ARCHIE COMICS FOR JANUARY

Following are Archie Comics' solicitations for January, with information coming from the company.

ARCHIE #545

Written by Greg Crosby, art by Stan Goldberg.

"The Return of Cousin Alistair." Archie's royal Cousin Alistair, who first visited him back in Archie #527, makes a return trip-and makes Archie look bad with his proper grammar and manners. Will Archie get him to loosen up this time?Ê

32 pages, $2.19, in stores on Jan. 14.

ARCHIE & FRIENDS #80

Written by Craig Boldman, art by Dan Parent.

"The Archie Who Knew Too Much." Influenced by a movie he saw on TV, Archie is convinced he's overheard Mr. Lodge hatching an evil plot. A few slapstick pratfalls later and Archie's suspicions are only furthered-- has someone "booby-trapped" his steps because he "knows too much?"

32 pages, $2.19, in stores on Jan. 21.

ARCHIE'S MYSTERIES #33

By various.

"Painting the Town": A graffiti vandal is spreading their "art" all over town, including the high school and Pop Tate's Chock'lit Shoppe. Worse yet, they've implicated Veronica by including her name in the graffiti. The T.S.I. Team "brush up" on their forensic skills to find out who's been painting the town red, green and purple... and clear Veronica, too.

32 pages, $2.19, in stores on Jan. 7.

ARCHIE DIGEST #205

By various.

New stories and reprints.

Digest format, $2.39, in stores on Jan. 28.

ARCHIE'S DOUBLE DIGEST #149

By various.

New stories and reprints.

Digest format, $3.59, in stores on Jan. 7.

BETTY #135

Written by various, art by Stan Goldberg.

Bright and beautiful, smart and sassy, everyone's favorite girl- next-door is here in all-new adventures.

32 pages, $2.19, in stores on Jan. 21.

BETTY & VERONICA #197

Written by Bill Golliher, art by Jeff Shultz.

"Old Flame!" Betty and Veronica plan a surprise reunion between Ms. Grundy and her high school sweetheart/debating team colleague-- whether their reunion is "sweet" is open to "debate!"

32 pages, $2.19, in stores on Jan. 7.

BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #145

By various.

New stories and reprints.

Digest format, $2.39, in stores on Jan. 21.

JUGHEAD #156 Ê

Written by Craig Boldman, art by Rex Lindsey.

"The Good Word": Worried his pal Archie's reputation is too tarnished due to all his clumsy mishaps, Jughead volunteers to become his "P.R." agent and sway public opinion. In fact, Jughead does such a good job, how could Archie possibly live up to his hype?

32 pages, $2.19, in stores on Jan. 28.

JUGHEAD WITH ARCHIE DIGEST #190

By various.

New stories and reprints.

Digest format, $2.39, in stores on Jan. 14.

JUGHEAD'S DOUBLE DIGEST #101

By various.

New stories and reprints.

Digest format, $3.59, in stores on Jan. 21.

PALS-N-GALS DOUBLE DIGEST #82

By various.

New stories and reprints.

Digest format, $3.59, in stores on Jan. 14.

SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH #55

Written and art by Holly Golightly.

"Charmed, I'm Sure!" Sabrina tutors Shinji with his "charm school classes," but is Shinji studying the charm lessons or Sabrina's charms? Meanwhile, Lilith becomes smitten with Sabrina's main mortal, Harvey. Sabrina doesn't find that charming in the least. Can Midvale High's dating scene recover from this "charming" tale?

32 pages, $2.19, in stores on Jan. 28.

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #132

Written by Ken Penders and Karl Bollers, art by Steven Butler and Penders and Dave Manak and Jim Amash.

"Home, Part 3 - A.D.A.M. & Evil." Sonic, Knuckles and the entire Kingdom of Acorn launch a two-pronged defense against the forces of Eggman's Empire. As usual, Dr. Robotnik (a.k.a. Eggman) has a few tricks up his sleeve to keep his foes from winning the day. And then there's Shadow and a stash of deadly weapons... "Mobius: 25 Years Later -- The Unveiling." A look at the future lives of Sonic's friends and foes continues. This time, Lara-Su undergoes the female echidna coming-of-age ceremony. As Knuckles' daughter, this is a very big deal-- everyone on the island is invited. Will Lara-Su be able to deal with her insecurities? Also, if he's not here for the ceremony, just why has Rotor come to see Knuckles?

32 pages, $2.19, in stores on Jan. 7

VERONICA #149 Ê

By TBA.

"What's One More Blossom?" After her triumphant return last month, Cheryl Blossom is back for another round of love triangle trouncing. But Jason Blossom is back, too, and Veronica sees a golden opportunity to use him as a pawn in her game of love and war. Will Betty, Veronica, Cheryl, Archie and Jason survive the battle unscathed?

32 pages, $2.19, in stores on Jan. 14.