Archie Comics has launched their solicitations for titles scheduled to ship in February 2023. Amongst Archie‘s choices for the month are the brand new horror anthology one-shot Chilling Adventures Presents…Betty: The Ultimate Lady, and a brand new print assortment of Keryl Brown Ahmed and Siobhan Keenan‘s hit Webtoons sequence Huge Ethel Vitality.
These books and extra forward within the full Archie Comics February 2023 solicitations. Take a look at all the data and canopy photographs under.
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CHILLING ADVENTURES PRESENTS… BETTY: THE FINAL GIRL (ONE-SHOT)
Veronica has invited Betty to her luxurious mountaintop chalet for a comfortable weekend of snowboarding. However their women weekend is interrupted when Archie exhibits up and whisks Veronica off on their very own snowy romantic journey. What might go unsuitable at a elaborate distant cabin within the mountains all by herself? Betty’s thoughts races and she will’t inform reality from fiction as she all of the sudden realizes she won’t be so alone. Is Betty believing an excessive amount of within the horror motion pictures she’s watched, or is somebody (or one thing) actually out to get her? Discover out on this BRAND NEW horror anthology one-shot that‘s equal components Scream and When a Stranger Calls.
Script: Micol Ostow, Casey Gilly, Sam Maggs
Artwork: Laura Braga, Natalie Nardozza, Carola Borelli
Colours: Matt Herms
Letters: Jack Morelli
Cowl: Laura Braga
Variant Cowl: Megan Hutchison
On Sale Date: 2/15
32-page, full shade comedian
$3.99 U.S.
ARCHIE VALENTINE’S SPECTACULAR
Love is within the air with a BRAND-NEW story to kick off this assortment of romance tales! In “Extra Than Meets the Eye,” a brand new scholar has arrived at Riverdale Excessive! Cassie Cloud is tall, assured, humorous, and catching all the fellows’ consideration—a lot to the chagrin of the ladies. However she doesn’t appear curious about the preferred guys at school—as an alternative she’s been hanging with the likes of Randolph, Dilton, Toño, Raj and even Prankenstein. What can Archie and Reggie do to get her consideration, with out catching the ire of Betty and Veronica? The quick kings rise on this new Valentine’s story! Plus, a set of candy tales excellent for that particular somebody!
Script: Jamie L. Rotante
Artwork: Holly G, Jim Amash
Colours: Glenn Whitmore
Letters: Jack Morelli
Cowl: Dan Mother or father
On Sale Date: 2/1
32-page, full shade comedian
$2.99 U.S.
BIG ETHEL ENERGY VOL. 2 (TPB)
The second quantity of the hit WEBTOON sequence Huge Ethel Vitality is right here! After we final left off, Ethel’s return to Riverdale has been complicated and everybody appears to be coping with one thing—Archie’s going via it, Betty’s obsessing over her boss Seth, Jughead is chilly and distant, and Veronica is… properly, Veronica. And as for Ethel—it looks as if emotions have been beginning to brew between her and a very unlikely counterpart: Moose! However Ethel’s by no means had a lot luck with love—so why would this be any totally different? Plus, what secrets and techniques about Riverdale will she uncover whereas she’s exhausting at work on a narrative about its historical past?
Script: Keryl Brown Ahmed
Artwork: Siobhan Keenan
Cowl: Siobhan Keenan
978-1-64576-873-9
$17.99 US / $20.99 CAN
6 x 9”
208 pp, Full Colour
Direct Market On-Sale Date: 2/22
ARCHIE JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #337
TWO BRAND NEW STORIES! First, in “The Ghost Of Grimloch Island,” Superheroes The Defend and Wizard have despatched the Boy Buddies to research rumors of a ghost on Grimloch Island. Little Archie, who usually goes fishing on the island, has made associates with its sole inhabitant—a hermit known as Harry. Harry isn’t comfortable about these ghostly rumors. He doesn’t need his peaceable island overrun by vacationers and ghost-hunters. Can Little Archie crew up with Harry to scare the Boy Buddies away?
Lastly, in “Detective for a Day,” Archie and Jughead occur to stroll proper into the center of a struggle scene between Fu Chang and a gang of criminals. As Fu Chang takes them down, Archie and Jughead’s eyes widen with pleasure and resolve proper then that they, too, need to be superior crime-fighting detectives like him! Will they have the ability to be taught from the grasp, or will they get below his pores and skin earlier than he may give them a style of the detective life?
Script: Dan Mother or father, Tom DeFalco, Francis Bonnet
Artwork: Dan Mother or father, Invoice Galvan, Rex Lindsey, Bob Smith, Glenn Whitmore
Cowl: Invoice Galvan, Ben Galvan, Rosario “Tito” Peña
On Sale Date: 2/1
192-page, full shade comedian
$9.99 U.S.
ARCHIE SHOWCASE JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #12: THE ARCHIES AND JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS
Showcase Digest returns, this time with some musical mayhem! Amassing the total storylines of “The Archies and Josie and the Pussycats” and the history-making “Archie Loves Valerie,” get able to rock out and fall in love with this hilarious, harmonious assortment of tales!
Script: Dan Mother or father, Alex Simmons
Artwork: Invoice Galvan, Dan Mother or father
Cowl: Dan Mother or father
On Sale Date: 2/22
192-page, full shade comedian
$9.99 U.S.
BETTY AND VERONICA JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #311
TWO BRAND NEW STORIES! First, Little Betty and Veronica are touring the Montgomery Navy Academy, at Veronica’s uncle’s suggestion. The college’s Commandant assigns the Boy Buddies to escort the ladies. However Betty and Veronica discover somebody that catches their eye… and it’s not a cute boy! The 2 are on the case to trace down somebody they suppose is likely to be as much as no good, with the Boy Buddies by their sides!
Lastly, in “Ransomware Beware,” Lodge Industries was hit with a ransomware assault. If Mr. Lodge doesn’t pay $100 million, all the firm’s computer systems may very well be wiped. This seems like a job for Detective Fu Chang! Fu Chang believes the hackers have been posing as highschool college students. Together with his steerage and mentoring, Archie volunteers to go undercover and faux to be a grasp hacker with the hopes of being recruited by them so he can expose their operation! However can Archie pull of this hi-tech heist?
Script: Dan Mother or father, Tom DeFalco, Francis Bonnet
Artwork: Dan Mother or father, Invoice Galvan, Rex Lindsey, Bob Smith, Glenn Whitmore, Jack Morelli
Cowl: Francis Bonnet, Pat and Tim Kennedy, Rosario “Tito” Peña
On Sale Date: 2/8
192-page, full shade comedian
$9.99 U.S.
WORLD OF ARCHIE JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #127
TWO BRAND NEW STORIES! First, in “Commando & Conquer,” Archie’s signed up the fellows for a “boot camp” train program to prep for seaside season. Sadly, he missed that it’s run by Cpt. Commando, who guarantees to make them into the following era of Boy Buddies. Can the fellows sustain with the Captain’s military-grade exercises?
Lastly, in “Snap(shot) Determination,” Jughead is taking a photo-journalism class from Paul Patton once they’re ambushed by a super-villain who’s mad that Paul did an unflattering expose about them. It’s time for Paul Patton to don his costume as The Fox and save the day—however will this transformation Jughead’s thoughts about his ardour for photo-journalism, or will it make him need to spring into motion?
Script: Invoice Golliher, Ian Flynn
Artwork: Invoice Golliher, Steven Butler, Jim Amash
Colours: Glenn Whitmore
Letters: Jack Morelli
Cowl: Francis Bonnet, Rex Lindsey, Rosario “Tito” Peña
On Sale Date: 2/15
192-page, full shade comedian
$9.99 U.S.
