Welcome to the World of Archie Comics!
We’re happy to provide quality monthly comics and foster strong relationships with retailers, as we strongly believe that retailers are the backbone of the comics industry.
One such way we accomplish this is through our specialty variant program, which allows retailers to buy a minimum number of copies of a select comic title (or comics) and can use an artist of their choosing for a special exclusive variant for their store, shipped directly from Archie Comics’ printers.
We will again be offering the opportunity to have virgin editions (i.e. no title card or logos) of the main and variant covers as your store’s variant. Note that this remains a first-come, first-served request per title.
If you need an artist we can make that connection for you with several we work with regularly.
Here are the terms we provide to retailers and artists for our exclusive variant program:
• The cost is $2 per copy on a $ 3.99 title ($2.50 per copy on a $4.99 title for the Archie Premium Events, i.e. Archie Is Mr Justice and The Cursed Library), which includes printing, packing, and shipping. We typically send these from the printer to you in packs of 20, boarded and wrapped for extra protection.
• Our minimum order is 300 units, and to maintain that number, we process orders directly. This includes sending the comics from the printer and invoicing via PayPal to keep things simple.
• Archie requires a concept sketch from the artist to run by editorial approval prior to the final art. This is to make sure the cover is not overly graphic or contains anything too troublesome.
Variant cover opportunities for the following titles are currently available:
Timed to the release of the newest Mission: Impossible movie, this issue is sure to scratch thay super spy itch in style.
BETTY & VERONICA: FRIENDS FOREVER: SPY GIRLS #1
FIRST APPEARANCE ALERT! New Villain!
Now packed with 30 PAGES of story content, including a BRAND NEW STORY! INTRODUCING: the evil MEDUSA DOOM, MAD DR. DOOM’S teenage daughter! Medusa Doom has come from far away to bully the residents of Riverdale and only Agents B and V have what it takes to stop her! By Tania Del Rio, Holly G, Jim Amash, Glen Whitmore, Jack Morelli and cover by the Legendary Dan Parent
• Art Deadline: 4/7/25
• FOC: 4/14/25
• Ships: 4/23/25
• On-Sale: 5/7/25
• $4.99
Archie Is Mr. Justice concludes with a no-holds-barred battle between a super-powered Reggie Mantle and Archie Andrews!
Written by Blake Howard with art by Federico Sabbatini, colors by Glenn Whitmore, and letters by Jack Morelli, Reggie takes on the villainous identity of Kid Wicked… And we find out just what happened to Archie’s Mr. Justice. Along for the ride are a main cover by Reiko Murakami, and variants by Wilfredo Torres & Matt Herms, as well as a wild The Killing Joke homage by Matt Talbot.
• Art Deadline: 4/21/25
• FOC: 4/28/25
• Ships: 5/7/25
• On-Sale: 5/21/25
• $4.99
VERONICA #202 FACSIMILE EDITION
• $3.99
Do your customers like Jughead? Do they like monsters? Is Halloween their favorite holiday? Then this is the spookiest selection they could possibly ask for.
• $3.99
Don’t forget, we are now in the midst of helping stores create an amazing variant for KEVIN SMITH PRESENTS: ARCHIE MEETS JAY & SILENT BOB. This is going to be the comic book equivalent of a Summer blockbuster. What better way to engage with fans of all of the characters than with your own exclusive cover?!
KEVIN SMITH PRESENTS… ARCHIE MEETS JAY AND SILENT BOB O.S.
SNOOCHIE BOOCHIES, ARCHIE FANS!! Yes, you read that right—acclaimed writer, director, actor, producer, and podcaster Kevin Smith takes the teens you know and love from Riverdale on the wildest ride of their lives. What’s supposed to be a summer job at Quick Stop for Archie Andrews turns into so much more; from a budding friendship with co-worker Randal Graves, crashing a Pussycats concert, a potential new love interest, Jay and Silent Bob being, well, Jay and Silent Bob, and a musical number that will be burned into your brain forever. Plus, could Jay and Silent Bob even help Archie to finally choose between Betty and Veronica? SNOOGANS!! Featuring legendary Archie artists Fernando Ruiz and inker Rich Koslowski, this is a DOUBLE-SIZED, CAN’T-MISS event FOR MATURE AUDIENCES unlike anything we’ve ever done before!
The minimum number of copies for this variant is 300.
• Art Deadline: 5/30/25
Here are the terms we provide to retailers and artists for our exclusive variant program:
The cost is $2 per copy on a $ 3.99 title, $2.50 per copy on a $4.99 title, $4 per copy of a $7.99 title which includes printing, packing, and shipping. We typically send these from the printer to you in packs of 20, boarded and wrapped for extra protection.
• Our minimum order is now 300 units, and to maintain that number, we process orders directly. This includes sending the comics from the printer and invoicing via PayPal to keep things simple.
• Archie requires a concept sketch from the artist to run by editorial approval prior to the final art. This is to make sure the cover is not overly graphic or contains anything too troublesome.
Upcoming titles available in the program include:
Are you curious to learn more about this robust program? Then email us at info@archiecomics.com! Sign up for our e-mail newsletter here!
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