Archie In Hell #1 Review: Riverdale Goes Full Horror in a Wild, Wicked New Ongoing Series

Patrick Horvath and Tyler Crook drag Archie Andrews into an infernal mystery that turns Riverdale’s wholesome image inside out Archie In Hell #1 is not just Archie with a horror filter slapped on top. This debut issue from Oni Press and Archie Comics takes the clean, familiar structure of Riverdale and slowly poisons it from the inside. The result is a strange, bloody, funny, and surprisingly sharp horror launch that understands exactly why Archie Andrews works as the center of this kind of nightmare. Written by Patrick Horvath and illustrated by Tyler Crook, Archie In Hell #1 follows in the bloodstained tradition of Afterlife With Archie, but it is not simply trying to repeat that formula. This new ongoing series builds its own nightmare around cults, witches, sacrifice, cosmic consequences, and the most dangerous thing Archie Andrews can possibly be: a genuinely good person. Comic Book Addicts previously covered the larger Riverdale relaunch from Oni Press and Archie Comics, along with the first look at Archie In Hell #1 and the later Archie In Hell #1 cover reveal. Now that the issue is here, it is clear this is one of the boldest pieces of the new Archie publishing era. Archie ...