If you loved CW’s new Riverdale series as much as we did, then you probably have a new appreciation for Archie’s pal Jughead Jones. The classic Jughead has always had an insatiable appetite, practically living at the Riverdale diner. Earlier this year Archie Comics’ Archie Horror imprint–the folks that brought us the brilliant otherworld series Afterlife With Archie and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina–took Jughead to a dark place and asked: What if Jughead’s hunger came from a sinister place? The result was the one-shot comic book issue, Jughead: The Hunger.
Writer Frank Tieri (Wolverine) and artist Michael Walsh (Secret Avengers) teamed-up and delivered a new Jughead whose ancestry was full of werewolves. Unknown to most of his friends, Jughead was the “Riverdale Ripper,” murdering townies one by one, including poor Miss Grundy. But the biggest surprise was Betty Cooper, who hailed from a line of werewolf hunters. Where we last left Archie and his friends, Jughead had left town. And Betty was on his trail.
Usually one-shots hit the comic book stores, maybe get a reprint. But this week Archie’s new Madhouse imprint revealed the surprise return of Jughead: The Hunger as a new ongoing series. “We purposely left the door open with the one-shot, we told you if you made Jughead: The Hunger a hit we’d make more– and since you more than held up your end of the bargain– here we are,” said writer Frank Tieri. “Fans can expect more of everything they loved about the one shot now as we expand our universe–more werewolf Juggie, more bad ass Betty, more conflicted Archie and more twists and turns than you can shake a severed arm at.”
