Archie VS. Minor Threats #1 – It Pays to be Bad

The world of Minor Threats has brought us some amazing stories in 4 issue arcs. Introducing us to so many amazing heroes, villains, and everything in between. Now Archie and the gang have shown up, for what may be the most interesting twist in a world full of insanely interesting characters.

Creative Team

Script: Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum & Timmy Heague;

Art: Scott Koblish;

Colors: Hi-Fi;

Letters: Nate Piekos of Blambot;

Cover A: Scott Hepburn with Ian Herring;

Cover B: Scott Koblish with Hi-Fi;

Cover C: Joe Quinones;

Cover D: Patrick Horvath;

Cover E: Dan Parent;

Cover F: Michael Allred with Laura Allred.

Minor Threats Created by Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, and Scott Hepburn.

The Story for Archie VS. Minor Threats #1

Sabrina Spellman wants to take a human to the witches and warlocks event. To do so she needs something that is safely stored at a museum in Twilight City. Home to many superheroes, villains, and wannabes of both. In a twist of luck, Sabrina, a high schooler and teenage witch, hears that another high school in town is heading to Twilight City for a field trip. A little bit of witch craft, and she’s now a Riverdale student with Archie and friends, heading to Twilight City. However, what Sabrina doesn’t know, is that Frankie “Playtime” Follis, is literally cracking down on magic. Meanwhile poor Archie finds doing the right thing is suddenly very confusing.

Check out a review for another Minor Threats comic run: Welcome to Twilight #1.

The Art

The innocence of Archie, and the magical whimsy of Sabrina crashes into the darkness of Minor Threats. Since the creation of the Minor Threats universe, each story has created it’s own style of art. Each unique and beautiful. Archie VS. Minor Threats, takes it to new awesome heights by colliding worlds in story and art. Every time we see Frankie she seems to have dug herself into an even darker place. The art captured that perfectly, while also showing us a precious little Archie who has no clue the depths of hell he has gotten himself into.

The art throughout was perfect, and filled with details, nods to other Minor Threats arcs, and a range of emotions and action. I absolutely loved it from beginning to end.

Overall Grade: 10/10

Action packed, mysterious, and hilarious! Archie VS. Minor Threats kicked off perfectly. It does not matter if you’ve never heard of Jughead, a teenage witch named Sabrina, or about Frankie “Playtime” Follis, the story sucks you right in, and catches you up. All the while the story moves forward and chaos ensues. The clash of pure innocence from the Riverdale kids with the lack thereof from the Minor Threats characters creates such a fun world to navigate and play in. I can’t wait to see where this story takes us in the next three issues, and beyond.

After you fall in love with this comic, and need more, check out the other titles from this ever growing badass and hilarious world: Minor Threats, The Alternates, Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down, Barfly, The Brood, and the anthology Welcome to Twilight.

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