Archie (comic book)

Archie
Cover of Archie #1 (July 2015) Art by Fiona Staples.
Publication information
Publisher	Archie Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Publication date	(vol. 1) Winter 1942 – June 2015 (vol. 2) July 2015 – present
Number of issues	(vol. 1): 666 (vol. 2): 14 (as of November 2016 cover date)
Main character(s)	Archie Andrews Betty Cooper Veronica Lodge Jughead Jones
Creative team
Writer(s)	(vol. 1) Various (vol. 2) Mark Waid
Artist(s)	(vol. 1) Various (vol. 2) Fiona Staples (#1-3) Annie Wu (#4) Veronica Fish (#5-10) Thomas Pitilli and Ryan Jampole (#11-12) Joe Eisma (#13-17) Pete Woods (#18-)

Archie (also known as Archie Comics) is an ongoing comic book series featuring the Archie Comics character Archie Andrews. The character first appeared in Pep Comics #22 (cover dated December 1941). Archie proved to be popular enough to warrant his own self-titled ongoing comic book series which began publication in the winter of 1942 and ran until June 2015. A second series began publication in July 2015, featuring a reboot of the entire Archie universe with a new character design aesthetic and a more mature story format and scripting, aimed for older, contemporary teenage and young adult readers. Even the printed comic book format is different from the previous publications.

Archie first appeared in Pep Comics #22 in 1941 and soon became the most popular character for the comic. Due to his popularity, he was given his own series which debuted in Winter 1942 titled Archie Comics. Starting with issue #114, the title was shortened to simply Archie. The series ended with issue #666 (June 2015) to make way for a new series set in Archie Comics' "New Riverdale".

A relaunched Archie debuted in July 2015. It is written by Mark Waid with art by Fiona Staples. Archie Comics Publisher/CEO Jon Goldwater has said that the new series will harken back to the comic's roots by showcasing more edgy and humorous stories as well as present the origins for the character and his friends as well as how the famous love triangle between Archie, Betty, and Veronica began. Fiona Staples left the series after issue #3 while Annie Wu provided artwork for the fourth issue.Veronica Fish was the guest artist for the fifth and sixth issues before being named the regular artist for the series in February 2016. Fish left the series after issue 10 but continued to provide the regular cover art up to issue 12. Thomas Pitilli and Ryan Jampole provided guest artwork for issues 11 and 12 with Joe Eisma being named the new regular artist starting with issue 13.Pete Woods will take over as series artist beginning with issue #18 in March 2017.

Issue #429 started one of Archie Comics most famous story lines, the Love Showdown where Archie gets a love letter in the mail and Betty and Veronica both swear it wasn't from them. The story was continued in Betty #19, Betty and Veronica #82, and concluded with Veronica #39.