Story by: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Illustrated by: Francesco Francavilla
Rated: Teen+ , Violence and Mature Content
Archie Comics
(5/5 ★★★★★)
Archie Comics
(5/5 ★★★★★)
(2nd Printing Cover by Francesco Francavilla)
"This Is How The End Of The World Begins..,
All hell breaks loose when a fateful
accident sets a series of events in motion
that will threaten the town of Riverdale like
never before! When the dead begin to rise,
craving human flesh, it's up to Archie,
Betty & Veronica to fight for their lives
against the zombie hordes led by their
former pal, Jughead..."
Archie combined with zombies? Sounds crazy right. But that very idea is what caught my attention in making a reservation for this comic in Comic Odyssey. The cover that I got so far is the 2nd printing variant by Francesco Francavilla.
This is an interesting comic. It mixes a lot of things to the Archie universe. So far we have seen zombies, then there's the special appearance of Sabrina, the teenage witch, along with her aunts and Salem. There's also these two characters from Archie's high school wherein they compare notes and make some references to some Hollywood Horror Movies. These alone can give anyone interest into getting a copy of this. I don't want to spoil anymore things regarding the story after mentioning some characters that had crossed over to the Archie universe. So I'll just say that in this issue, we start by having a dead Hotdog, Jughead's dog, and end by having a Jughead zombie or as they call him 'Jugdead'. Aside from the story, the art was good. Although you might wonder why the characters aren't drawn the same way they are usually seen. Well there are two simple reasons that I can think of regarding that. (1) The artist here is different from the one who usually draws the normal Archie comics, and (2) this is an Archie comic that tackles the horror genre seriously. So I had been expecting that this would be the kind of art that this comic would end up to be.
Overall, I recommend to those avid fans of Archie comics, or those glued to anything zombie related or better yet to those who likes both. It is nice for those intrigued by zombies crossing over the plains of known comic universe such as this.
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