Jughead

Much like comic book fans, gamers tend to trust the recommendations of their friends over just about anyone. Perhaps that's why Archie Comics has entrusted its new video game review feature in this month's Life With Archie #8 to none other than Riverdale's most famous all-around pal, Jughead Jones...

A few months back we found out that "Robot Chicken/Titan Maximum" c0-creator/writer/producer Tom Root would be penning a special backup story for Archie's pal's landmark 200th issue in March. Now, it turns out readers will have another first to celebrate - Archie Comics' very first variant cover, which will ship to shops for free in a 1:3 regular cover ratio...

It looks like even though he lives as an irreverent ruler of pop culture parody on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, former "Toyfare" scribe and current "Robot Chicken" and "Titan Maximum" writer/producer/director/voice actor/everythingever Tom Root has a passport to Riverdale and he's not afraid to use it...

ARCHIE #580"A Not-So-Cool Yule": Archie is having a stress-free holiday season, untilboth Betty and Veronica give him "matching sweaters" that they expect him towear– the only problem is, the designs the girls chose don't match! SCRIPT: George GladirART: Stan Goldberg "Cold Comfort": Veronica thinks Archie is being chivalrous about her onion breath, when he merely has