On Tuesday, April 28th (bookstores) & Wednesday, April 29th (comic shops), Dark Horse Comics is releasing ARCHIE vs. MINOR THREATS Vol. 1 TPB – written by Minor Threats co-creators Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum with Timmy Heague (Archie Comics) and art by Scott Koblish (Deadpool).
Take a look at the preview, then pick up your copy on New Comic Book Day at your LCS or online retailers!
Here’s a look at the cover, storyline, and preview pages for this week’s
new release from Dark Horse Comics on New Comic Book Day…
ARCHIE vs. MINOR THREATS Vol. 1 TPB
Script by Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum & Timmy Heague
Art by Scott Koblish
Colors by Hi-Fi Colour Design
Letters by Nate Piekos of Blambot
Covers & Cover Artists:
Scott Hepburn w/ Ian Herring (Cover A)
Genres: Action/Adventure · Humor · Superhero
Format: FC, 120 pages; Miniseries
Age range: 14+
SRP: $19.99
Publication Date: April 28th, 2026
Collects Archie vs Minor Threats #1–#4.
Not a hoax! Not a dream! The fun-loving teens of Riverdale collide with the crooked super-criminals of Twilight City in the most bombastic crossover of the year!
It’s your favorite high-schoolers forced to fight your favorite costumed villains in a story that will have lasting ramifications on all involved!
Archie, Veronica, Betty, Jughead and friends are on a field trip to Twilight City when the magical meddling of Sabrina the Teenage Witch lands them in the seedy underbelly of Redport, the most villainous part of town controlled by Frankie Follis AKA Playtime and her gang of Minor Threats. Archie and the others suddenly find themselves drafted into both sides of the war Playtime is waging against magic users in her turf. One thing is for sure…blood and milkshakes will be spilled!
Prepare to see these characters like you’ve never seen them before in a high stakes epic that turns heroes into villains and villains into…students of Riverdale High?! How they let us get away with this, beats us but whatever you do, don’t let your parents catch you reading this humorous, horrific, and heart-pounding piece of sequential art!
And check out Comics Bodega’s interview
with Timmy Heague & Scott Koblish!
About Dark Horse Comics:
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