Archie Comics has released an advance preview of Mark Waid and Fiona Staples’ Archie #3, which arrives in comic shops on September 30th.
Whether this sequence is intended to run silently, or the pages were previewed unlettered, this is a hilarious scene, and just think how much fun you can have captioning Fiona Staples’ pages yourselves while you wait for the rest of Archie and Veronica’s first meeting.
Official preview:
COMIC SUPERSTARS MARK WAID AND FIONA STAPLES ARE BACK FOR ANOTHER INSTALLMENT OF THEIR REMARKABLE REIMAGINING OF AN ICON! Something strange is looming over Riverdale—and it’s taking the shape of a giant mega-mansion owned by an elusive mogul. Why has he chosen the quaint town of Riverdale, USA as his base of operations? And how is he going to use the teens of Riverdale High to further his political aspirations? Big questions and challenges await the teens and townsfolk—meanwhile, a new student has graced the halls of Riverdale High and she’s turning heads in a BIG way! Find out all the answers to these important questions in the third issue of the biggest comics sensation of the season!
Script: Mark Waid
Art: Fiona Staples, Andre Szymanowicz with Jen Vaughn, Jack Morelli
Cover: Fiona Staples
Variant Covers: Ben Caldwell, Cliff Chiang, Stuart Immonen, Andrew Robinson
On Sale Date: 9/30
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.