

It worked out beautifully, and the book’s popularity and quality has survived Staples leaving and passing the artistic duties off to another talented artist, Veronica Fish. They turned to writer Mark Waid, one of the most reliable mainstream comics writers of the last few decades, and Saga artist Fiona Staples, a universally popular artist whose style could barely be further removed from that of the simplified, two-dimensional, almost coloring-book house style of Archie Comics. Derek Charm took over as regular artist starting with issue #7.When Archie Comics decided to remake their red-headed company namesake in a brand-new comic book in 2015, it was a pretty drastic move, one entailing a new look, a new format and the courting of a new, wider audience. It is written by Chip Zdarsky with artwork by Erica Henderson.

The second volume ended in 2012 with issue #214.Ī third series, titled Jughead, was released in October 2015 as part of Archie Comics' New Riverdale. In the same issue Jughead finds out that his mother is expecting a baby, and in #50, the baby girl, nicknamed "Jellybean" is born. With #46 (June 1993), the series was renamed Archie's Pal Jughead Comics, echoing the previous volume. Jughead returned with a relaunched #1 in August 1987. The original Jughead series ended with #352 (June 1987). In #325, Cheryl Blossom made her second appearance after debuting in Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica that same month. The cover title was shortened to Jughead with #122 in July 1965, though the indicia continued to list Archie's Pal Jughead until also changing in November's #126. Common story themes included Jughead's insatiable appetite for hamburgers, avoiding Big Ethel who has a crush on him and outsmarting his nemesis Reggie Mantle. Jughead first appeared in Pep Comics #22 in 1941 (also Archie's first appearance) and later grew into his own title Archie's Pal Jughead Comics in 1949, which also guest-starred Archie and his friends. Cover to Archie's Pal Jughead #1 (January 1949).
