Archie Comics is getting spooky this holiday season with the one-shot anthology, Happy Horrordays. The comic will see the return of Jughead the werewolf in Jughead: The Hunger by creators Frank Tieri and Joe Eisma, plus two other stories of holiday horror.

“In ‘‘Twas the Night Before the Hunger,’ X-Mas turns into an X-Massacre when Jughead finds himself up against none other than a pissed off Krampus one fine Christmas morn. It’s a nice little tale of ho-ho-horror where we may see more than just Christmas cookies and hamburgers getting eaten,” Tieri said.

The second story by writer Joanne Starer (Sirens of the City) and artist Butch Mapa (Star Wars) is inspired by Icelandic folklore with Sheila Wu teaming up with a cryptid.

“Outcast fashionista Sheila Wu has one friend in the world. It just happens to be a terrifying, gigantic cat – the Yule Cat of Icelandic folklore, known to hunt children who don’t get new clothing for Christmas. When bullies Veronica and Cheryl Blossom mock her clothes and reject her gifts, well, they get a Christmas present they’ll never forget,” Starer said.

The holiday special closes with a twist on Archie Christmas character, Sugar Plum, by writer Joe Corallo (She Said Destory) and artist Patrick Piazzalunga (Project Patron).

“In my last Archie comic, Jinx Grim Fairy Tales, I had the opportunity to take the previously heroic character of Kardak the Mystic and reintroduce him as a villain that needed to be overcome,” Corallo said. “This time, I got to give the same treatment to Sugar Plum. I won’t reveal much more as I want to avoid spoilers, but I hope people are pulled in from the first page and shocked by where the story goes!”

Happy Horrordays will be in comic shops on December 14, 2022.