Clawing Back

Archie is returning The Jaguar to her roots in a new one-shot comic 

- STEPHEN JEWELL

AFTER BRINGING back Bob Phantom and Darkling, Archie Comics are now returning to the Jaguar. While original Jaguar Ralph Hardy first gained feline powers after discovering a magical totem on an archaeological dig in Peru, in 1961’s Adventures Of The Jaguar, this new one-shot focuses on Ivette Velez, who took over the role in 2012’s The Mighty Crusaders. A zoologist by trade, she journeys to South America to solve the mystery of who is killing the Pampas cats of Northern Peru.

“I love that the earliest Jaguar stories featured Ralph Hardy on adventures abroad,” writer Keryl Brown Ahmed tells Red Alert. “I personally have an international background, so I jumped at the opportunity to go back to the roots of the character and have Ivette’s story take place in a setting far from her home.”

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