Riverdale #6

Issue Details

Stories

Chock'lit Shoppe of Horrors

Volume

2

Release

September 13, 2017

Issue Number

6

Creators

Writers

Ross Maxwell
Will Ewing

Artists

Joe Eisma

Cover Artist

CW Photo Cover

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Riverdale #6 is the 32-page full color comic in the Riverdale comic book series. It was released on September 13, 2017. ^[1]

Synopsis[]

"...NEVER TURN A COSTUMER AWAY." — Set in the same universe as the hit CW series, this issue gives us a peek into all the secrets Pop Tate overhears in his day-to-day business, told through four vignettes in four different booths!

Contributors[]

Concept Script: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Writers: Ross Maxwell, Will Ewing
Artist: Joe Eisma
Colors: Andre Szymanowicz
Letters: John Workman
Cover: CW Photo Cover — Archie Andrews
Variant Cover: Francesco Francavilla
Chief Executive Officer/Publisher: Jon Goldwater
Chief Creative Officer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Editor-In-Chief: Victor Gorelick
Editors: Alex Segura, Stephen Oswald, Jamie Lee Rotante

Trivia[]

From this issue onwards there was an editorial change that saw CW Photos primarily used for Cover A, while artistic covers mainly by Francesco Francavilla were moved to variant cover(s).
The title comes from 1982 musical film Little Shop of Horrors. Tabitha, Toni, and Xandra sang "Prologue: Little Shop of Horrors" in "Chapter Ninety-One: The Return of the Pussycats".
This issue shares its name with the 39th episode of Archie's Weird Mysteries, an American animated series based on the characters of Archie Comics dealing with B-movie style monsters.
This issue features the notorious American criminals Bonnie and Clyde active during the 1930s Great Depression, as well as a mysterious diabolical man headed to Greendale.
In the comic, Betty claims to be writing a story in preparation for the town's 75th Anniversary Jubilee, which would place the comic's story as being set in either 2015 or 2016.
Certain parts of the comic are adapted almost verbatim in the Riverdale tie-in novel titled "The Day Before", specifically with the details that deal with the backstory of Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe.
The plotline of Pop Tate making a deal with the Devil to save the Chock'lit Shoppe was reused in "Chapter Ninety-Eight: Mr. Cypher" of the sixth season.

Gallery[]

Covers[]

Preview[]

References[]

↑ Archie Comics, Riverdal Issue 6

Comic Guide[]

[1] Archie Comics, Riverdal Issue 6

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