Archie Comics announces beloved redhead to die in July issue

Los Angeles Times ^ | 04/08/2014

[SeekAndFind]

Archie fans might want to brace themselves: The beloved character will die this July.

Archie Comics announced Tuesday that the lovable redhead Archie Andrews will bite the proverbial dust, to cap the recent “Life With Archie” series.

“We’ve been building up to this moment since we launched ‘Life With Archie’ five years ago, and knew that any book that was telling the story of Archie’s life as an adult had to also show his final moment,” said Archie Comics Publisher/Co-CEO Jon Goldwater in a statement.

While details of the character’s impending death are scant, it has been revealed that Archie will go out saving the life of a friend in “Life With Archie” No. 36, in which the two potential future timelines of the series finally will mesh.

[Secret Agent Man]

so you’re saying they first went gay, and now they’re going sideways? who’s gay, jughead?

[Ransomed]

Yeah, that’s what I keep thinking whenever some story about Archie comes up. Who the heck is reading this? I mean I can’t ever recall any dude telling me Archie is his favourite comic book. I’m thinking it almost has to be girls, right?

Freegards

[edpc]

While details of the character’s impending death are scant....

****Spoiler Alert!****

He will be beaten to death by his stepfather. Pretty obvious, isn't it?

[Navy Patriot]

Archie will be beaten to death by a gang of “teen” “youths” who were “just turning their lives around”, when he intercedes to protect a 15 year old victim of the knockout game, named Bjorn Larsen.

[Charles Martel]

The sexual tension between Archie, Betty and Veronica over the last 40 years was finally consummated.

The image in post #3 makes it look like Archie may have waited a bit too long to release that tension.

;-)

[henkster]

Mmmmm.....Veronica....

Crazy in the head, crazy in the bed.

[longtermmemmory]

it will be a left wing propaganda piece.

[Thorliveshere]

No, an entirely new character named Kevin.

[Thorliveshere]

"Archie was the bitch and Jughead was the butch. That's why Jughead wears that crown-looking hat all the time. He the king of queen Archie's world." Chasing Amy (1997)

Oh, I remember that! Haha! What an ironic quote.

[GraceG]

Not sure if undead Jughead will be any different.

[50sDad]

It will be those Amish! You KNOW they are the ones to be watched! [/SARCASM]

[GeronL]

Who still reads this crap?

[coydog]

Smells of desperation. A dying franchise should be allowed to die in peace.

[DannyTN]

Awesome!

[Bratch]

It's been done before.

SPOILER!

He got better.

[x]

After gay marriage, it was bound to happen:

[Darksheare]

Finally.
Guess their inclusiveness of an openly homosexual character tanked their readership, so they now try shock to amp up readership.
It’ll turn out to be a dream or some such bs if readership rises enough.

[headless_thompson_gunner]

Archie Comics recently discovered that Archie once supported personal responsibility. They had no choice.

[UnwashedPeasant]

If I had artistic talent, I would draw the alternative ending, where Archie pulls out his his Dirty Harry gun and comes out alive.

[UnwashedPeasant]