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From Pep Talk by Paul Castiglia

ARCHIE #545, ships 1/14. 32-page, full color comic, $2.19 US. "The Return of Cousin Alistair": Archie's royal Cousin Alistair, who first visited him back in ARCHIE #527, makes a return trip-and makes Archie look bad with his proper grammar and manners. Will Archie get him to loosen up this time? SCRIPT: Greg Crosby. ART: Stan Goldberg. 

ARCHIE & FRIENDS #80, ships 1/21. 32-page, full color comic, $2.19 US. "The Archie Who Knew Too Much": Influenced by a movie he saw on TV, Archie is convinced he's overheard Mr. Lodge hatching an evil plot! A few slapstick pratfalls later and Archie's suspicions are only furthered-- has someone "booby-trapped" his steps because he "knows too much?!" SCRIPT: Craig Boldman. ART: Dan Parent. 

ARCHIE'S MYSTERIES #33, ships 1/7. 32-page, full color comic, $2.19 US. "Painting the Town": A graffiti vandal is spreading their "art" all over town, including the high school and Pop Tate's Chock'lit Shoppe! Worse yet, they've implicated Veronica by including her name in the graffiti! The T.S.I. Team "brush up" on their forensic skills to find out who's been painting the town red, green and purple... and clear Veronica, too! 

ARCHIE DIGEST #205, ships 1/28. Full color digest format, $2.39 US. The adventures of America's favorite teen continue with new stories and classic tales. SCRIPT AND ART: Various talent including Stan Goldberg, Henry Scarpelli, Jon D'Agostino, etc.

ARCHIE'S DOUBLE DIGEST #149, ships 1/7. Full color digest format, $3.29 US. What's better than a digest full of those teen dream queens Betty & Veronica? A double digest full of them! Featuring new stories and classic tales. SCRIPT AND ART: Various talents.

BETTY #135, ships 1/21. 32-page, full color comic, $2.19 US. Bright and beautiful, smart and sassy, everyone's favorite girl-next-door is here in all-new adventures! SCRIPT: Various. ART: Stan Goldberg. 

BETTY & VERONICA #197, ships 1/7. 32-page, full color comic, $2.19 US. "Old Flame!": Betty and Veronica plan a surprise reunion between Ms. Grundy and her high school sweetheart/debating team colleague-- whether their reunion is "sweet" is open to "debate!" SCRIPT: Bill Golliher. ART: Jeff Shultz.

BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #145, ships 1/21. Full color digest format, $2.39 US. Bright and brassy, bold and beautiful, blonde and brunette-- teen dream queens Betty & Veronica romp through this collection of new stories and classic tales! SCRIPT AND ART: Various talent. 

JUGHEAD #156, ships 1/28. 32-page, full color comic, $2.19 US. "The Good Word": Worried his pal Archie's reputation is too tarnished due to all his clumsy mishaps, Jughead volunteers to become his "P.R." agent and sway public opinion. In fact, Jughead does such a good job, how could Archie possibly live up to his hype? SCRIPT: Craig Boldman. ART: Rex Lindsey.

JUGHEAD WITH ARCHIE DIGEST #190, ships 1/14. Full color digest format, $2.39 US. If you think Archie gets into trouble on his own, check out the action when he teams up with Jughead! Featuring new stories and classic tales! SCRIPT AND ART: Various talent.

JUGHEAD'S DOUBLE DIGEST #101, ships 1/21. Full color digest format, $3.59 US. 
It's double-decker sandwiches and double-trouble as the irrepressible Jughead tilts the laugh-o-meter in this uproarious collection of new stories and classic tales! SCRIPT AND ART: Various talent.

PALS-N-GALS DOUBLE DIGEST #82, ships 1/14. Full color digest format, $3.59 US. The spotlight is on the wonderful cast of Archie supporting characters, in this double digest featuring new stories and classic tales. SCRIPT & ART: Various talent.

SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH #55, ships 1/28. 32-page, full color comic, $2.19 US. 
"Charmed, I'm Sure!": Sabrina tutors Shinji with his "charm school classes," but is Shinji studying the charm lessons or Sabrina's charms? Meanwhile, Lilith becomes smitten with Sabrina's main mortal, Harvey! Sabrina doesn't find that charming in the least. Can Midvale High's dating scene recover from this "charming" tale? SCRIPT AND ART: Holly Golightly.

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #132, ships 1/7. 32-page, full color comic, $2.19 US. 
"Home, Part 3 - A.D.A.M. & Evil": Sonic, Knuckles and the entire Kingdom of
Acorn launch a two-pronged defense against the forces of Eggman's Empire. As usual, Dr. Robotnik (a.k.a. Eggman) has a few tricks up his sleeve to keep his foes from winning the day. And then there's Shadow and a stash of deadly weapons... SCRIPT: Karl Bollers. ART: Dave Manak (pencils) and Jim Amash (inks). "Mobius: 25 Years Later -- The Unveiling": Our popular look at the future lives of Sonic's friends and foes continues! This time, Lara-Su undergoes the female echidna coming-of-age ceremony. As Knuckles' daughter, this is a very big deal-- everyone on the island is invited. Will Lara-Su be able to deal with her insecurities? Also, if he's not here for the ceremony, just why has Rotor come to see Knuckles?! You won't want to miss this intriguing installment! SCRIPT: Ken Penders. ART: Steven Butler (pencils) and Ken Penders (inks).

VERONICA #149, ships 1/14. 32-page, full color comic, $2.19 US. "What's One More Blossom?": After her triumphant return last month, Cheryl Blossom is back for another round of love triangle trouncing! But Jason Blossom is back, too, and Veronica sees a golden opportunity to use him as a pawn in her game of love and war. Will Betty, Veronica, Cheryl, Archie and Jason survive the battle unscathed? SCRIPT AND ART: Dan Parent.

BACKLIST

(All backlist titles ship 1/7)

HELP JUGHEAD BABYSIT HIS SISTER JELLYBEAN WITH THESE HILARIOUS
COMICS!

We're happy to make these beloved issues featuring Jughead's baby sister Jellybean available once more!

JUGHEAD'S BABY TALES #1, 48-page full color special, $2.00 US. 

JUGHEAD'S BABY TALES #2, 48-page full color special, $2.00 US. 

FLY INTO ACTION WITH THE SUPER TEENS!

Join the heroic hijinks with Archie as Pureheart The Powerful, Betty as Super Teen, Jughead as Capt. Hero, Reggie as Evilheart and more!

ARCHIE'S SUPER TEENS #1, 48-page, full color special, $2.00 US.

RELIVE ARCHIE'S 500th ISSUE ANNIVERSARY EDITION!

The milestone issue is available once more!

ARCHIE #500, 32-page full color comic, $1.99.