Archie Andrews is going to Hell—and this may be the darkest Archie comic ever created. This November, Oni Press and Archie Comics are launching 'Archie in Hell' #1, a new ongoing horror series arriving just in time for Archie’s 85th anniversary. The series comes from writer Patrick Horvath, the multiple Eisner Award-nominated creator of 'Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees', and artist Tyler Crook, the Russ Manning Award-winning artist behind 'Harrow County' and 'Out of Alcatraz'. The story reveals that Riverdale has been hiding a disturbing secret. An ancient cult has infiltrated the town and spent a century preparing a human sacrifice that will summon a demon lord into the mortal world. Their final target is hometown football star and professional good guy Archie Andrews. Unfortunately for the cult, they are not the only supernatural group operating in Riverdale. Real witches are also walking its streets, and when the cult’s ritual collides with a local coven, Archie becomes trapped outside time and space, bound to a terrible curse and apparently condemned to something even worse than Hell. Horvath said the project arrived at exactly the right time and called working with Crook—one of his artistic heroes—“supremely inspiring.” Crook said he had always wanted to draw an Archie comic, particularly one combining horror, history and period settings. The first issue will also feature covers by Horvath, Crook, and many others. 'Archie in Hell' follows in the bloody footsteps of 'Afterlife with Archie', but promises something even more malevolent. Apparently, being late for school is now the least of Archie’s problems.

ARCHIE IN HELL: Archie’s Darkest Comic Ever?!