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At first glance, Riverdale and Gotham City don’t appear to have a lot in common. Where the former is mostly preoccupied with high school drama, the latter has to worry about psychopathic clowns getting chased around by people dressed as bats. One thing they do share, however, is a resident pair of ass-kicking girl friends. EW can exclusively reveal that those two duos will unite this fall in the six-issue crossover miniseries, Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica.

The series will be co-written by Marc Andreyko and Paul Dini, with art from Laura Braga. Dini originally created Harley Quinn on Batman: The Animated Series, the show that also established the character’s flirty friendship with Poison Ivy. The new series will find them pitting their girl power against Riverdale’s most famous pair. When a proposal emerges to drain the wetlands between Gotham and Riverdale, Ivy sticks up for her beloved fauna by enlisting Harley to kidnap valuable heiress Veronica Lodge and her best friend, Betty. Chaos, you may assume, ensues.

“It’s the sort of offer you scream out ‘YES!’ to before your eyes reach the middle of the email,” Dini said in a statement. “I’ve always wanted the chance to play in Riverdale and to help Harley and Ivy invade it is a dream come true. Marc’s a great talent and a good friend. Writing this series with him has been like sitting on the lawn during summer vacation and reading a big pile of DC and Archie comics. Except we have to stay indoors and type a lot.”

Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica #1 is set to hit stores on Oct. 4. Check out Amanda Conner’s cover above. Each issue will come with a Conner cover and a variant from Adam Hughes, who recently wrapped his own Betty & Veronica comic.

 

[Inferno313]

Did they just cuck Betty and Veronica?

EDIT: Wait.

Aren't the Archie characters in Highschool?

Aren't Harley and Ivy grown-ass women?

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

That isn't creepy.

 

[Toad.T]

ffs just stop, archie.

you met sharknado, kiss, predator, glee and none of them helped save your sorry ass.

now you only have NewArchie, Riverdale and the digests as the only month to month constants and you have to resort to

Spoiler

killing off betty

to get any attention.

Just die with dignity already.

 

[Master Of Illusion]

Aren't Harley and Ivy grown-ass women?

Ivy maybe. I always thought of Harley as a horny schoolgirl.

 

[strafer]

you tricked me

i thought this was about the tv show

 

[Marty Chinn]

Ivy maybe. I always thought of Harley as a horny schoolgirl.

The same Harley who was a psychiatric doctor in Arkham?

 

[Inferno313]

Ivy maybe. I always thought of Harley as a horny schoolgirl.

Doesn't she have a doctorate?

 

[jstripes]

What the hell does Ivy want with Archie?

Doesn't she detest men?

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Ivy maybe. I always thought of Harley as a horny schoolgirl.

Freudian slip lol

What the hell does Ivy want with Archie?

Doesn't she detest men?

you all are thinking to much into this. the point of this is to take two hot, sexy characters and throw them into another universe regardless of anything else.

Spoiler

i dont get any of this

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

*sees cover*

Paging Messi.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

...Where is Ivy's left hand resting, exactly?

 

[Zeeman]

Only one man can set this right:

 

[Master Of Illusion]

Doesn't she have a doctorate?

Right, forgot about that.

 

[Not]

Did they just cuck Betty and Veronica?

EDIT: Wait.

Aren't the Archie characters in Highschool?

Aren't Harley and Ivy grown-ass women?

Archie's

Spoiler

statutory raped by a woman posing as a high school teacher

in Riverdale too, so this ain't new

 

[kswiston]

Did they just cuck Betty and Veronica?

EDIT: Wait.

Aren't the Archie characters in Highschool?

Aren't Harley and Ivy grown-ass women?

They're bad guys. It's what they do.

 

[border]

ffs just stop, archie.

you met sharknado, kiss, predator, glee and none of them helped save your sorry ass.

now you only have NewArchie, Riverdale and the digests as the only month to month constants and you have to resort to

Spoiler

killing off betty

to get any attention.

Just die with dignity already.

Is Archie Comics really in danger?

I always hear about them and wonder who in God's name is still reading Archie books.

 

[takriel]

Holy shit I hate Riverdale and this stupid ginger protagonist. Who the fuck likes this stupid ass show?

 

[HStallion]

Eh I liked a lot of the recent Archie stuff but these seems like its just pandering at this point.

 

[Inferno313]

Holy shit I hate Riverdale and this stupid ginger protagonist. Who the fuck likes this stupid ass show?

This is a comic-book.

 

[Ross61]

Holy shit I hate Riverdale and this stupid ginger protagonist. Who the fuck likes this stupid ass show?

Me and a whole lotta other people.

Eh I liked a lot of the recent Archie stuff but these seems like its just pandering at this point.

What would be wrong with that?

 

[LordOfLore]

The same Harley who was a psychiatric doctor in Arkham?

Doesn't she have a doctorate?

She was really smart and skipped a bunch of steps on the way before being hired at Arkham right after school due to her being the best in the country despite having no experience with real criminals yet.

Ivy was actually pretty much the same but has been in the business longer(she's currently in the current Batman arc taking place a year after Zero Year).

 

[7Th]

She was really smart and skipped a bunch of steps on the way before being hired at Arkham right after school due to her being the best in the country despite having no experience with real criminals yet.

In the cartoon continuity she slept her way through college.

 

[Knuckle Sandwich]

She was really smart and skipped a bunch of steps on the way before being hired at Arkham right after school due to her being the best in the country despite having no experience with real criminals yet.

Holy shit I hate Riverdale and this stupid ginger protagonist. Who the fuck likes this stupid ass show?

My wife and I do. It's more of a so bad it's good thing though.

 

[Toad.T]

Is Archie Comics really in danger?

I always hear about them and wonder who in God's name is still reading Archie books.

It's doing so-so in other markets, but the most major red flag is that they put out graphic novels of their digests, which are basically 95% old material. And some of these will repeat entire stories within the same digest just a few pages later. So we have reprints of reprints at this point, same layouts, ad breaks and everything.

It's also got a dedicated following over here, for whatever reason.

 

[LordOfLore]

In the cartoon continuity she slept her way through college.

Dini ended up hating that part later because it was unneeded and added nothing to the character. It was quietly swept away and then removed in the reboot.

 

[Roland_Gunner]

Is Archie Comics really in danger?

I always hear about them and wonder who in God's name is still reading Archie books.

The TV show money should keep them afloat for quite a while.

 

[Platy]

I was thinking of both tv shows getting a crossover and was worried.


But in comic form ? whatever.
I hope they all go back to meet the predator after

Only one man can set this right:

The skull is already there in the cover....

 

[Eidan]

Everyone wants to fuck Archie.

 

[Messi]

Oh my god

 

[Ross61]

My wife and I do. It's more of a so bad it's good thing though.

I don't think that's the current origin anymore.

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Not a big fan of Andreyko but I'll get this just for the Amanda Conner covers. And all the recent DC inter-company crossovers have been extremely fun. This will also be my very first Archie comic.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Everyone wants to fuck Archie.

Jughead and S1 Reggie tho 😫🍆 💦 💦

 

[Grizzlyjin]

The premise for this isn't bad. It actually makes sense given their characters. Ivy kidnapping a Lodge to stop a wetland development project? Harley tagging along for a kidnapping? Archie bumbling his way in the middle? Yes, yes, and yes.

 

[Parch]

Gotta give the Archie comics credit for staying relevant. Seemed like an old school comic that should have died years ago, but they've come up with some interesting ideas to keep selling.

 

[Platy]

Her being a shitty doctor only completly destroys her origin because

1) they would not put a shitty professional to take care of the fucking Joker
2) Joker entering a good psychiatrist head is a much better story than entering a shitty one

 

[zeemumu]

Ivy maybe. I always thought of Harley as a horny schoolgirl.

Harley's a certified psychiatrist.



I thought Archie died (not the franchise, the character)

 

[B-Dubs]

...Where is Ivy's left hand resting, exactly?

You know exactly where it's resting.

 

[Makonero]

You know exactly where it's resting.

On Harley's thigh, right?

 

[LordOfLore]

Variant.

 

[googleplex]

What the hell does Ivy want with Archie?

Doesn't she detest men?

Ivy pretty much detest humans in general. Harly is one of a handful of humans she's OK with.