Archie Comics’ Betty Will Fight the Thing, Just as God Intended

While theutterly bonkersTV seriesRiverdaleis how most hoi polloi cognise the venerableArchie Comicsfranchise nowadays , the publishing firm has n’t just been riding the show ’s coattail . Between bizarre mash - ups like Archie Meets Pretty Little Liars and repugnance comedian likeJughead : The Hunger(where he becomes a werewolf ) , Archie is n’t afraid to flux it up . And that holds true with its newest horror comic , Chilling Adventures Present : Weirder Mysteries , in which girl - next - door Betty Cooper essentially takes on John Carpenter ’s Thing — and we have an single preview .

“ Anyone who ’s a devotee of [ Jughead : The thirstiness ] make out Betty ’s pretty much the baddest badass of the whole series … so unknown rather of loup-garou should be a piece of cake , correct ? ” writer Frank Tieri asks of “ Betty Cooper : Alien Hunter . ” “ Well , not quite . Not when said foreign is a shape changer who ends up at soda pop ’s and Betty has to figure out who ’s an alien and who is n’t . And Betty being Betty , of path , only complicates matters and she may prove to be a bigger scourge to the wellbeing of Pop ’s Chock’lit Shoppe than the alien itself . ”

This is literally The matter , just at soda ’s rather of an frozen research post . But that ’s not the only tale in Weirder Mysteries . Ron Robbins will publish “ Bingo Wilkin Day , ” which he says “ afforded me the luck to craft a horrific and curious sci - fi account with the iconic Ethel Muggs and the dashing Trev Smith taking the principal . Our heroes use dream skill and advanced AI technology to battle characters from Archie canon who may be a snatch more villainous than ever before . ” The weirdest tale might be “ A Wrinkle in Time , ” correct in the Riverdale of 205o , where Alexandra Cabot ’s green-eyed monster of Josie of Pussycats ’ fame extend to new depths . “ Alexandra ’s green-eyed monster of Josie borders on obsession , and she ’s willing to go to terrifying lengths to upstage the Pussycat ’s singer and make a name for herself , ” says writer Joanne Starer .

Image: Archie Comics

io9 is well-chosen to present previews of all three stories , as well as a few of the comedian ’s covers .

Chilling Adventures Presents : Weirder Mysteries will recoil off Archie Comics ’ “ Month of Mayhem ” case , which will admit : cool of Adventures of Salem , where Sabrina the Teenage Witch ’s Arabian tea help other neck of the woods animals get revenge ; Fear the Funhouse , a Goosebumps - esque series of spooky campfire narrative ; and The Return of Chilling Adventures in Sorcery , starring Sabrina character Madame Satan .

Chilling Adventures Presents : Weirder whodunit , with art by Juan Bobillo , Federico Sabbattini , and Ryan Jampole , bump off comic shelves on September 21 , with the other comics following in October .

Image: Archie Comics

Image: Archie Comics

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