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Riverdale #3
Riverdale Vol. 3
From Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and the writers of the CW's Riverdale comes the third collection of the comic book set in the universe of the TV series. RIVERDALE VOL. 3 offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica, Josie & the Pussycats and their friends, exploring small-town life and the darkness bubbling beneath Riverdale's wholesome facade.
Set in the same universe as the hit CW series, Vol. 3 features stories set in between episodes of the new CW TV series Riverdale.
Set in the same universe as the hit CW series, Vol. 3 features stories set in between episodes of the new CW TV series Riverdale.
120 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2018
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Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
467 books476 followersRoberto Aguirre-Sacasa is an American playwright, screenwriter, and comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics and for the television series Glee, Big Love, Riverdale, and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. He is Chief Creative Officer of Archie Comics.
Aguirre-Sacasa grew up liking comic books, recalling in 2003, "My mom would take us out to the 7-Eleven on River Road during the summer, and we would get Slurpees and buy comics off the spinning rack. I would read them all over and over again, and draw my own pictures and stuff."
He began writing for Marvel Comics, he explained, when "Marvel hired an editor to find new writers, and they hired her from a theatrical agency. So she started calling theaters and asking if they knew any playwrights who might be good for comic books. A couple of different theaters said she should look at me. So she called me, I sent her a couple of my plays and she said 'Great, would you like to pitch on a couple of comic books in the works?'"
His first submissions were "not what [they were] interested in for the character[s]" but eventually he was assigned an 11-page Fantastic Four story, "The True Meaning of...," for the Marvel Holiday Special 2004. He went on to write Fantastic Four stories in Marvel Knights 4, a spinoff of that superhero team's long-running title; and stories for Nightcrawler vol. 3; The Sensational Spider-Man vol. 2; and Dead of Night featuring Man-Thing.
In May 2008 Aguirre-Sacasa returned to the Fantastic Four with a miniseries tie-in to the company-wide "Secret Invasion" storyline concerning a years-long infiltration of Earth by the shape-shifting alien race, the Skrulls,and an Angel Revelations miniseries with artists Barry Kitson and Adam Polina, respectively. He adapted for comics the Stephen King novel The Stand.
In 2013, he created Afterlife with Archie, depicting Archie Andrews in the midst of a zombie apocalypse; the book's success led to Aguirre-Sacasa being named Archie Comics' chief creative officer.
Aguirre-Sacasa grew up liking comic books, recalling in 2003, "My mom would take us out to the 7-Eleven on River Road during the summer, and we would get Slurpees and buy comics off the spinning rack. I would read them all over and over again, and draw my own pictures and stuff."
He began writing for Marvel Comics, he explained, when "Marvel hired an editor to find new writers, and they hired her from a theatrical agency. So she started calling theaters and asking if they knew any playwrights who might be good for comic books. A couple of different theaters said she should look at me. So she called me, I sent her a couple of my plays and she said 'Great, would you like to pitch on a couple of comic books in the works?'"
His first submissions were "not what [they were] interested in for the character[s]" but eventually he was assigned an 11-page Fantastic Four story, "The True Meaning of...," for the Marvel Holiday Special 2004. He went on to write Fantastic Four stories in Marvel Knights 4, a spinoff of that superhero team's long-running title; and stories for Nightcrawler vol. 3; The Sensational Spider-Man vol. 2; and Dead of Night featuring Man-Thing.
In May 2008 Aguirre-Sacasa returned to the Fantastic Four with a miniseries tie-in to the company-wide "Secret Invasion" storyline concerning a years-long infiltration of Earth by the shape-shifting alien race, the Skrulls,and an Angel Revelations miniseries with artists Barry Kitson and Adam Polina, respectively. He adapted for comics the Stephen King novel The Stand.
In 2013, he created Afterlife with Archie, depicting Archie Andrews in the midst of a zombie apocalypse; the book's success led to Aguirre-Sacasa being named Archie Comics' chief creative officer.
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April 5, 2022
This book automatically gets 5 stars for that last story because that last story was the fucking best
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July 6, 2019
I enjoyed this one but it wasn’t worth it to me tbh! I felt like this one was just thrown together but it was still a fun cute read
March 17, 2020
This is not really good either, it would be a low a three stars if it wasn't for the Alice story!!! That's full on five stars, so I'm raising the rating in this to a four...
There not as many core four stories here, but it's mostly Cheryl and Reggie, who I'm not really a fan of, so I was bit annoyed and bored... Besides one of the stories was about an outbreak and another about Reggie faking a disease, which right now is a bit... weird...
But going on good things, I got some Sierra/Tom crumbs, which made me very happy!!!! And the Alice story was awesome, she's badass, and I always LOVE her owning a bit more of her Serpent past, and her chemistry with FP is always electrifying!!!
So yeah, great for any Riverdale fans who like Cheryl and/or Reggie, and I really just want a comic with only stories about the parents... GIVE ME A PARENTDALE COMIC!!!!
There not as many core four stories here, but it's mostly Cheryl and Reggie, who I'm not really a fan of, so I was bit annoyed and bored... Besides one of the stories was about an outbreak and another about Reggie faking a disease, which right now is a bit... weird...
But going on good things, I got some Sierra/Tom crumbs, which made me very happy!!!! And the Alice story was awesome, she's badass, and I always LOVE her owning a bit more of her Serpent past, and her chemistry with FP is always electrifying!!!
So yeah, great for any Riverdale fans who like Cheryl and/or Reggie, and I really just want a comic with only stories about the parents... GIVE ME A PARENTDALE COMIC!!!!
October 27, 2018
I really enjoyed Hands on a Hard Body but the other weren’t my fave. Good illustrations & of course I can’t give anything Riverdale less than 4 😂
October 2, 2025
Seems like they ran out of story ideas (fair)
February 10, 2019
This seemed the most separated from the series, but was still enjoyable.
February 23, 2023
I really like how they written and drew out the comic! I’ve never really been into comics, but I really like these! Definitely recommend!
May 23, 2019
This book was really mixed for me
The first story was really good. It was sweet and the character interactions were really good.
The second story was okay, kind of funny, but not great.
The third story was terrible. It was stupid and aggravating.
The fourth story was okay, honestly, I didn't even remember what it was about at first, but it came back to me, it was cute but not that interesting.
The first story was really good. It was sweet and the character interactions were really good.
The second story was okay, kind of funny, but not great.
The third story was terrible. It was stupid and aggravating.
The fourth story was okay, honestly, I didn't even remember what it was about at first, but it came back to me, it was cute but not that interesting.
January 12, 2020
Este cómic me ha encantado, aunque los dibujos son bonitos, no son de mi estilo.
El libro cuenta con 4 relatos diferentes, los cuales me han hecho muchísima gracia, son muy divertidos.
Cuando lo lees disfrutas y se te hace muy ameno.
Las fotos promocionales (personajes de la serie) del final del libro son preciosas.
Mi relato favorito es el capítulo 10 (epidemia) sin duda, me he reído mucho con Cheryl.
Mi nota real es un 4'5/5.
El libro cuenta con 4 relatos diferentes, los cuales me han hecho muchísima gracia, son muy divertidos.
Cuando lo lees disfrutas y se te hace muy ameno.
Las fotos promocionales (personajes de la serie) del final del libro son preciosas.
Mi relato favorito es el capítulo 10 (epidemia) sin duda, me he reído mucho con Cheryl.
Mi nota real es un 4'5/5.
June 10, 2022
If you haven’t read the first two in this series you may want to do that. You can just read this one if you want to though. Even though there is a bit of an order to them it doesn’t mess too much up.
I’m not going to break up all the stories in this one so that if you do decide to read it you have something of a surprise of sorts as you go along. I will say there is a story or two that involve the core four (Betty, Veronica, Archie, and Jughead) plus some that involve the more minor major characters (Reggie, Cheryl, etc.). The stories go along with the things in the show and also in the Riverdale book series so you may have a little dejavu as you read them. Still, they are great fun for fans of the series and those die hard old school Archie comics fans.
I definitely recommend this to fans of anything Archie/Riverdale.
I’m not going to break up all the stories in this one so that if you do decide to read it you have something of a surprise of sorts as you go along. I will say there is a story or two that involve the core four (Betty, Veronica, Archie, and Jughead) plus some that involve the more minor major characters (Reggie, Cheryl, etc.). The stories go along with the things in the show and also in the Riverdale book series so you may have a little dejavu as you read them. Still, they are great fun for fans of the series and those die hard old school Archie comics fans.
I definitely recommend this to fans of anything Archie/Riverdale.
August 5, 2018
3.5 Stars
(This volume reprints Riverdale 9-12, which look to be the final issues of the series for now.)
This was good, but not quite as good as the last volume. This was more typical Riverdale stuff although slightly more comedic than you'd normally see on the show, which is actually pretty dark. It's really amazing how compelling this comic is considering it's not the type of subject matter you usually find in comics, and even more importantly it's not the type of thing I usually read. But I find myself devouring it as it's just hard to put down. I hope this series returns in some form because it ended up surprisingly good.
(This volume reprints Riverdale 9-12, which look to be the final issues of the series for now.)
This was good, but not quite as good as the last volume. This was more typical Riverdale stuff although slightly more comedic than you'd normally see on the show, which is actually pretty dark. It's really amazing how compelling this comic is considering it's not the type of subject matter you usually find in comics, and even more importantly it's not the type of thing I usually read. But I find myself devouring it as it's just hard to put down. I hope this series returns in some form because it ended up surprisingly good.
September 3, 2019
En este tercer volumen de los cómics de la serie "Riverdale " se centra más en los personajes principales de la serie salvo Reggie y Ethel quienes tienen más protagonismo.Las historias son más generales y no profundizan en el universo de la serie. Sin embargo me ha gustado mucho,tiene momentos de humor y desarrollo de los personajes . Tiene varios elementos de la segunda temporada de la serie y las ilustraciones son una maravilla como en los anteriores volúmenes.
Sin duda lo recomiendo a seguidores de la serie que quieran saber más sobre estos personajes y sus aventuras. Espero leer más de estas historias.
Sin duda lo recomiendo a seguidores de la serie que quieran saber más sobre estos personajes y sus aventuras. Espero leer más de estas historias.
December 23, 2018
Considering how great the previous collection was I’m sad to say I really didn’t rate this one so much. The stories feel like rejects from the regular Archie Comics, they’re missing that m touch of darkness that makes Riverdale so different. Not horrible but not anywhere near as good as the previous volume, average.
February 1, 2019
This collection was actually a lot of fun!! I really liked all the stories, the artwork was good - the characters (except Veronica, really) looked like their actor counterparts. I loved Ethel's story, but the others were really good, too. I guess this takes place before the Carrie musical episode
January 23, 2022
The Riverdale gang is back at it. This time mono goes through the senior class. They are held from the play and Cheryl will have none of that. Archie and Jughead are mad about a truck contest. Reggie plays a prank. I have been enjoying these comics. Easy to read and nice additions to the Riverdale world.
January 30, 2019
2.5 stars - Another collection of just okay stories. PVP felt like the only authentic issue in this volume while the others were too focused on Reggie. At this point, I highly doubt I'll continue reading these comics if they proceed to be published.
July 21, 2022
Se avete letto anche le mie recensioni degli altri due libri dovreste sapere che non mi sono piaciuti tanto il terzo libro è ancora peggio non mi piaceva lo leggevo a fatica è troppo confusionario vi conviene guadrare le serie tv perché leggendo questi tre vi rovinerebbe tutto
July 20, 2024
This was quite disappointing compared to the first volumes. Not surprised that volume four never came out. The show had more action, betrayal, drama and conflicted love plots. This was just like a regular Archie comic.
October 3, 2018
Perfect beach read right before the new season starts.
April 4, 2019
Dark Betty, unlucky Archie and Reggie is a real cad.
August 8, 2019
Different than what I was expecting, but still good.
August 25, 2019
This one was quick, easy read. I loved the Jughead story the most, but the Ethel-centric one was good, too. The mono one was goofy; the third story was okay.
January 2, 2020
Honestly it's worse than the first 2. You are not missing much if you don't read it
February 17, 2020
This is more classic comic than Riverdale TV show but it was fun!
January 24, 2022
Really fun and short reads the illustrations are awesome!
February 18, 2022
It's very sad that archie doesn't have a story in this chapter
February 5, 2023
Not my favorite book. But I read it I one sitting. I don’t recommend it.
February 16, 2025
The adventures of the Riverdale gang continue, including a wonderful story of Jughead trying for the high score on an arcade game. Nice graphics.
April 24, 2025
I really enjoyed this set of stories! A quick, nostalgic afternoon read.
October 1, 2025
Season 3 💞💗
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