Demon Daze

Archie launches its first Premium Event as Judgment Day comes to Riverdale

- STEPHEN JEWELL

AFTER PREVIOUSLY focusing on different aspects of its supernatural worlds in various one-shots and anthologies, Archie Comics is now unleashing its first summer crossover. Billed as the first Archie Premium Event, Judgment Day begins with Archie’s hometown Riverdale literally descending into Hell.

“My prior work with Archie, Archie Vs The World, got rave reviews, but one persistent complaint we got was, ‘Why isn’t there more?’,” says writer Aubrey Sitterson. “That led [senior director of editorial] Jamie Rotante back to me, and she wanted to push the Archie characters to their absolute breaking point with a concept so outrageous: Archie as a demon hunter!”

Although spookier stories such as Judgment Day are released under the Archie Horror imprint, Sitterson insists that Archie and his friends are essentially unchanged since the Riverdale High student first made his debut in December 1939’s