BOO! It’s spooky season, boils and ghouls, and we have a treat for you. MORE PAGES THAN EVER! Riverdale becomes the scene of a monster house rally. Wait… HOUSE? Eyegore Estates is on the move, with Medusa Doom at the wheel, bent on stealing all of the candy (and kids) in town. What has Mad Doc Doom done now? Archie & friends will need the help of unlikely allies Cosmo the Merry Martian and Fly-Girl from the Crusaders to put an end to this trick!
Oni Press is coming to Charm City this September, and we’re bringing a cast of Riverdale’s biggest comic book icons along for the ride! From Friday, September 25th through Sunday, September 27th, join Oni Press live at the Baltimore Convention Center for Baltimore Comic-Con 2026 for a weekend packed with panels, exclusives, and truly special surprises!
First: Oni is proud to reveal not one, but two never-before seen Archie #1 exclusives debuting at Baltimore Comic-Con, spotlighting the brand-new beginning for America’s favorite teenager – the one and only Archie Andrews – in the pages of Oni Press’ all-new ongoing series from New York Times bestselling writer Ben H. Winters and multiple Eisner Award-winning artist Fábio Moon.
Featuring brand-new art by cover artist Shawn Kuruneru, pick up this stunning rendition of Riverdale’s most famous faces in this Baltimore-exclusive variant edition, available for purchase at the Baltimore Comic-Con Exclusives Booth at the entrance to the convention floor.
In partnership with Baltimore Comic-Con’s signature awards show, the Ringo Awards, Oni Press also has revealed another extremely special Archie #1 exclusive that will serve as the first-ever, dedicated Ringo Awards variant cover and feature the late Mike Wieringo’s rarely seen 2007 character redesign for Archie and Jughead for the first time in print. This extremely rare Archie #1 variant cover will only be made available in gift bags for attendees of the 2026 Ringo Awards and will never be sold at commercial retail. Mike Wieringo’s artwork appears courtesy of the Wieringo family.
Plus: Join Oni Press on Saturday, September 26th for two major panels, exclusively at Baltimore Comic-Con!
ARCHIE COMICS: AMERICA’S FAVORITE TEENAGER LOOKS TO THE FUTURE
Saturday, September 26th 2 pm | Room 343 – 344 Archie Andrews doesn’t look his age – but this year marks 85 years of fun with Archie and the gang! Join Archie Comics President and Editor-in-Chief Mike Pellerito, Oni Press President and Publisher Hunter Gorinson, and Archie artist Dan Parent for this panel that looks at what’s coming up for America’s Favorite Teenager! With moderators Brad Gullickson and Lisa Gullickson.
ONI PRESS: THE LOUDEST THING IN COLOR
Saturday, September 26th 5 pm | Room 337 As Oni Press closes in on three decades of publishing groundbreaking comic books and graphic novels, they show no sign of slowing down! President & Publisher Hunter Gorinson will walk through a slate of upcoming books and recent critical favorites with creators Rodney Barnes (Crownsville), Shawn Kuruneru (Cave Grave), Oliver Mertz (A Ghost Arm Made of Angry Ghosts), and Ryan O’Sullivan(Judge Dredd / Biker Mice From Mars).
BEING YOUNG NEVER GETS OLD! THE MILESTONE COMICS PUBLISHING EVENT OF THE YEAR STARTS HERE AS ONI PRESS AND ARCHIE COMICS PROUDLY PRESENT A GROUNDBREAKING NEW ONGOING SERIES FOR THE MOST JOYOUS COMIC BOOK ICON OF ALL! A new day is dawning in Riverdale as New York Times bestselling writer, Edgar Award and Philip K. Dick Award winner, and Eisner Award nominee Ben H. Winters (EC’s Cruel Universe, Benjamin) joins multiple Eisner Award–winning artist Fábio Moon (Daytripper, Casanova) to reintroduce America’s favorite teenager—and begin a star-studded countdown to Archie’s 85th anniversary—with a 21st-century testament to teenage idealism and the limitless joy of Archie Comics! For his entire life, 17-year-old Archie Andrews has had it all: adoring friends, football glory, and a natural charm that always seems to make him the center of attention. Now, through his eyes, experience the warmth and wonder of Riverdale and its near-infinite roster of residents—the popular kids, the endearing oddballs, and everyone in between—as Archie embarks on a whirlwind, all-star adventure through his town’s past, present, and future . . . beginning with a local film festival that’s about to turn everything upside down . . . And, at the center of it all, lies an enigmatic paradox that only Archie’s pal Jughead Jones can possibly unravel . . . Plus: Puzzles! Pin-ups! And a veritable sweet shop of surprises that all link to the same inextricable mystery . . . Finally, your antidote for postmodern malaise has arrived. Welcome to the all-new ARCHIE #1!
Story: Ben H. Winters Art: Fábio Moon Color: Jason Wordie Letterer: Andworld Design
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BEING YOUNG NEVER GETS OLD! THE MILESTONE COMICS PUBLISHING EVENT OF THE YEAR STARTS HERE AS ONI PRESS AND ARCHIE COMICS PROUDLY PRESENT A GROUNDBREAKING NEW ONGOING SERIES FOR THE MOST JOYOUS COMIC BOOK ICON OF ALL!
A new day is dawning in Riverdale as New York Times bestselling writer, Edgar Award and Philip K. Dick Award winner, and Eisner Award nominee Ben H. Winters (EC’s Cruel Universe, Benjamin) joins multiple Eisner Award–winning artist Fábio Moon (Daytripper, Casanova) to reintroduce America’s favorite teenager — and begin a star-studded countdown to Archie’s 85th anniversary — with a 21st-century testament to teenage idealism and the limitless joy of Archie Comics!
For his entire life, 17-year-old Archie Andrews has had it all: adoring friends, football glory, and a natural charm that always seems to make him the center of attention. Now, through his eyes, experience the warmth and wonder of Riverdale and its near-infinite roster of residents — the popular kids, the endearing oddballs, and everyone in between — as Archie embarks on a whirlwind, all-star adventure through his town’s past, present, and future… beginning with a local film festival that’s about to turn everything upside down!
And, at the center of it all, lies an enigmatic paradox that only Archie’s pal Jughead Jones can possibly unravel…
Plus: Puzzles! Pin-ups! Bountiful bonus stories! And a veritable sweet shop of surprises that all link to the same inextricable mystery… Finally, your antidote for postmodern malaise has arrived. Welcome to the all-new ARCHIE #1!
Oni Press and Archie Comic Publications, Inc. have unveiled an extended look inside Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1, the latest in the stunning and fun-fueled new line of Archie comics coming from Oni Press this fall! On October 7th, join Hugo Award-nominated writer Corinna Bechko and Eisner Award-nominated artist Kano to summon a new spell of magic and mischief in a brand-new ongoing series hell-bent on launching comics’ most iconic sorceress-in-training into a spectacular new era for Archie Comics!
Who’d ever want to be ordinary when you could be a teenage witch instead? Still reeling from the surprise revelation of her secret birthright and with Halloween just around the corner, high schooler Sabrina Spellman is honing her craft one hex at a time and figuring out how to balance her magical new life with the crushing responsibilities of being 16 years old. But when her feline familiar Salem drops a mythical trickster on Sabrina’s literal doorstep, she might not be able to keep her two worlds from smashing together like two busted pumpkins on All Hallow’s Eve. No time for fate. No time for destiny. No time for homework. Being a teenager is far from magical . . . even when you’re a witch!
The fun starts on MIDNIGHT (12:01 AM, to be precise) on Wednesday, October 7th as Oni Press invites readers and retailers to open up their doors in the dead of night and ring in the witching hour with an early, midnight release for Oni’s Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1 – featuring a devilishly wicked, open-order “Pyre Satanic” variant cover by cover artist Chloe Brailsford produced especially for retailers celebrating Sabrina’s return with their own midnight mass! Plus: Don’t miss out on the Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1’s enchanting array of shelf covers and incentive variants, including phantasmagorical pieces by main cover by series artist Kano as well as regular and limited edition variants by Kano, Eisner Award-nominated cover artist Marguerite Sauvage, Naomi Franq, Eisner Award–winning cartoonist Caroline Cash, legendary Archie Comics artist Dan Parent, Eisner Award–winning artist Erica Henderson, and Mahmud Asrar!
Oni Press has revealed that the upcoming Archie #1 will be joining in on October 7th’s Midnight madness with a secret, never-before-revealed “Pyre Satanic” variant cover
Now featuring a special, open-order variant cover matching the recently revealed “Pyre Satanic” treatment for Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1by cover artist Chloe Brailsford, all copies of the new Sabrina #1 and its corresponding Archie #1 variant will be made available for sale at 12:01 AM on October 7th, 2027 – making both milestone issues available alongside Marvel’s Midnight Fantastic Four #1, Midnight Spider-Man #1, and Midnight X-Men #1 on what is sure to be one of the biggest new release days of the year.
The release will be Oni’s second “Pyre Satanic” variant cover for the publisher’s new highly anticipated Archie Comics line, and the next in a subset of surprise variant covers echoing a unique chapter of Archie Comics history in a playfully inverted way. Debuting next week as one of 2026’s most anticipated new releases, the all-new, 40-page Archie #1 by New York Times best-selling writer Ben H. Winters and Eisner Award-winning artist Fábio Moon will arrive in comic shops worldwide on September 2nd. Then, Greendale’s iconic sorceress-in-training steps into the pages of her own brand-new, ongoing series in Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1 by Hugo Award nominee Corinna Bechko and Eisner Award-nominated artist Kano at midnight on October 7th! The Final Order Cut-Off (FOC) for Sabrina the Teenage Witch#1 (including the “Pyre Satanic” Variant) and the Archie #1 “Pyre Satanic” Variant will be Monday, August 31st.
MIDNIGHT IS COMING TO RIVERDALE! Oni Press and Archie Comic Publications, Inc. have unveiled a brand-new MIDNIGHT release initiative for Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1, the FIRST ISSUE of the mischievous NEW ONGOING SERIES starring America’s iconic sorceress-in-training from Hugo Award nominee Corinna Bechko and Eisner Award-nominated artist Kano!
For the first time ever, Oni Press is officially giving retailers the green light for an early, MIDNIGHT release of Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1 at 12:01 AM on October 7th, 2027 – making the milestone issue available for sale alongside Marvel’s Midnight Fantastic Four #1, Midnight Spider-Man #1, and Midnight X-Men #1.
But, abracadabra, that’s not all… In tandem with the early release, Oni is also making a special, open-order variant cover available to participating MIDNIGHT release retailers, who wish to mark the occasion in suitably spooky fashion. Enter: The first Archie Comics PYRE SATANIC variant cover — a new subset of surprise variant covers echoing a unique chapter of Archie Comics history in a playfully subversive way. HECK YEAH!
TheSabrina the Teenage Witch #1 PYRE SATANIC VARIANT features stunning artwork by cover artist Chloe Brailsford and will be available as an open-order item for all accounts alongside every other Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1 cover on Final Order Cut-Off (FOC) on August 31st.
Finally, Halloween is coming early because Oni Press is also giving retailers an extra-added treat by matching all of Marvel’s deep discount incentives for the MIDNIGHT program for Sabrina #1!
Who knew that Sabrina could cast such a spell?
Stock up and come armed with a new bag of tricks for the fall’s biggest comics release day – and tell them Sabrina the Teenage Witch sent you!
Oni Press and Archie Comic Publications, Inc. have unveiled a first look at the suitably scorching covers for Archie in Hell #1, an infernal new ongoing launching out of Oni Press’ monumental new line of star-studded Archie Comics series … just in time for the 85th anniversary of America’s teenage icon!
Debuting in November, Archie in Hell #1 – written by multiple Eisner Award nominee Patrick Horvath and illustrated by Russ Manning Award winner Tyler Crook – will feature a main cover by series artist Tyler Crook alongside variant covers by Patrick Horvath, Paul Azaceta,Eisner Award winner Jesse Lonergan, Kano,legendary Archie Comics artist Dan Parent, Harvey Award-winning artist Mirka Andolfo, and Mahmud Asrar! Join Horvath and Crook as they forge a brand-new legend of Archie horror in Archie in Hell #1, leaving a blood-stained trail from 1690 to the present day, this November!
They say that every small town has a secret. Well, in the case of Riverdale, it’s one heck of a humdinger: An ancient order of cultists has infiltrated its townspeople, bent on using human sacrifice to usher a demon lord into our mortal plane. And they’ve finally identified the final target they need to bring a century’s worth of planning to fruition: hometown football champion and all-around good guy Archie Andrews. But this secret cabal never dreamed that actual witches walk Riverdale’s streets . . . and when cult and coven clash in the final stages of Archie’s secret ritual sacrifice, the consequences will be cosmic . . . and young Archie Andrews will find himself damned to something far worse than Hell’s inner circle.
Unstuck from time and space. Bound to a terrible curse. Late for school. Things are about to go from bad to downright diabolical as Horvath and Crook unleash Archie in Hell #1,the most malevolently merciless Archie Comics tale ever told . . . and, truly, you’ll never ever expect what happens next!
Oni Press and Archie Comics will put your feet to the flames when Archie in Hell #1 arrives this November!
This is it—the hottest comic of the summer, fresh out of the oven! The incomparable writer TOM KING (of the upcoming Archie movie!) teams up with legendary artist Dan Parent to present one of the wildest events to ever take place in the Archie Universe!
Picture it: Riverdale, some year A.D. What was supposed to start out as a showcase of Jughead’s pie-eating skills morphed into the wildest food fight America—no, THE WORLD—has ever seen. Betty vs. Veronica (kind of), Reggie being… well, Reggie. Hot Dog lounging. Friends turned to enemies. Hearts broken. Crumbs everywhere. What’s to become of Riverdale? And will Jughead ever get to taste a sweet morsel of pie? All this AND a peek at Old Man Archie & Jughead. No matter what your favorite flavor is, this issue has something for you. Have a taste for yourself in JUGHEAD: PIEMAGGEDDON!
Oni Press and Archie Comic Publications, Inc. have revealed the first look inside the delightfully diabolical pages for Archie in Hell #1, an infernal new ongoing launching out of Oni Press’ monumental new line of star-studded Archie Comics series … just in time for the 85th anniversary of America’s teenage icon!
This November, join multiple Eisner Award nominee Patrick Horvath and Russ Manning Award winner Tyler Crook as they forge a brand-new legend of Archie horror, weaving a blood-stained trail from Riverdale’s dark colonial past to its all-too-sunny streets in the modern day!
They say that every small town has a secret. Well, in the case of Riverdale, it’s one heck of a humdinger: An ancient order of cultists has infiltrated its townspeople, bent on using human sacrifice to usher a demon lord into our mortal plane. And they’ve finally identified the final target they need to bring a century’s worth of planning to fruition: hometown football champion and all-around good guy Archie Andrews. But this secret cabal never dreamed that actual witches walk Riverdale’s streets . . . and when cult and coven clash in the final stages of Archie’s secret ritual sacrifice, the consequences will be cosmic . . . and young Archie Andrews will find himself damned to something far worse than Hell’s inner circle.
Unstuck from time and space. Bound to a terrible curse. Late for school. Things are about to go from bad to downright diabolical as Horvath and Crook unleash Archie in Hell #1,the most malevolent and merciless Archie Comics tale ever told . . . and, truly, you’ll never ever expect what happens next!
Do you dare? Archie in Hell #1will pull no punches when sends America’s number-one teenager six feet under in November with a ghoulishly gruesome line-up of covers from series co-creators Tyler Crook and Patrick Horvath, alongside Paul Azaceta, Jesse Lonergan, Kano, Dan Parent, Mirka Andolfo, and Mahmud Asrar!
