The Four Color Media Monitor

The Wrap reports Archie publishing's still putting their cast of characters in the depths of Hell, and this time, they've even hired one of the wokest writers to do the job:

Riverdale’s resident hero Archie goes darker in a new comic book series.

“Archie Comics: Judgment Day,” which fully plunges the gang into the heart of darkness, hits comic book stands on May 22 from the Archie Horror imprint. The three-issue miniseries is the first Archie Premium Event, “which will designate upcoming Archie stories that are simply too grand for a single one-shot release” (according to the official release).

The new series was written by Aubrey Sitterson with art by Megan Hutchison, colors by Matt Herms and letters by Jack Morelli. According to the official synopsis, this new series “sets Archie Andrews on a daring quest to cleanse an alternate version of Riverdale overrun by demons. After claiming some destructive powers of his own, Archie is forced to destroy corrupted versions of the people closest to him, ostensibly in the name of the greater good. As questions about his own morality and the sacrifices he’s made start to pile up, Archie must confront if his efforts are truly good, or in fact the work or pure evil?”

It sounds almost like they want to put the older values of the comics on trial, and even went out of their way to hire the same writer who caused a scandal several years back with his woke scripting on GI Joe at IDW when they still had the publishing license, which at the time led to his dismissal, but who knows if Hasbro would be so responsible with their products today? The Archie staff continued to gush on:

“Judgment Day is the first in a compelling slate of events. As we look to the future of Archie, we wanted to translate our success in TV and film to focus that sense of grandeur back to our core publishing efforts. With our Archie Premium Event series, we’ve imbued each project with an epic sense of storytelling that is evocative of the exciting new direction for the company,” said Jonathan Betancourt, Archie Comics Senior Vice President in an official release. “In addition to our concentrated focus on elevated storytelling, these new series are also investments for the larger comic book community, transforming what would be a normal print issue into a must-have collector’s item.”

So this isn't just a forced direction written in the depths of desperation. It's also an attempt to salvage their sales by promoting this garbage to the speculator market, no matter how much it's long become a joke that's done more harm than good to the community. But if they keep on with their woke directions, it could even have the effect of lowering the value of even the older stories from decades past, because there are investors out there who might have a problem with collecting stuff that's embarrassingly woke, and it might not be easy to trade around, as some speculators keep doing. At best, such items might be considered acceptable investment with the more woke ideologues. But then again, maybe they won't be, which would just confirm the only reason stories laced with identity politics have for being is to litter bargain bins and serve the purpose of spreading propaganda en masse.

When the speculator market becomes the foremost focus, it's obvious merit-based storytelling isn't what the publishers are interested in. And Archie's obsession with the horror genre has long gotten out of hand, becoming very insufferable.

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