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Amigo! Archie Comics Plans Spanish Digital Copies

By: Matt Moore, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA.- Seizing upon Archie’s popularity on the printed page, Archie Comics will now offer some of the titles in Spanish for download through its digital storefront. After 70 years, Archie Comics is the first major publisher to expand its language offerings. Jon Goldwater, co-chief executive of Archie Comics told The Associated Press the titles — Archie, Veronica & Betty and Jughead, among others — were made available online Monday as part of its digital offerings. “We have an incredible number of fans, not just domestically, who speak Spanish,” he told AP, adding that the traditional print versions of the comic, in English and Spanish, have been strong sellers in central and south America, as well as in Spain, too. Archie Comics has typically offered up its print editions in a host