Archie Horror ’s bluff crossover between its Jughead loup-garou series The Hunger and the Veronica vampire tale Vampironica has already give us a slap - up supernatural state of war with the Riverdale tike get in the crossfire . But io9 has a wild spirit inside this hebdomad issue that could convert the serial — and Archie Comics itself — forever .
Coming from the originative superteam of Frank Tieri , Pat and Tim Kennedy , Joe Eisma , Bob Smith , Ryan Jampole , Matt Herms , and Jack Morelli , Jughead : The Hunger vs. Vampironica has so far seen two alternate horror Riverdales — the one where Jughead Jones once in a while turn into a bloodthirsty lycan and the one where Veronica Lodge is abloodsucking socialiteof the dark — from Archie ’s Archie Horror imprintthrust together .
At the end of their respective serial , these Riverdales had seen an all - out war between vampires and werewolves terminate , but in Jughead ’s universe , the werewolves were the victors , while in Ronnie’s … well , you get the picture .
This isn’t even the wildest moment in this week’s Jughead: The Hunger vs. Vampironica.Image: Pat and Tim Kennedy, Bob Smith, Matt Herms, and Jack Morelli (Archie Comics)
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But with them smushed together and the warfare re - ignited , just what could peradventure be behind this horrible multiversal mashup ? Jughead : The Hunger vs. Vampironica # 3 will give you the reply , but first , you have to meet its first intriguing new role : perhaps the most brawny woman in either horror universe over at Archie : Jinx , a mysterious immature woman from Vampironica ’s Riverdale who , after dabble in dark magics she does n’t quite yet understand , could be the key to undoing the damage of fixing not one , but two realities . Check out a preview below !
coolheaded , right ? But Jughead : The Hunger vs. Vampironica # 3 is n’t done there .
io9 can exclusively reveal a sword new preview of the terminal page of the issue , which unveil the real reason behind this mashup of universes … and something that does n’t just impact Jughead : The Hunger vs. Vampironica , but Archie Comics at large . If you want to pull through the reveal until this Wednesday , this is your chance to work back — because there ’ll be major mollycoddler beyond this picture gallery of variant covers for the issue .
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Here we go :
Yes , that is Sabrina Spellman ! Sabrina the Teenage Witch , star of herown Archie Comicsseries , and current concubine of Archie himself in themain Archie book . No ifs , no buts , but the actual clause .
“ So , about that last page of JTH Vs Vamp # 3 … yes , that is indeed Sabrina , ” scribe Frank Tieri said in a statement provided to io9 . “ And yes , this may be the biggest matter we ’ve ever done as far as the Archie horrorverse is touch . ”
“ With offspring four , we delve in mysterious and really regain out what the significance of the Sabrina disclose really mean , ” Tieri continued . “ For the purposes of our story , she lets Jughead and Vampironica in on how their macrocosm were affected by Jinx and what they have to do to fix it . But to a larger , more substantial result , she ’s introducing them and the lector to the concept of an Archie multiverse … and it ’s safe to say Archie Comics will never be the same as a outcome . ”
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This is , formally , one of the first hard confirmation that the untamed worlds of Archie Horror are n’t just all linked , but are associate to the other Riverdale books the strip publisher release as part of a vast multiverse , rival the likes of DC and Marvel for bonkers mirthful book gloriousness . Hell , it might even be more bananasthan Riverdale itself !
“ Which Sabrina , from where — that ’s to be uncover , but it does cement something we ’ve been bait for a long time : that there is a wide , sprawling expanse of Archie universes , just a frequence off from each other , ” novelist and Archie Comics Co - President Alex Segura added in a statement also provided to io9 . “ This is more than a fun one - off – this sets the microscope stage for braggart plans in the Archie universe for a long time . The wager just draw a wad with child . ”
Let ’s just desire those stakes are n’t being raised against Vampironica . Jughead : The Hunger vs. Vampironica # 3 changes the Archie Comics multiverse constantly this Wednesday , July 17 .
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