Heres what the archie characters look like in riverdale vs. Riverdale has been one of the most popular bingewatch worthy teen shows on. Archie comics pays tribute to royal baby may 08, 2019 9. Apr 08, 2014 archie andrews of riverdale will meet his end in an upcoming comic, and fans are freaking out. In the time police comic, his beanie is a device that allows him to travel in time. The story ends for the redheaded hero from riverdale in issue 16 of life with archie when an adult archie takes a bullet aimed by a stalker at a gay friend. Life with archie is a comic book published by archie comics from 1958 to 1991. Archie proved to be popular enough to warrant his own selftitled ongoing comic book series which began publication in the winter of 1942 and ran.
Jan 31, 2016 the archie comics characters that inspired riverdale. Jul 16, 2014 the story ends for the redheaded hero from riverdale in issue 16 of life with archie when an adult archie takes a bullet aimed by a stalker at a gay friend. Archie comics is the leading mass market comic book publisher in the world and the home to a wide array of the most popular humor, actionadventure and superhero characters in entertainment, including archie, jughead, betty, veronica, reggie, kevin keller, josie and the pussycats, sabrina the teenage witch, and many more. First face appearance of archie andrews on a comic book cover. Archie andrews died todayafter 73 years in the comics why.
Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other comic vine users. Dec 20, 2016 mark waid and fiona staples completely reinvent archie comics, coming up with a take on the character that should appeal to a whole new and extremely wide audience. Archie comics says the famous comic book character will heroically sacrifice himself while saving the life of a friend in a july installment of life. How riverdale is different from archie comics teen vogue. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. In this book, truly meeting the character of archie andrews, you gain a sense. This especially surprising because back in the 70s, archie comics licensed their characters to a publisher of fundamentalist comic books sold in.
Veronica lodge is a main character in the archie comics where she is the love interest of archie but desired by his rival, reggie. The popular gay character archie took a bullet for in the. In the original comic books, salem is an ordinary orangefurred cat who happens to have magical powers. Jul 16, 2014 t he longrunning comic book character archie andrews, 74, died on wednesday. Apr 09, 2014 in july, archie comics is killing off archie andrews, the beloved comic book character. Veronica was deeply attracted to him, but was initially unaware of his sexuality, so jughead took advantage of this situation to avenge himself against veronica for humiliating him.
Archie comics archie andrews is headed for that big comic book convention in the sky sort of. Archie s firstever original young adult graphic novel. The archie comics characters that inspired riverdale. A selfless death for comic icon archie andrews al jazeera. The longrunning comic book character archie andrews, 74, died on wednesday. Theyll be handed a piece of comic book history, featuring some of the most. If the riverdale actors looked like the comic book characters. T he longrunning comic book character archie andrews, 74, died on wednesday. Dating as far back as 1941, comic book fans have come to know and love archie comics. Apr 08, 2014 comicbook deaths dont have a habit of taking see. Exclusive in this undated image, archie comics made from wood are on display in new york city.
The character archie andrews was created by john l. Heres what the archie characters look like in riverdale vs the comics. Geraldine grundy was an older woman with grey hair and oldfashioned dresses and a hefty dose of feminism snuck in, to boot. The famous 73yearold icon will fall in wednesdays installment of life with archie when he intervenes in an assassination attempt on sen. Archie andrews to be killed saving gay best friends life. Jugheads best friend is archie andrews, despite their personality difference. Archie killed while saving gay friend in comic book mashable. This process takes no more than a few hours and well send you an email once approved. This photo provided by archie comics shows archie in his final moments of life in the comic book, life with archie, issue 37. Cnnsince 1941, comic book fans have followed the exploits of teenaged archie andrews and his friends. This fact earned him a great deal of attention in american comic media. He was shot at pop tates restaurant in riverdale while. The archie comics line of comic books is one of the most successful, longest running brands in the history of the comic industry. Archie comics characters archie comics is the leading mass market comic book publisher in the world and the home to a wide array of the most popular humor.
Archie comics is killing its most popular character in july in the final two issues of life with archie, a fastforward series that launched five years ago. Theyll be handed a piece of comic book history, featuring some of the most wellknown. In april, archie comics released the news that its lead character. Not even archie andrews is immortal in the world of comics. Within the context of the strip and the larger series that grew out of it, archie is a typical teenage boy, attending high school, participating in sports, and dating.
Comic book resources a successful injection of energy and relevancy into the most innocent universe in modern comics. Archie comics news stories about archie comics page 1. In her comic book appearances, hilda is short tempered and. Since 1941, comic book fans have followed the exploits of teenaged archie andrews and his friends. If not, heres your refresher on the comic book inspirations for the main.
Archie comics ceo jon goldwater tells cnn, i think its the natural conclusion to the life with archie series. Salem is sabrinas pet in the archie comics universe. Archie is not a superhero like all the rest of the comic book characters, said goldwater. Archie was the first person that jughead met upon moving to riverdale, and he is often dragged into archie s schemes and antics. Archie comic book fans are battling mixed emotions as their beloved archie is killed. Kevin keller, the series first openly gay character, who is pushing for more gun control in riverdale. The famous frecklefaced comic book icon is meeting his demise in. Archie comics have sold 2 billion comics and are published in a dozen different foreign languages and distributed all over the world. Ok, this is not the happygolucky riverdale we once knew. In april 2011, archie comics became the first mainstream comic book publisher to make its entire line available digitally on the same day as the print release. Apr 08, 2014 since 1941, comic book fans have followed the exploits of teenaged archie andrews and his friends. This is how the cast of riverdale should have looked youtube. Features pictures, games, contests, coloring pages and membership privileges. He was shot at pop tates restaurant in riverdale while protecting his friend kevin keller, a newlyelected senator.
The famous frecklefaced comic book icon is meeting his demise in wednesdays installment of life with archie when he intervenes. He was shot at pop tates restaurant in riverdale while protecting his friend kevin keller. The beloved comic book character will be killed off in the issue of life with archie. Essentially a comic book version of the typical marilyn monroe character, melody. Archie has always been a representation of us the best of us. Published august 19th 2014 by archie comics first published august 5th 2014. Comic book character archie to be killed off national globalnews. Archie comics have sold billions comics worldwide and are published. In april, archie comics released the news that its lead. Archie comics announced tuesday that the famous comic book character will heroically sacrifice. Archie also known as archie comics is an ongoing comic book series featuring the archie comics character archie andrews.