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Image: Dan Schoening and Matt Herms/Archie ComicsWhile Archie Comics has had no problem pitting its main characters against werewolves, zombies, and more, the realm of spooks and specters has always been more the domain of Sabrina the Teenage Witch... and her cursed cat, Salem. Now, the feline familiar will get his own chance to battle the forces of darkness when the one-shot special Chilling Adventures of Salem arrives later this October, and you can get a preview here.The comic comes from artist Dan Schoening and writer…

Image: Archie ComicsWhile the utterly bonkers TV series Riverdale is how most people know the venerable Archie Comics franchise nowadays, the publisher hasn’t just been riding the show’s coattails. Between bizarre mash-ups like Archie Meets Pretty Little Liars and horror comics like Jughead: The Hunger (where he becomes a werewolf), Archie isn’t afraid to mix it up. And that holds true with its newest horror comic, Chilling Adventures Present: Weirder Mysteries, in which girl-next-door Betty Cooper basically takes on John…

Image: Archie ComicsYou’ve heard of classic Archie Comics character Li’l Jinx, a mischievous tyke who earned her unusual name by being born on Halloween? Replace “tyke” with “teen” (and lose the “Li’l”) and you’ve got the main character of Chilling Adventures Presents... Jinx’s Grim Fairy Tales, a new Archie Horror one-shot that io9 is previewing today.Here’s the official synopsis: “Teen Jinx Holliday is Riverdale’s go-to babysitter. The (often unruly) kids that she watches over always change, seemingly for the better.…

Screenshot: The CWIn what was arguably the great flex ever seen on a CW show, Percival sent a series of biblical plagues upon the town, including killing every first-born person in Riverdale. Sons, daughters, the elderly, etc.—all of ‘em. Archie, Jughead, Toni, and Fangs all died, leaving Betty, Veronica, Tabitha, and Cheryl wondering what the hell to do next. Please note that I almost certainly have done a “22 Insane Things That Happened on Riverdale” list on the last five episodes of season six alone. (s6, ep18)…

I believe this look is also exactly how actor Cole Sprouse feels about the show’s latest twist.Screenshot: The CWIf you watched last night’s Riverdale season six finale, I assume you’re still reeling from the madness that just went down. If you didn’t, here’s what happened on the show that makes Gotham look like a low-key, down-to-earth drama.Trying to explain everything that’s happened on Riverdale this season is an impossible task, but to sum it up: Hiram Lodge tried to blow up Archie with a bomb, which instead somehow…

The CW’s had plenty of time letting Riverdale do consistently weird shit for nearly a decade, but it’s all set to come to an end with a final, surely bonkers season later this year. But lest you think that would be the end of the TV universe based on the Archie Comics universe, you’d be mistaken, because there’s another shared universe show on the horizon.Reported by Deadline, The CW will be developing Jake Chang, a show based on the titular character, a 16-year-old private investigator who operates out of Chinatown. Like…