Afterlife With Archie: Escape From Riverdale
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Afterlife With Archie: Escape From Riverdale

Writer: Roberto Aguirre Sacasa Artist: Francesco Francavilla, Jack Morelli Publisher: Archie Comics Trade Paperback: June 4, 2014, $17.99 Issues: 5, Issue Reviews: 156
9.1Critic Rating
8.9User Rating

When Jughead's beloved pet Hot Dog is killed in a hit and run, Jughead turns to the only person he knows who can help bring back his canine companion - Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Using dark, forbidden magic, Sabrina is successful and Hot Dog returns to the land of the living. But he's not the same - and soon, the darkness he brings back with him from beyond the grave begins to spread, forcing Archie and the gang to try to escape Riverdale! Collects issues 1-5 featuring the first storyline "Escape from Riverdale" from the new ongoing TEEN+ comic book horror series Afterlife with Archie. Features a limited run comic shop-exclusive cover.

  • 9.0

    Afterlife with Archie took the comic community by storm in 2013/2014 and was the top selling graphic novel of 2014. According to Comichron, the last time Archie hit #1 on a comic sales chart was in 1969. The ten-issue series ran from 2013-2016 and was nominated for four Harvey Awards (Best New Series, Best Continuing Series, Best Cover Artist, and Best Letterer) and two Eisner Awards (Best Cover Artist and Best Letterer).

    One of my friends turned me on to this series pretty early. Interestingly, the series premise started from a variant cover to issue #23 of "Life with Archie" from 2012 drawn by Francesco Francavilla in which he spoofed the title with "Afterlife with Archie" and drew a zombie Jughead lurking toward Archie in a graveyard. It was a surprisingly good twist on an old staple that worked. However, the series seemed to lose momentum as it suffered delays through the second arc. They also incorporate Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Josey & the Pussycats into the storyline.
    I haven't watched the CW Riverdale series that ends with season 7 in 2023. I know fans have clamored for them to do an "Afterlife with Archie" storyline.

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    Grifter Jun 29, 2017

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    jandals042 Jul 31, 2023

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    Aegis Oct 10, 2015

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    ed1138 Nov 7, 2022

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    cmlouie123 Oct 31, 2017

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    Dan Apr 11, 2015

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