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| The three cover variants for Archie Game Galaxy, released as part of the Super Mario Galaxy Movie tie-in. |
By Jon Scarr
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie rollout keeps widening, and the latest piece comes from an unexpected place. Archie Comics has revealed Archie Game Galaxy, a new one-shot arriving as part of its 85th Anniversary line.
The premise is built around a classic video game setup, with the gang pulled into a colourful game universe packed with planets, challenges, and strange hazards. If you’ve been following the Galaxy-themed branding across recent tie-ins, this fits right into that same direction.
Riverdale Gets Pulled Into a Game Universe
In Archie Game Galaxy, Betty is tasked with feeding Sabrina’s cat, Salem, and the gang decides to tag along. Things go sideways when Jughead powers up an old gaming console and everyone gets pulled into the game. From there, the story plays out across a cosmic setting filled with quirky planets and obstacles, with Salem acting as an unexpected guide as they try to find their way back home.
An 85th Anniversary One-Shot With Multiple Covers
The comic is solicited as Archie Comics 85th Anniversary Presents: Archie Game Galaxy #1. It’s written by Holly G!, with art credits also listing Bob Smith, Jack Morelli, and Glenn Whitmore. The issue is getting three covers in total: a main cover by Holly G!, a Stan Goldberg variant, and a Joe Staton foil variant for collectors.
It’s a 32-page comic with a $4.99 USD cover price, and it’s currently scheduled to release on April 29, 2026.
A Growing Super Mario Galaxy Movie Rollout
This comic drop is another sign that the Super Mario Galaxy Movie campaign is spreading across more categories than you’d normally expect from a single movie push.
We’ve already seen retail tie-ins start popping up early, including movie-branded cereal appearing at Walmart before any formal cereal announcement. More recently, the marketing ramped up with a dedicated Super Mario Galaxy Movie Direct, building on the original movie reveal from Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. 40th anniversary presentation.
If you’re tracking the visual style, the first full trailer put a big spotlight on the cosmic direction, and that same Galaxy look is now showing up across licensed products. That includes the Old Spice collaboration that has begun appearing at retail, and now this Archie one-shot landing right in the middle of that wider push.
More Super Mario Galaxy Movie Tie-Ins Are Likely Close Behind
On its own, a single comic doesn’t tell the whole story. But when you line it up with the cereal showing up at Walmart, the Old Spice products beginning to roll out, and the Super Mario Galaxy Movie Direct Nintendo already aired, a clearer picture starts to form. This isn’t a one-off tie-in. It’s a wider push that’s being paced out across different types of media and retail.
What makes the Archie Game Galaxy release especially interesting is its timing. The issue arrives roughly three weeks after the movie hits theatres, which suggests it’s meant to extend the film’s visibility rather than launch alongside it. Instead of everything landing at once, Nintendo and its partners appear to be spacing things out to keep the movie in the conversation well after opening week.
If more licensed items surface or Archie shares additional preview pages, we’ll keep tracking how this rollout continues to take shape.
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