Oni Press announces the “Pyre Satanic” variant cover for the upcoming ARCHIE IN HELL #1, set to launch on November 4th, featuring a gripping story about cultists targeting Archie Andrews in Riverdale.

The press release follows:

Media Release – Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, is proud to reveal the “Pyre Satanic” variant cover for ARCHIE IN HELL #1 beautifully illustrated by Chloe Brailsford (Lobo, The Deadman) – a startling new addition to the launch of the infernal new ongoing series from multiple Eisner Award nominee Patrick Horvath (Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees) and Russ Manning Award winner Tyler Crook (Out of Alcatraz, Harrow County) debuting in stores on November 4th! ARCHIE IN HELL #1 to feature Pyre Satanic variant

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The special, open-order variant cover matches the two other recently revealed “Pyre Satanic” covers by Brailsford, forming an unholy trinity with ARCHIE #1 and SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH #1. FOC for the “Pyre Satanic” variant cover is on Final Order Cut-Off (FOC) on September 28th with an on-sale date of November 4th, alongside with all other previously announced covers for ARCHIE IN HELL #1.

They say that every small town has a secret. Well, in the case of Riverdale, it’s one heck of a humdinger: An ancient order of cultists has infiltrated its townspeople, bent on using human sacrifice to usher a demon lord into our mortal plane. And they’ve finally identified the final target they need to bring a century’s worth of planning to fruition: hometown football champion and all-around good guy Archie Andrews. But this secret cabal never dreamed that actual witches walk Riverdale’s streets . . . and when cult and coven clash in the final stages of Archie’s secret-ritual sacrifice, the consequences will be cosmic . . . and young Archie Andrews will find himself damned to something far worse than Hell’s inner circle.


Unstuck from time and space. Bound to a terrible curse. Late for school. Things are about to go from bad to downright diabolical as Horvath and Crook unleash the most malevolently merciless Archie Comics tale ever told . . . and, truly, you’ll never, ever expect what happens next.

ARCHIE IN HELL #1
WRITTEN BY PATRICK HORVATH
ART BT TYLER CROOK
COVER A BY TYLER CROOK
COVER B BY PATRICK HORVATH
COVER C BY PAUL AZACETA
COVER D BY JESSE LONERGAN
COVER E BLANK SKETCH
FOIL VARIANT ($8.99) BY TYLER CROOK
FOIL VARIANT ($8.99) BY PATRICK HORVATH
TEASER VARIANT (1:10) BY KANO
LEGACY VARIANT (1:20) BY DAN PARENT
VARIANT COVER (1:50) BY MIRKA ANDOLFO
VARIANT COVER (1:100) BY MAHMUD ASRAR
B&W VARIANT (1:250) BY JESSE LONERGAN
ON SALE NOVEMBER 4TH, 2026 | $4.99 | 32 PGS.
FOC: 9/28/2026

COVER S: Pyre Satanic Variant
FOC: 9/28/2026
UPC: 64985600910401191

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About Archie Comics

Archie Comics is one of the most influential, successful, and longest-running brands in the comics industry. With over three billion comics sold and books published in dozens of languages, Archie characters are immediately recognizable worldwide. It is home to an extensive roster of characters—including Archie, Betty and Veronica, Jughead, Reggie, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Josie and the Pussycats, and Katy Keene—and the critically acclaimed Archie Horror imprint, Dark Circle universe, and much, much more. The CW series Riverdale and the hit Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina have captivated the hearts and minds of countless fans, a trend that continues with The Archies, the first comics-based Hindi language feature film, streaming on Netflix. Archie characters have been featured in animation, television, film, and music throughout its more than 85-year history.

About Oni Press

THE LOUDEST THING IN COLOR SINCE '97. For nearly 30 years, Oni Press has carved a distinctive path as one of the world's most respected and acclaimed publishers of award-winning comic books and graphic novels, including Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim, Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer, Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt's The Sixth Gun, Brenna Thummler’s Sheets trilogy, Jay Stephens' Dwellings, Ezra Clayton Daniels' Upgrade Soul, LySandra Vuong's Covenant, and many hundreds more. In 2019, Oni Press merged with Lion Forge Comics – the Eisner Award-winning independent comic book publisher founded by Academy Award-winning producer and entrepreneur David Steward II – to create one of the largest, independent libraries of comics content anywhere in media. The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group now exists as a publishing subsidiary of Steward’s diversified global media company, Polarity.

The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group publishes more than 60 original and licensed graphic novels annually, in addition to an extensive roster of periodical comics for globally recognized properties including Adventure Time, Biker Mice from Mars, Choose Your Own Adventure, Cult of the Lamb, EC Comics, Murder Drones, Rick and Morty, and more.

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