Archie Comics has announced the September 28, 2016 debut of a new, rebooted Josie & the Pussycats comic book series that will be written by Marguerite Bennett (DC Comics Bombshells) and Carmen DeOrdio with art by Audry Mok (Heroine Chic).  Josie & the Pussycats #1 will be a full color, 32-page comic with a cover price of $3.99 and will be released with an assortment of variant covers by fan favorite artists including Vanessa Fish and Francesco Francavilla.

The launching of the new Josie & the Pussycats comic, which chronicles the aspirations of a high-energy, all-female rock trio, is part of an on-going process than began last year with the rebooting of Archie’s core titles (see “Archie Adds Three Titles to Riverdale Reboot” & “Jughead Reboot Launches in October”).  This on-going revamp of the classic Archie Comics line should be aided in Q4 by the launching of the Archie Comics-based Riverdale TV series, which is set to debut on the CW Network in the fall (see “Mid-May Geek TV Round-Up: Supergirl and Riverdale to the CW”).