Sam Hill

Sam Hill is a wisecracking private detective from Archie Comics' Golden Age, starring in his own 1950 title as a classic noir-style gumshoe who uses sharp wit and street smarts to crack cases.

A wisecracking Golden Age private eye with roots going back to 1950, Sam Hill debuted in his own dedicated title — Sam Hill Private Eye #1 — brought to life by the talented Harry Lucey. What makes this character a genuine curiosity for Archie devotees is the long tail of his publishing life: stories that first saw print in the early years of the decade have resurfaced across digest and reprint collections spanning all the way to 2023, meaning new generations of readers keep stumbling across his cases. He shares those digest pages with beloved Riverdale regulars like Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, and Veronica Lodge, making him a fun discovery for fans who thought they knew every corner of the Archie universe.