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Preview: Archie vs Minor Threats #4

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Archie vs Minor Threats #4

Writer: Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Timmy Heague
Artist: Scott Koblish
Colorist: Hi-Fi
Letterer: Nate Piekos
Cover artist: Scott Hepburn

Archie Andrews of Riverdale and Frankie Follis aka Playtime are forced to team-up. From adversaries to allies, an unlikely alliance is forged! The duo have been sucked into a magical abyss after chasing after the almighty Five Fingers of Merlin AND more importantly, their beloved Betty & Scalpel! This vortex of magic bends time and space to alter reality, confronting those who enter with their past and future, challenging them to question everything they know about themselves and the life they live. Can our dysfunctional dynamic duo survive this twisted mystic realm or will the magic-addicted Top Hat get in their way from not just saving the women they love, but their homes of Riverdale and Twilight City?…

Crime, milkshakes, and magic await you in this climatic crescendo finale of the first ever Minor Threats crossover!

From the villainously comedic minds of Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Timmy Heague, and featuring artwork by the dastardly yet brilliant Scott Koblish!

Archie vs Minor Threats #4

Preview: Archie vs Minor Threats #3

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Archie vs Minor Threats #3

Writer: Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Timmy Heague
Artist: Scott Koblish
Colorist: Hi-Fi
Letterer: Nate Piekos
Cover Artist: Scott Koblish

The villains of Minor Threats and iconic teenagers of Archie Comics have switched places!

Prepare to experience these characters like you’ve NEVER seen them before! Frankie Follis aka Playtime has gone from being Twilight City’s Queenpin of Crime to becoming Riverdale’s Queenbee teenager. The Five Fingers of Merlin has granted her the childhood she never had, void of crime, where the only score to be had is winning the Riverdale High Talent Show! The prize? Ultimate cosmic power! New villains from Twilight City have their eye on taking home the prize, a group of super crooks led by none other than Archie Andrews aka Gingersnap! Riverdale’s most pure hearted teenager breaks bad!

Archie vs Minor Threats #3

Preview: Archie vs Minor Threats #2

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Archie vs Minor Threats #2

(W) Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Timmy Heague (A) Scott Koblish

After getting stranded on a field trip to Twilight City, ARCHIE and The Gang have been recruited into FRANKIE FOLLIS – aka PLAYTIME’S – WAR ON MAGIC and it’s getting bloody! Pull it together, Archie, DO. NOT. FAINT. BETTY and VERONICA are watching! As Frankie and the Riverdale crew close in on the elusive magical supervillain TOP HAT, our favorite teenage witch, SABRINA, enters the fray! AND Top Hat has found help in THE ALTERNATES’ CRAB LOUIE and MARY THE MULTI-MONSTER?! Wait, what?! If that wasn’t enough to entice you to pick up the second issue of your new favorite crossover, BARFLY’S $@&#eater recruits JUGHEAD AND JOSIE & THE PUSSYCATS for a Battle of The Bands! One thing is for sure, Redport is gonna rock!

Archie vs Minor Threats #2

Preview: From the World of Minor Threats: Archie vs. Minor Threats #1

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From the World of Minor Threats: Archie vs. Minor Threats #1

(W) Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Timmy Heague (A) Scott Koblish
32 pages
$4.99

Not a hoax! Not a dream! The fun-loving teens of Riverdale collide with the crooked super-criminals of Twilight City in the most bombastic crossover of the year! It’s your favorite high schoolers forced to FIGHT your favorite costumed villains in a story that will have lasting ramifications on all involved!

ARCHIE, BETTY, VERONICA, JUGHEAD and friends are on on their way to a field trip to Twilight City when the magical meddling of SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH lands them in the seedy underbelly of Redport, the most villainous part of town controlled by Frankie Follis AKA PLAYTIME and her gang of MINOR THREATS. Archie and the others suddenly find themselves drafted into both sides of the war Playtime is waging against magic users in her turf. One thing is for sure… blood and milkshakes will be spilled!

Issue one of the four issue mini is written by Minor Threats co-creators Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum with Timmy Heague (Archie Comics’ Fear the Funhouse: Toybox of Terror) and art by Scott Koblish (Deadpool).

From the World of Minor Threats: Archie vs. Minor Threats #1

Preview: From the World of Minor Threats: Archie vs. Minor Threats #1

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From the World of Minor Threats: Archie vs. Minor Threats #1

(W) Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Timmy Heague (A) Scott Koblish
32 pages
$4.99

Not a hoax! Not a dream! The fun-loving teens of Riverdale collide with the crooked super-criminals of Twilight City in the most bombastic crossover of the year! It’s your favorite high schoolers forced to FIGHT your favorite costumed villains in a story that will have lasting ramifications on all involved!

ARCHIE, BETTY, VERONICA, JUGHEAD and friends are on on their way to a field trip to Twilight City when the magical meddling of SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH lands them in the seedy underbelly of Redport, the most villainous part of town controlled by Frankie Follis AKA PLAYTIME and her gang of MINOR THREATS. Archie and the others suddenly find themselves drafted into both sides of the war Playtime is waging against magic users in her turf. One thing is for sure… blood and milkshakes will be spilled!

Issue one of the four issue mini is written by Minor Threats co-creators Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum with Timmy Heague (Archie Comics’ Fear the Funhouse: Toybox of Terror) and art by Scott Koblish (Deadpool).

From the World of Minor Threats: Archie vs. Minor Threats #1

It’s Archie vs. Minor Threats this August!

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Dark Horse Comics presents Archie vs. Minor Threats,a new crossover comic miniseries featuring Twilight City’s favorite villains and Riverdale’s favorite teenagers. Timmy Heague joins Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum on writing duties, and artist Scott Koblish, colorist Hi-Fi, and letterer Nate Piekos round out the talented creative team. Issue #1 will be available with six different covers illustrated by the all-star lineup of Scott Hepburn, Scott Koblish, Joe Quinones, Patrick Horvath, Dan Parent, and Mike Allred.

It’s your favorite high schoolers forced to fight your favorite costumed villains in a story that will have lasting ramifications for all involved! Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, and friends are on their way to Twilight City for a field trip when the magical meddling of Sabrina the Teenage Witch lands them in the seedy underbelly of Redport, the most villainous part of town, which is controlled by Frankie Follis, aka Playtime, and her gang of Minor Threats. Archie and the others suddenly find themselves drafted into both sides of the war Playtime is waging against magic users on her turf. One thing is for sure: blood and milkshakes will be spilled!

The gang gets together on August 6, 2025 when Archie vs. Minor Threats #1 (of 4) will be available in comic shops. It is now available for pre-order from your local comic shop for $4.99.