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Archie #1 sticks with what works for a fun debut and new start for the classic characters

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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! 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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David Lapham Drills into EC Comics’ Artists From the Abyss in December!

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​Oni Press and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. have revealed December’s Artists From the Abyss: David Lapham #1 – EC’s next artist-centric celebration of its boldest and bloodiest talents… spotlighting multiple Eisner Award winner and comics master David Lapham on December 30th!

Re-presenting Lapham’s greatest and goriest contributions to the new EC Comics canon – featuring taut tales of tension and terror penned by collaborators J. Holtham, Matt Kindt, Joe R. Lansdale, and more – for the first time between two covers, this ad-free special also features a brand-new, never-before-seen EC shocker illustrated by Lapham and co-written by Maria Lapham! BZZZ! BZZZ! There’s no swatting this one away… especially since it weighs 200 pounds and is coming right for you!

Beginning with November’s Artists From the Abyss: Charlie Adlard #1, each ARTISTS FROM THE ABYSS special will recollect a “razor-sharp” collection of EC”s “greatest slits” (heh heh) from a different maestro of the macabre – including Charlie Adlard, David Lapham, Sami Kivelä, and Leomacs – alongside an all-new tale specifically scripted for each one-shot special by a cavalcade of “all-slaughter” writing talents, including Chris Condon,​Greg Pak, and Ben H. Winters.

The first four Artists From the Abyss specials will be released monthly throughout the coming winter – stay warm by curling up and throwing someone you love onto the bonfire, while you read each of these eye-popping issues! 

Matt Kindt’s Flux House PRESENTS #1 Introduces 64 Pages of Mind-Bending Comics Storytelling with Brian Hurtt, David Lapham, Alison Sampson, and more

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​Oni Press has revealed an extended look inside Flux House Presents #1, a truly one-of-kind quarterly comics showcase torn from the imagination of New York Times bestselling writer and multiple Eisner Award nominee Matt Kindt! Packed with first appearances, shocking self-contained introductions to major upcoming Flux House releases, and awe-inspiring surprises, join one of the medium’s most widely acclaimed creative minds—alongside longtime collaborators Brian Hurtt, David Lapham, Alison Sampson, and Ella Kindt (making her interior comic book colors debut)—for 64 pages of wildly unexpected and wholly unpredictable stories that will tattoo themselves onto your psyche in brilliant CMYK ink when Flux House Presents #1 debuts in comic shops everywhere on October 7th.

First: Explore a derelict world inhabited by adorable dolls with a taste for blood in Kindt and Sampson’s brand-new tale “TALKING TO STRANGERS.” Then, enter the age of wonder and survival in the double-sized first chapter of Kindt’s new two-part epic, “SPARK,” as a young woman and her hunter-gatherer community set out to withstand the change of seasons and, with it, harness newfound tools to stave death off for one more cycle of the stars . . . Then: Kindt and Lapham present the key to “ROOM 101”—a seemingly derelict motel room that also possesses endless doorways to the crossroads of all time and space. And for the gargantuan finale: A brand-new tale of shrapnel and stamina, exploding out of the pages of Fort Psycho—Kindt and Hurtt’s mayhem-infused, super-spy epic.

Each triple-sized issue of Flux House Presents will be released quarterly – four times per year – in between story arcs of the ongoing Mind MGMT: New & Improved series, written and drawn by Kindt.

You’re not prepared for where Flux House Presents #1 will transport you this October — featuring mind-rending covers by Sharlene Kindt and Emma Ríos! 

Flux House Presents #1

Get an extended look at Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1, debuting October 7

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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!

Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1

Mind MGMT: New & Improved #3 is a great issue that’ll leave you guessing what and who you can trust

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MIND MGMT’S NEWEST AGENTS HAVE A KILLER TO CATCH! From superstar creator and cartoonist Matt Kindt’s (BRZRKR, Fort Psycho), the landmark series races further a into labyrinthine maze of psychic warfare, sudden violence, and long-buried deceits where nothing—not even your own past—is quite what it seems . . . When Detectives Delphi and Swon find themselves in the snowy peaks of France investigating the seemingly accidental death of an Immortal (who absolutely had no business dying), Swon’s paranoia reaches new heights, and he lashes out at his fellow agents. He’s unsure of who to trust as memories of his Mind Management training come flooding back. Delphi struggles with how to keep him in check; she doesn’t want to report Swon’s erratic behavior—she should but she can’t, as she fears she’s making the wrong choice . . . for love?

Story: Matt Kindt
Art: Matt Kindt

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Super Mondo Mega Mutts #2 ups the action with a retro feel that hearkens back to the 80s/90s

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Super Mondo Mega Mutts #2

When the Mega Mutts—Wolf, Frankee, Freddie, and Griffy—step in to stop the Goo Gang from unleashing total mayhem on the streets of Los Angeles, they don’t just save the day, they paint a target on their backs. Now the powerful and shadowy Grey Cube corporation is coming for them—and this time it’s personal. Outgunned and on the run, the Mutts are pushed to their limits as the action erupts into full-blown, city-shaking mayhem. And just when things couldn’t get any wilder . . . enter Krusher Kat! Explosions! Attitude! And claws-out combat as the fur flies in an all-out battle for survival! Super Mondo Mega Mutts #2 keeps the series focused as Grey Cube hatches a plan to capture the Mega Mutts.

Written by Curt Pires, Super Mondo Mega Mutts #2 keeps things simple in that the Mega Mutts have regrouped after the first issue’s battle while the evil Grey Cube corporation is doing what it can to capture them.

Pires is going for a fun comic that goes heavy on the nostalgia with a world and story that feels like it’d be right at home with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or the many properties that came after them. This is a series that hearkens back to the 80s and 90s when doing your own spin on TMNT felt like it was a genre all to its own. That’s not a bad thing as Pires’ take has been fun so far with a lot of personality and enough that has us wanting a toyline to go along with the comic series.

In Grey Cube, Super Mondo Mega Mutts has its villain that both feels like it’d fit in the 80s but also fits in today, an evil corporation with no morals and doing questionable experiments. Oh yeah, also willing to work with criminals to achieve their goals. Some things never change apparently.

The story has the team split taking on various flashpoints and while the action is short, it does move the comic along at a nice pace and getting to the point, skipping long and drawn out battles where they’re not needed, especially when you have multiple of them to cover.

The art by Juan Gedeon captures that 80s/90s feel for the comic with a style that’s cartoony with a mix of a little gritty and all of it exaggerated. With color by Graphikslava and lettering by Jeff Powell, the look of the comic has a lot of detail to help tell the story and deliver the personality of each character. It also at its core has a style about it that feels like the cartoons of the time with designs that’d fit right in to so many cartoons that aired on Fox Kids.

Super Mondo Mega Mutts #2 is a fun issue that moves things along nicely. It’s having fun with the concept, not taking itself too seriously and clearly loves what has come before it’s an homage of. There’s some solid mystery to it as well, pulling off the “cool character tease” that will have readers want to know more. Overall, exactly what comics should be, a hell of a lot of fun.

Story: Curt Pires Art: Juan Gedeon
Color: Graphikslava Letters: Jeff Powell
Story: 7.5 Art: 7.5 Overall: 7.5 Recommendation: Read

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Boo! Archie #1 Joins Sabrina #1’s Midnight Release with New “Pyre Satanic” Secret Printing – On Shelves October 7th!

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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 #1 by 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.
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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!
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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.

Archie #1 “Pyre Satanic” Variant

Early Review: The Forever Home #1 is Intriguing and Engaging Sci-fi Horror full of Tension

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The Forever Home #1

Infamous billionaire scientist Henry D’mour could have saved the world. But he didn’t. Instead, in a desperate bid to save himself, his wife, and their two children, he constructed The Forever Home—an ark of luxury and ultramodern convenience insulated from the agony of the planet’s death throes outside its walls . . . and even time itself. Inside The Forever Home, only 20 minutes pass for every year on the outside . . . allowing the D’mour family to slowly enact their plans for a new world as their automated environment and robotic companions keep them safe. Safe on the inside. Always inside. Until a childish misstep accidentally breaks The Forever Home’s barrier . . . and what’s outside decides it wants back in… The Forever Home #1 is a fantastic debut that keeps readers hooked and afraid to see what’s coming next.

Written by Christian Ward, The Forever Home #1 delivers a debut packed with tension, the sort of story where you’re scared to see what’s next. Ward has crafted psychological and environmental horror that dips into commentary about the state of the world and the devastated future we march towards.

It’s early in the issue that it’s clear not all is well with the D’mour family. While they’re safe inside their home, the world outside is devastated and speeding along with whatever comes next. With two young children, the family is wrapped up safely inside the house, unable to step outside due to the time speed difference. While Henry D’mour saved his family, you get the sense his children resent not just him but the adults who destroyed the world and left it in the state it’s in.

While the family is safe inside, the hints and teases build that something is on the outside. Is it human? Animal? No matter, Henry sees it as a threat to their “paradise” and safety. With those hints, you know something is going to go wrong, but it’s not until late in the issue exactly what is clear. By then, the story is clearly deep in horror, having build up to its twist that will drive the series. Safety, monotony, the order D’mour has created is threatened to come crashing down.

The success of the first issue’s concept and narrative is boosted by the art of Sami Kivelä. With color by Jason Wordie and lettering by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, the visuals boost and emphasize the stress of the situation. The kids’ disdain is clear by their facial expressions and body language. The mother says so much in how she’s depicted visual, far more than what’s said. The home feels sterile and cold like a museum. The outside world we get to see tells so much of a story as to where things stand and where it’s going. It’s packed with visual details that tells so much of the story and what type of world the D’mours live in. Add in colors that add in the cold feel of it all and teases of life anew outside, the art enhances an already intriguing concept and tells so much about the world.

The Forever Home #1 is a hell of a start that has us excited to see where it’s going. The fear of the unknown allows the series to tap into basic emotions that hit the reader and makes them nervous to see what’s next. It’s a hell of a start for what’s one of the more intriguing series of the year.

The Forever Home #1 comes to shops on September 9, 2026.

Story: Christian Ward Art: Sami Kivelä
Color: Jason Wordie Letterer: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Story: 9.0 Art: 9.0 Overall: 9.0 Recommendation: Buy

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Caroline Cash joins Tia Roxae for Adventure Time: Bonnie the Vampire Hunter Special

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Oni Press and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products have announced Adventure Time: Bonnie the Vampire Hunter Special #1 –  an all-new, self-contained 56-page spectacular comic, featuring a brand-new alternate universe take on everyone’s favorite bubblegum-vampire romance by Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Caroline Cash and rising star Tia Roxae!

Hot on the heels of Cash’s  Ringo Award-nominated Adventure Time: The Bubbline College Special, this brand-new one-shot will see the creator’s long-awaited return to the Land of Ooo with Adventure Time newcomer Tia Roxae in tow for the adventure of a lifetime when it arrives in comic shops everywhere on November 18th! 

What’s Bonnibel Bubblegum’s mission in life? To eradicate the vampires that plague her world! It’s a lonely existence eked out on the fringes of society—so imagine her surprise when she finds an unlikely ally in a vampire. An extremely pretty vampire… An extremely pretty, extremely kissable vampire.Wait, what do you mean this vampire has a boyfriend?! (A boyfriend?!) Travel back into the endless possibilities of the space-(adventure) time continuum as Bonnie the Vampire Hunter makes her fearless first appearance in a thrilling new giant-sized special for the ages! 

And, of course, an alternate universe Adventure Time comic calls for a kaleidoscopic collection of covers! The giant-sized Adventure Time: Bonnie the Vampire Hunter Special #1 will feature covers from Caroline Cash, Tia Roxae, and K. Wroten. Take note, heroes and comic fans! This bold new adventure begins on November 18th!

Mini Reviews: Talespin #1, Spider-Man/Hulk: Fire and Brimstone #1, American Caper #10, Shellshock #1, Inglorious X-Force #8

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Talespin #1

Sometimes, the staff at Graphic Policy read more comics than we’re able to get reviewed. When that happens you’ll see a weekly feature compiling reviews of the comics, or graphic novels, we just didn’t get a chance to write a full one for.

These are Graphic Policy’s Mini Reviews and Recommendations.

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Talespin #1 (Dynamite) – Amanda Deibert and Carlo Lauro revive the 90s classic in suitably high-flying fashion in Talespin #1. Most of the comic’s page count is dedicated to the aptly named Sky Ryder’s acrobatics as she dazzles Baloo and Kit with her derring do in taking down the villainous Karny. Lauro makes the exciting clean and easy to follow while Deibert adds notes of wistfulness, adventure, and economic anxiety in her script. Re-engaging with this world as an adult, Talespin is definitely Baloo from the Jungle Book getting caught up in Casablanca or The Maltese Falcon. This is a solid first chapter with plenty of Disney Afternoon action. Overall: 7.7 Verdict: Buy

Spider-Man/Hulk: Fire and Brimstone #1 (Marvel) – Spirituality and truly groan worthy puns collide in Spider-Man/Hulk: Fire and Brimstone by Kevin Smith, Andrew McElfresh, RB Silva, and Federico Blee. Seriously, the first third of this comic is an overstimulating flurry of puns and hard to follow crowd scene. However, it locates its heart when Hulk finds peace through a happy childhood memory and then wraps up with a big, high concept swing. The idea of a man of science finding faith is quite compelling, and I’ve always enjoyed Smith’s explorations of religions. However, the inconsistent scripting and poorly blocked action make this first issue not quite a home run, but it does finish better than it starts. Overall: 7.0 Verdict: Read

American Caper #10 (Dark Horse) – Dan Houser, Lazlow, David Lapham, and Chris Anderson has gone from a bonkers guilty pleasure satire comic to just bonkers. Houser and Lazlow continue to pile subplot on subplot including a digression featuring a Kanye parody without tying them together until the very end with some quick violence. Lapham and Anderson’s visuals are pure gleeful absurdity, but I think I have to tap out of this story. (Or lack of one.) Overall: 4.5 Verdict: Pass

Shellshock #1 (Oni Press) – The one-shot Shellshock is a modernization of EC Comics’ Shocking SuspenStories focusing on the horrors of war with emotion and a pinch of dark humor. The first story in Shellshock is from John Arcudi and Shawn Martinbrough and is a harrowing look at the effects of airborne toxins on US veterans during the war in Afghanistan. Martinbrough’s art is hellish, and Arcudi scripts his protagonist Rita with empathy and compassion. The next story “Christmas” from Michael Conrad and Albert Monteys tries to find the shared humanity during World War I as the Germans and English celebrate a Christmas truce. Monteys contrasts the starving Germans and well-fed Englishmen to show how bad the war has gone for them and make the story’s twist hurt that much more while Conrad’s captions are pure anti-war brilliance. Julio Anta and David Lapham’s “Blowback” goes for dark humor over sobering reality as a CIA covert assassination expert tries to weather the family BBQ. The jingoism is turned up to 10, and the absurdity up to 11 in this wild and crazy parable about the perils of trying to outdrink beat cops. Shellshock new stories wrap up with the verbose sci-fi story “World of Wars” by Benito Cereno and Tom Fowler. I’m impressed with the sheer amount of alien races Cereno and Fowler were able to create to illustrate how war and conflict will sadly be never ending even going into the future. Shellshock concludes with its best story yet, “Yellow” from the EC all star team of Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein, and Jack Davis. Their portrayal of a strained father/son relationship is heartbreaking, but there’s still room for that pitch black EC humor. Colonel Henderson remorselessly smoking a cigarette will stick with me for quite some time. As the US fights a senseless conflict in Iran, Shellshock hits home with how war has more of an effect on ordinary folks than the people who declare it, but hey, a crockpot CIA wonk having his head explode can be funny sometimes. Overall: 9.1 Verdict: Buy

Inglorious X-Force #8 (Marvel) – With the exception of a confusing timey wimey final scene, Inglorious X-Force #8 is a solid clash of old school and new school storytelling. Tim Seeley and Luca Maresca have a ripped from the headlines bad guy who uses online video platforms and AI algorithms to make mutant youth hopeless and poison humans against them, but we’ve also got Cable, Boom Boom, and X-Force blowing shit up. This series is more interesting as a black ops team trying to stop mutant threats in extralegal ways and brushing up against even more extreme groups, but the Cable/time travel of it all kind of screws it up. However, the series has enough goodwill and flashy visuals that I’ll give this rabbit hole a shot and maybe re-read Cable’s Wikipedia entry this weekend. Overall: 7.8 Verdict: Buy

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