Warning: Spoilers ahead for season two, episode three of "Riverdale," titled "The Watcher in the Woods."
Wednesday's episode of The CW's "Riverdale" brought some revelations and even more mysteries to the small town.
Moose and Midge are alive, Polly Cooper is leaving the town to stay safe, and fans finally got to meet Toni Topaz, a Southside Serpent who showed Jughead around his new high school. But the mysterious "Black Hood" is targeting the town's sinners and Archie wants to do something about it.
INSIDER worked with Archie Comics to shed light on some fun nods to the original comics and pop culture references.
Here are six details you might have missed from Thursday's episode of "Riverdale."
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Archie pulls out a comic book called "The Red Circle," a reference to Red Circle Comics, an Archie Comics imprint, and the Red Circle characters.
Some Red Circle superhero characters were actually introduced in the 1930s and 1940s before Archie Andrews was around. The characters have gone through multiple incarnations. Red Circle Comics was launched in the 1970s, and the Archie Comics imprint was reinvented as Dark Circle Comics in 2015. The Mighty Crusaders were first introduced in the 1960s and a new iteration of the superhero league is launching this December.
The Red Circle also becomes the name Archie and his gang of teen vigilantes call themselves.
Archie spreads flyers around to gather a group together.
The "Black Hood" villain takes his name from a Red Circle vigilante character.
The Black Hood vigilante has been around since the 1940s. His most recent incarnation was featured in the 2015 graphic novel, "The Black Hood Vol. 1 — The Bullet's Kiss."
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