New Riverdale is the title used to refer to the relaunch of the core

Archie Comics Archie Comic Publications, Inc. (often referred to simply as Archie Comics) is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the village of Pelham, New York. The company's many titles feature the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Jug ...

titles that began in July 2015. In December 2014, Archie Comics announced that its flagship series Archie would relaunch with a new first issue in July 2015. The new series would be a modern take on the Archie characters by writer Mark Waid and artist Fiona Staples, featuring serialized storylines. After the first three issues, Annie Wu drew an issue, followed by new regular artist Veronica Fish. The new title received IGN's "Best New Comic Series of 2015" award. In 2016,

made a special edition of the first issue of the New Riverdale ''Archie'' series available as part of

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. For FCBD 2017, a special edition of the first issue of ''Betty and Veronica'' was released.

Titles

The first title in the company's "New Riverdale" universe, ''Archie'' was released with a July 2015 cover date and came in at #7 for comic book sales for the month. The next title, ''Jughead'', was released in October. In April 2015, Archie Comics announced ''Betty and Veronica'' which debuted in July 2016. ''Josie and the Pussycats'', and ''Reggie and Me'', a five-issue miniseries, followed in September and December 2016. Early issues of ''Archie'' and ''Jughead'' included reprints of early original stories featuring the characters, introduced by the series' contemporary writer. Later issues had material relating to the ''Riverdale'' TV show instead. Each issue typically has several variant covers.

Titles

* ''

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'' vol. 2 (July 2015– October 2020) * '' Jughead'' (October 2015– October 2017) * ''

Reggie and Me ''Reggie and Me'' (also known as ''Reggie'' and ''Archie's Rival, Reggie'') is an ongoing comic book series featuring the Archie Comics character Reggie Mantle. The character first appeared in ''Jackpot Comics'' #5 (cover dated Spring 1942). H ...

'' (May 2016– October 2017) * ''

Betty and Veronica ''Betty and Veronica'' (also known as ''Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica'') is an ongoing comic book series published by Archie Comics focusing on "best frenemies" Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge. Betty first appeared in ''Pep Comics'' #22 while ...

'' vol. 4 (July 2016 – June 2017) * ''

The Archies The Archies are an American fictional rock band featured in media produced by, and related to, Archie Comics. They are best remembered for their appearance in the animated TV series '' The Archie Show''. In the context of the series, the band ...

'' (October 2017–2018)

Past titles and specials

* '' Betty and Veronica: Vixens'' (November 2017–September 2018) * '' Jughead'' vol. 3 #1–16 (October 2015–June 2017) * ''

'' vol. 3 #1–3 (July 2016–June 2017) * ''

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'' vol. 2 #1–9 (September 2016–August 2017) * ''

'' vol. 2 #1–5 (December 2016–May 2017) * '' Big Moose'' Double Sized One Shot (April 2017) * ''

'' Double Sized One Shot (May 2017)

Collected editions

Each of the ongoing series is currently being collected into

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. Each volume collects one arc of the series, and usually includes extra material like artist's sketches, as well as one issue of an additional ''New Riverdale'' series. In addition, four volumes are scheduled to be released under the 'Road to Riverdale' banner. They collect the first, second, third, and fourth issues of the main series respectively, and are targeted at readers coming to the comics from

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Titles

Titles

Past titles and specials

Collected editions

Archie

Jughead

Josie and the Pussycats

Reggie and Me

Betty and Veronica

Road to Riverdale

The Archies and Other Stories

References