Brimming with scary good stories for the whole horror-loving family, Archie Comics Digest: Halloween Special is now available in comic book shops and bookstores, and as a special exclusive treat just for Daily Dead readers, we have a complete classic story from the digest that you can enjoy right now!
You can read "The Failure" in its entirety below, featuring Betty and Veronica unknowingly having hot chocolate and cookies with a real-life monster, and we also have an exclusive look at other frightfully fun pages from Archie Comics Digest: Halloween Special, including a wicked word find!
In case you missed it, read our recent preview of Archie's Halloween Spectacular, and be sure to check out all of the insightful installments of the "Archie's House of Horror" column written by Jamie L. Rotante, Senior Director of Editorial and writer at Archie Comics!
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ARCHIE COMICS DIGEST: HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
After 50+ years of Archie digests, our beloved archival collection is getting a new look, and what better time for this treat than Halloween?! Based on the success of our hugely popular Puzzle Book and Word Search series, ARCHIE COMICS DIGEST is back in a big way with the classic stories, puzzles, fashion pages, and pin-ups you know and love, all loaded with Halloween fun!
Script: Sy Reit, Tom DeFalco, Frank Doyle
Art: Bob White, Steven Butler, Dan DeCarlo
Cover: Dan Parent, Rosario “Tito” Peña
96-page, full color digest
$9.99 U.S.
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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