you realize there’s far better things out there.

Story: Micol Ostow, Casey Gilly, Sam Maggs Art: Laura Braga, Carola Borelli, Natalie Mardozza
Color: Ellie Wright, Matt Herms Letterer: Jack Morelli
Story: 6.75 Art: 7.5 Overall: 6.75 Recommendation: Pass

Archie Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

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Archie’s Jinx Holliday returns in a chilling new comic, “A Cursed Life,” in May

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Jinx Holliday, the new scream queen of the Archie Horror imprint from Archie Comics, returns with an all-new terrifying tale of rock ‘n’ roll necromancy in Chilling Adventures Presents… Jinx: A Cursed Life, a one-shot comic releasing in May.

Writer Magdalene Visaggio and artist Craig Cermak reunite in a book-length sequel to their short story in the bestselling anthology Jinx: Grim Fairy Tales. That sold-out special issue introduced a modernized take on the classic character as a horror icon, sharing stories from her chilling collection of arcane books which continues to play a role in the new comic. 

Jinx Holliday is a firecracker and a firestarter. Destruction always follows in her wake. And sometimes weirdos stop her and talk about her “destiny.” It’s all combined to create quite the aura of mystery around a 14-year-old girl who just wants some pizza rolls, and while her soul might belong to Satan, her heart belongs to the electric guitar. But one day, when Archie and company come looking for her help because Jughead is acting weird, Jinx and her BFF Danni embark on a mission to exorcize Jughead. It’s the two BFFs vs. Satan for the good of humanity—or at very least, for Jinx to just be free to be a normal 14-year-old girl who just happens to dabble in necromancy and rock ‘n’ roll. 

Li’l Jinx first appeared in Pep Comics #62 by Joe Edwards back in 1946, and headlined a decades-long run of exuberant mischief throughout various Archie titles. In a version of Riverdale haunted by monsters and demons, someone with Jinx’s spirit comes in handy, and the new one-shot hints at a growing continuity between the various Archie Horror titles that Jinx is especially equipped to manage. This will be further explored in The Cursed Library, another Jinx-led one-shot distributed for free at participating comic shops on May 6th, also known as Free Comic Book Day.

Jinx: A Cursed Life, with an open-to-order variant cover by Reiko Murakami, colors by Ellie Wright, and lettering by Jack Morelli, releasing May 17 in comic shops nationwide.

  • JINX: A CURSED LIFE cover
  • JINX: A CURSED LIFE cover

Meet Dejah Thoris – Thousands of Years Before John Carter!

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Dynamite Entertainment has announced a bold all-new vision of the Princess of Mars coming this March! Writer Chuck Brown returns to chronicle an untold chapter set before the events of the first classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

A young princess Dejah has lived a sheltered existence so far, growing up safe behind vast and thick palace walls and guarded by the greatest warriors in the land. That is, until one fateful day that changes the course of her life forever. The entire royal family is attacked by the horrific Kaldane Martians one day. The princess narrowly escapes, but now finds herself in the harsh wilds of Barsoom. She will have no recourse but to strike out on a quest to find her way back and save her kingdom.

Set a few thousand years before Dejah meets the fabled John Carter, fans will get to see her grow and discover herself beyond being a pampered princess. Alongside allies like her former Helium servant and close friend Roo, and a young Green Martian named Hudd, Dejah will hone her skills and become a warrior and champion of her people as well. She will learn more about the diverse peoples and creatures of her world, shedding her preconceived notions that her sheltered education instilled in her. Oh, and watch out for the kangaroo men and man-eating Calot trees too!

Eisner nominated writer Chuck Brown returns to the world of Barsoom, following his series John Carter Of Mars – which is solicited as a graphic novel alongside this new series. He’s joined by stellar artist Emiliana Pinna, colorist Ellie Wright and letterer Jeff Eckleberry.

In addition to Pinna and the rest of the creative team, a who’s who of top talents continue that artistic legacy with the variant covers available on this new series. Lesley “Leirix” Li leads the way, alongside Joseph Michael Linsner, Junggeun Yoon, Rebeca Puebla, Joshua “Sway” Swaby. Cosplayer Rachel Hollon also contributes a cover portraying the character. Young rising artist Jade Hope, daughter of YouTuber Gem Mint Collectibles, also makes her major direct market debut on the first issue!

Dejah Thoris #1 is slated for release in March 2023.

Preview: Mark Dawson’s Beatrix Rose: Vigilante #1

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Mark Dawson’s Beatrix Rose: Vigilante #1

Story: Stephanie Phillips
Art: Valeria Favoccia
Color: Ellie Wright, Sheelagh D
Letterer: Saida Temofonte
Cover Art: Adriana Melo
Editor: Erica Schultz
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Hong Kong. Assassin Beatrix Rose is trapped, forced to work for the Triads. Can she find the one killing her bosses? The one they call Demon?

Part of the Comixology Originals line of exclusive digital content only available on Comixology and Kindle. Read for free as part of your subscription to Comixology Unlimited, Kindle Unlimited or Amazon Prime. Also available for purchase via Comixology, Kindle and in print via Dark Horse Books.

Mark Dawson's Beatrix Rose: Vigilante #1

The Black Ghost returns this summer!

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The Black Ghost—by co-writers Alex Segura and Monica Gallagher, artist George Kambadais, colorist Ellie Wright, letterer Taylor Esposito, and editor Greg Lockard—is back! The gritty crime comic book series about a masked activist fighting for the soul of her city continues monthly with Season Two issue #1, arriving on August 30, 2022 from Amazon’s Comixology Originals exclusive digital content line.

Lara Dominguez is a reporter who moves from her hometown of Miami to the city of Creighton. There, Lara will have to navigate the corruption of her adopted city, the uncertainties of virtue, and her own personal demons.

The Black Ghost: Shame the Devil, collecting Season Two issues #1-5, will arrive in print (Amazon, Barnes & Noble) from Dark Horse Books January 3, 2023. 

The Black Ghost: Shame the Devil

Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Survival Street?!

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A candy coating of pop culture madness, humor, and cartoonishly absurd hyper-violence is heading to comic shops soon with Survival Street from Dark Horse Comics! Dashed with just enough hope to keep you holding on, Survival Street is an action satire written by five-time Harvey Award nominee James Asmus and Jim Festante, drawn and inked by Abylay Kussainov, colored by Ellie Wright, and lettered by Taylor Esposito.

After an unbridled wave of corporations take over America the country is left completely deregulated. It is effectively carved up into feudal states where billionaires and businesses make their own laws. Among the wreckage, mass privatization shuts down public broadcasting, forcing all the beloved edu-tainers out on the dirty streets. A group of them sticks together, determined to keep helping kids across the country–and to do it by becoming an A-Team-esque band of mercenaries fighting for (and educating!) kids in the crumbling, corporate war zone of New Best America.

Survival Street #1 (of 4) will be available at comic stores August 3, 2022 and is available for pre-order at your local comic shop. It is recommended for ages 14 and up.

Exclusive Preview: We Only Kill Each Other #4

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We Only Kill Each Other #4

Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Peter Krause
Colored by Ellie Wright
Cover by Dave Johnson
Lettered by Troy Peteri
Purchase: comiXology – Kindle

The year is 1938. The threat of World War II looms over the United States, where Nazi sympathizers and fascists have taken root on American soil in alarming numbers. In New York City, resistance to the American Nazi movement grows amongst the ranks of Jewish-American gangsters. Enter Jonas Kaminsky, a rising small-time gangster who’s embroiled in a turf war with Levi Solomon, an old-time mob boss with millions tied up in gambling and booze. When thrown together in an unexpected circumstance, it turns out that the one thing these gangsters hate more than each other is Nazis.

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We Only Kill Each Other #4

Review: Octobriana With Love Anniversary Edition

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Celebrate 50 years of Octobriana with this anthology comic featuring the character battling throughout time.

Story: Stu Taylor, Stephanie Phillips, Andrew Towers, Petr Sadecky
Art: Simon Fraser, Marc Laming, Stephen Byrne, Bohumil Konečný, Andy Belanger, N. Steven Harris, Nicole Goux, Juni Ba, Vincenzo Riccardi
Color: Pippa Bowland, Tatto Caballero, Ellie Wright
Letterer: Josh Reed, Simon Bowland, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Serge Lapointe, Justin

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