Archie’s Latest Lunatic Premise Pits Him Against the Post-Apocalypse

count . I know io9 runs a pot of Archie Comics previews . The problem is they ’re so bloody fun , whether the classic crew of Archie , Betty , Veronica , and Jughead are facingmonsters , angsty substitute universe doppelganger , orgiant robots . So we ’d be doing you and ourselves a disservice if we did n’t show you this trailer of Archie Vs . the World .

While the Mad Max : Fury Road influence is obvious by Archie and Jug ’s jalopy joyride , the comic — by writer Aubrey Sitterson and artist Jed Dougherty — takes much more inspiration , at least in this preview , from the 1984 Zanzibar copal TV series Fist of the North Star . It was about Ken , a soldierly creative person with the power to wipe out anyone with a single slug — commonly he could punch them in various pressure points and a moment latertheir skulls would literally blow up — as he stray around an extra - barbarous military post - apocalypse . Archie here dresses like Ken , has the same demeanor and ( less graphic ) martial arts skills , and it ’s just absolutely bananas that this exist , but see it for yourself :

Yes , that is indeed Old Man Jughead doing the narrating . And yes , that is Josie on the Fury Road - esque guitar on the first covering .

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“ For Archie Vs . the World , I learn my huge and develop lean of ‘ Jed Is outstanding At ’ and did my damnedest to fit out them all in , trying to affect the right balance of suggesting courtly technique I think he would absolutely ace while also leave him the quad to introduce in his depictions of volatile , mind - bending action , ” Sitterson told io9 . “ This unremitting evolution is what ’s good about our operation ; Archie Vs . the World does things that our previous quislingism did n’t make bold attempt but I ’m already eager for y’ all to see what we ’re manipulate up next . ”

I honestly ca n’t imagine how they ’ll top Fist of the North Starchie , but at this point , I have full self-assurance they can . At the present , however , Archie Vs . the World is usable in funny shops now .

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Image: Archie Comics