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New Riverdale is the title used to refer to the relaunch of the core Archie Comics titles that began in July 2015.

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In December 2014, Archie Comics announced that its flagship series Archie would relaunch with a new first issue in July 2015. [1] The new series would be a modern take on the Archie characters by writer Mark Waid and artist Fiona Staples, featuring serialized storylines. [2] After the first three issues, Annie Wu drew an issue, followed by new regular artist Veronica Fish. [3] The new title received IGN's "Best New Comic Series of 2015" award. [4]

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. [5] For FCBD 2017, a special edition of the first issue of Betty and Veronica was released. [6]

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. [7] 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. [8]

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

Past titles and specials

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 . [11]

Archie

TitleFormatISBNRelease DateCollected MaterialIssues Published
Archie, Volume OnePaperback 978-1-62738-867-2 March 29, 2016Archie #1–6September 2015 – March 2016
Archie, Volume Two 978-1-62738-798-9 November 30, 2016Archie #7–12April 2016 – September 2016
Archie, Volume Three 978-1-68255-993-2 May 9, 2017Archie #13–17October 2016 – April 2017
Archie, Volume Four: Over the Edge 978-1-68255-970-3 September 19, 2017Archie #18–22May 2017 – July 2017
Archie, Volume Five: The Heart of Riverdale 978-1-68255-970-3 May 14, 2018Archie #23–27August 2017 – May 2018
Archie, Volume Six 978-1-68255-869-0 October 30, 2018Archie #28–32May 2018 – September 2018
Archie: Varsity Edition, Volume OneHardcover 978-1-68255-839-3 March 12, 2019Archie #1–12September 2015 – September 2016
Archie: Varsity Edition, Volume Two 978-1-68255-799-0 November 12, 2019Archie #13–22October 2016 – July 2017
Archie: Varsity Edition, Volume Three 978-1-64576-997-2 July 14, 2020Archie #23–32August 2017 – September 2018
Archie by Nick Spencer, Volume 1Paperback 978-1-68255-783-9 September 10, 2019Archie #700–704November 2018 – May 2019
Archie by Nick Spencer, Volume 2: Archie and Sabrina 978-1-64576-979-8 April 14, 2020Archie #705–709June 2019 – December 2019
Archie & Katy Keene 978-1645769484 September 10, 2020Archie #710-713July 2019 - July 2020

Jughead

TitleISBNRelease DateStoryArtCollected Material
Jughead Vol. 1 978-1627388931 July 26, 2016 Chip Zdarsky Erica Henderson Jughead vol. 3 #1–6, Archie vol. 2 #7
Jughead Vol. 2 978-1682559987 March 14, 2017Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North Derek Charm Jughead vol. 3 #7–11, Josie and the Pussycats vol. 2 #1
Jughead Vol. 3 978-1682559567 November 14, 2017Ryan North, Mark Waid & Ian FlynnDerek CharmJughead vol. 3 #12–16, Josie and the Pussycats vol. 2 #6

Josie and the Pussycats

TitleISBNRelease DateStoryArtCollected Material
Josie and the Pussycats Vol. 1 978-1682559895 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. 2 978-1682559178 February 20, 2018Marguerite Bennett, Cameron DeOrdioAudrey MokJosie and the Pussycats vol. 2 #6–9, Betty and Veronica: Vixens #1 Preview

Reggie and Me

TitleISBNRelease DateStoryArtCollected Material
Reggie and Me Vol. 1 978-1682559420 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

TitleISBNRelease DateStoryArtCollected Material
Betty and Veronica Vol. 1 978-1682559857 November 28, 2017 Adam Hughes Adam HughesBetty and Veronica vol. 2 #1–3, Jughead vol. 3 #1
Betty and Veronica: Senior Year 978-1682557914 October 10, 2019Jamie L. RotanteSandra LanzBetty and Veronica vol. 3 #1-5

Road to Riverdale

TitleISBNRelease DateCollected Material
Road to Riverdale Vol. 1 978-1682559727 January 31, 2016Archie 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. 2 978-1682559628 May 16, 2017Archie 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. 3 978-1682559642 August 8, 2017Archie 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. 4 978-1682559666 April 30, 2018TBA
TitleISBNRelease DateStoryArtCollected Material
Archie Comics Present: The Archies and Other Stories 978-1682559444 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 978-1682558935 June 21, 2018Alex Segura, Matthew RosenbergJoe EismaThe Archies one-shot,

The Archies #1-3

The Archies Volume Two 978-1682558751 November 20, 2018Alex Segura, Matthew RosenbergJoe EismaThe Archies #4-7

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