New Riverdale is the title used to refer to the relaunch of the core Archie Comics titles that began in July 2015.
In December 2014, Archie Comics announced that its flagship series Archie would relaunch with a new first issue in July 2015. The new series would be a modern take on the Archie characters by writer Mark Waid and artist Fiona Staples, featuring serialized storylines. After the first three issues, Annie Wu drew an issue, followed by new regular artist Veronica Fish. The new title received IGN's "Best New Comic Series of 2015" award.
In 2016, Archie Comics made a special edition of the first issue of the New Riverdale Archie series available as part of Free Comic Book Day. For FCBD 2017, a special edition of the first issue of Betty and Veronica was released.
Titles The first title in the company's "New Riverdale" universe, Archie was released with a July 2015 cover date and came in at #7 for comic book sales for the month. The next title, Jughead, was released in October. In April 2015, Archie Comics announced Betty and Veronica which debuted in July 2016. Josie and the Pussycats, and Reggie and Me, a five-issue miniseries, followed in September and December 2016.
Early issues of Archie and Jughead included reprints of early original stories featuring the characters, introduced by the series' contemporary writer. Later issues had material relating to the Riverdale TV show instead. Each issue typically has several variant covers.
Titles Archie vol. 2 (July 2015– October 2020) Jughead (October 2015– October 2017) Reggie and Me (May 2016– October 2017) Betty and Veronica vol. 4 (July 2016 – June 2017) The Archies (October 2017–2018)
Past titles and specials Betty and Veronica: Vixens (November 2017–September 2018) Jughead vol. 3 #1–16 (October 2015–June 2017) Betty and Veronica vol. 3 #1–3 (July 2016–June 2017) Josie and the Pussycats vol. 2 #1–9 (September 2016–August 2017) Reggie and Me vol. 2 #1–5 (December 2016–May 2017) Big Moose Double Sized One Shot (April 2017) The Archies Double Sized One Shot (May 2017)
Collected editions Each of the ongoing series is currently being collected into trade paperbacks. Each volume collects one arc of the series, and usually includes extra material like artist's sketches, as well as one issue of an additional New Riverdale series. In addition, four volumes are scheduled to be released under the 'Road to Riverdale' banner. They collect the first, second, third, and fourth issues of the main series respectively, and are targeted at readers coming to the comics from The CW series Riverdale.
Archie Title Format ISBN Release date Collected material Issues published Archie, Volume OnePaperback March 29, 2016 Archie #1–6 September 2015 – March 2016 Archie, Volume Two November 30, 2016 Archie #7–12 April 2016 – September 2016Archie, Volume Three May 9, 2017 Archie #13–17 October 2016 – April 2017Archie, Volume Four: Over the Edge September 19, 2017 Archie #18–22 May 2017 – July 2017Archie, Volume Five: The Heart of Riverdale May 14, 2018 Archie #23–27 August 2017 – May 2018Archie, Volume Six October 30, 2018 Archie #28–32 May 2018 – September 2018Archie: Varsity Edition, Volume OneHardcoverMarch 12, 2019Archie #1–12September 2015 – September 2016Archie: Varsity Edition, Volume TwoNovember 12, 2019Archie #13–22October 2016 – July 2017Archie: Varsity Edition, Volume ThreeJuly 14, 2020Archie #23–32August 2017 – September 2018Archie by Nick Spencer, Volume 1PaperbackSeptember 10, 2019Archie #700–704November 2018 – May 2019Archie by Nick Spencer, Volume 2: Archie and SabrinaApril 14, 2020Archie #705–709June 2019 – December 2019Archie & Katy KeeneSeptember 10, 2020Archie #710-713July 2019 - July 2020
Jughead Title ISBN Release date Story Art Collected material Jughead Vol. 1 July 26, 2016 Chip Zdarsky Erica Henderson Jughead vol. 3 #1–6, Archie vol. 2 #7 Jughead Vol. 2 March 14, 2017 Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North Derek Charm Jughead vol. 3 #7–11, Josie and the Pussycats vol. 2 #1 Jughead Vol. 3 November 14, 2017 Ryan North, Mark Waid & Ian Flynn Derek Charm Jughead vol. 3 #12–16, Josie and the Pussycats vol. 2 #6
Josie and the Pussycats Title ISBN Release date Story Art Collected material Josie and the Pussycats Vol. 1 June 13, 2017 Marguerite Bennett, Cameron DeOrdio Audrey Mok Josie and the Pussycats vol. 2 #1–5, Jughead vol. 3 #9 Josie and the Pussycats Vol. 2 February 20, 2018 Marguerite Bennett, Cameron DeOrdio Audrey Mok Josie and the Pussycats vol. 2 #6–9, Betty and Veronica: Vixens #1 Preview
Reggie and Me Title ISBN Release date Story Art Collected material Reggie and Me Vol. 1 October 17, 2017 Tom DeFalco Sandy Jarell, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Jack Morelli Reggie and Me vol. 2 #1–5, Your Pal Archie #1
Betty and Veronica Title ISBN Release date Story Art Collected material Betty and Veronica Vol. 1 November 28, 2017 Adam Hughes Adam Hughes Betty and Veronica vol. 2 #1–3, Jughead vol. 3 #1 Betty and Veronica: Senior Year October 10, 2019 Jamie L. Rotante Sandra Lanz Betty and Veronica vol. 3 #1-5
Road to Riverdale Title ISBN Release date Collected material Road to Riverdale Vol. 1 January 31, 2016 Archie vol. 2 #1, Jughead vol. 3 #1, Betty and Veronica vol. 2 #1, Josie and the Pussycats vol. 2 #1, Reggie and Me vol. 2 #1 Road to Riverdale Vol. 2 May 16, 2017 Archie vol. 2 #2, Jughead vol. 3 #2, Betty and Veronica vol. 2 #2, Josie and the Pussycats vol. 2 #2, Reggie and Me vol. 2 #2 Road to Riverdale Vol. 3 August 8, 2017 Archie vol. 2 #3, Jughead vol. 3 #3, Betty and Veronica vol. 2 #3, Josie and the Pussycats vol. 2 #3, Reggie and Me vol. 2 #3 Road to Riverdale Vol. 4 April 30, 2018 TBA
The Archies and Other Stories Title ISBN Release date Story Art Collected material Archie Comics Present: The Archies and Other Stories October 3, 2017 Alex Segura, Matthew Rosenerg (The Archies), Sean Ryan, Ryan Cady, Gorf (Big Moose), Frank Tieri (Jughead: The Hunger) Joe Eisma, Matt Herms (The Archies), Cory Smith, Wilfredo Torres (Big Moose), Michael Walsh (Jughead: The Hunger) The Archies, Big Moose, Jughead: The Hunger (One Shot from the Archie Horror line)The Archies Volume One June 21, 2018 Alex Segura, Matthew Rosenberg Joe Eisma The Archies one-shot, The Archies #1-3 The Archies Volume Two November 20, 2018 Alex Segura, Matthew Rosenberg Joe Eisma The Archies #4-7
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