Kevin Smith brings Jay and Silent Bob to the Marvel Universe in ‘Jays of Future Past’

The crossover pairs Smith with artist Giuseppe Camuncoli for a story pitting the slacker duo against Doctor Doom.

Kevin Smith is headed back to the Marvel Universe, but not in a way you’d expect (alas, ComicsPro did not bring news that Daredevil: The Target would be completed).

No, the actor/director who played Silent Bob across multiple films is literally coming to the Marvel Universe in Jay & Silent Bob: Jays of Future Past, a one-shot written by Smith and illustrated by Giuseppe Camuncoli.

The issue sends the Clerks and Mallrats characters careening through the Marvel Universe, where Doctor Doom declares the Jersey duo must die — forcing the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, the X-Men and others to unite to save them.

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Jay & Silent Bob will meet the Riverdale gang in a one-shot this summer from Archie Comics

Kevin Smith,Fernando Ruiz, Rich Koslowski, Matt Herms, and Jack Morelli will bring the two stoners together with the Archie gang this July.

Archie, Veronica, Betty, Jughead and the rest of the gang will get two unexpected visitors this summer, as Kevin Smith’s Jay & Silent Bob will make their way to Riverdale this July.

Clerks creator Smith will write Archie Meets Jay And Silent Bob, which will feature artwork by Fernando Ruiz, Rich Koslowski, Matt Herms and Jack Morelli.

“I believe it was Stoic philosopher Epictetus who first said, ‘Everything’s Archie.’ And he was right,” Smith said. “Whether it be Veronica in Clerks or the Mister Weatherbee conversation in Chasing Amy, the influence of Archie Andrews is mixed into the brick and mortar of my pop cultural foundation. So, there was no way I was passing up this incredible opportunity to collide the worlds of Riverdale and the Askewniverse, and introduce icons on the order of Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Moose, Reggie, and Josie to reprobates like Jay and Silent Bob.” 

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