# Riverdale’s 100-Year-Old Cult Officially Sends Archie Straight to Hell in New Release

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/riverdales-100-year-old-cult-officially-sends-archie-straight-to-hell-in-new-release/
- Published: 2026-11-05T15:00:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T15:26:47+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/archie-in-hell-2-colonial-riverdale-witch-hunt/
- Topics: Film

## Key points

- Archie is sent back to colonial Riverdale.
- A century-old cult has targeted him as a sacrifice.
- Issue #2 arrives on 16 December 2026.

## Summary

Archie Andrews is transported to colonial Riverdale in the second issue of *Archie in Hell*, after the first revealed that a secret cult had manipulated the town for a century and planned to use him as a sacrifice. The time-travel setting brings witchcraft fears and suspicion into Archie’s latest supernatural adventure.

The series is part of a publishing partnership between Archie Comics and Oni Press, with Patrick Horvath writing and Tyler Crook illustrating. Issue #2 is due in comic shops on 16 December 2026; the first issue is available now.

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