Archie Comics is making a move into full-blooded superhero storytelling next month with the publication of Archie is Mr. Justice #1 – the first of a four-issue limited series that sees America's eternal boy next door reinvented as a costumed hero, in what the publisher is calling a "more elegiac and reflective" story than its previous flirtations with the genre.
The new series is written by Tim Seeley and drawn by artist Mike Norton, with colors from Glenn Whitmore, and lettering by Jack Morelli. In the new book, which takes some inspiration from Superman classic Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?, Archie's best friend Jughead Jones reflects on how the two friends "discovered Archie's hidden talents, designed his costume, and set off to save Riverdale – and the world."
