Story by: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Illustrated by: Francesco Francavilla
Rated: Teen+, Violence and Mature Content
Archie Comics
(4/5 ★★★★☆)
(4/5 ★★★★☆)
(Cover A by Francesco Francavilla)
"This Is How The End Of The World Begins..,
LOCKDOWN.
Archie, Reggie, Betty & Veronica and the
few survivors of the Riverdale High Halloween
Dance Massacre have made it to Lodge Manor
and are safe and sound...for now. But with one
of their ranks infected, how much longer can
the survivors avoid their fate and keep from
becoming part of the zombie horde?"
It has been a fun ride with the previous issue as the gang rushes to flee Riverdale High and seek security in the Lodge Mansion.
In the 3rd issue, the story is mostly told in the perspectives of Hiram Lodge. A lot of things we're seen in the life of the family of the Lodge. They tell of the beginning of Lodge Industries in Riverdale. Even the determination of the gender of the first child of Hiram and Hermione Lodge by two spinsters, who are just Sabrina's aunts, were narrated. A lot of Riverdale characters were seen to be zombified in this issue, with the addition of two new ones from Archie's gang that sought safety in the Lodge Mansion. This issue ends with a zombie bark for Archie in his house.
"Fine, let's have the "We're-safe-in-here-it's-INSANE-for-you-to-go-out" conversation instead." - Betty
This issue continues the nice pace that the first 2 issues had set up. This time it gives the zombie apocalypse view on the different insights and emotions of the other residents of Riverdale. Sacasa and Francavilla really had superb skills in telling this story. One can really feel the diversity of the personalities of the different residents of Riverdale. From the scared Veronica up to the worrisome Hiram, they really had done a good job in telling their story. Another example is seen on the panels wherein Nancy and Ginger are riding on a motorcycle. On one panel it shows the ambitious and happy escape which is contrary to the other that depicts the realistic and worrisome escape from Pop Tate.
From The Vault: Chilling Adventures In Sorcery ~ Horripilate Host
Illustrated and Story by: Dick Giordano
The story is about the show Creeper Features that is shown every Saturday at 10:30 p.m. It is hosted by Sedgewick. This short comic follows his story of evil especially whenever the cameras has stopped filming. Later on he gets his punishment after reading some pages from a Demonomicon book.
This is a nice story from the vault. It is the kind of stuff that would be great to be read as a closing short story after every issue of Afterlife with Archie.
Overall, this 3rd issue of Afterlife with Archie has been an exciting read. Let us see what happens to the confrontation in store for us between a dog and his owner.
More of Afterlife with Archie can be seen at:
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