Keller is also a senator who happens to be a vocal proponent of gun control. (In a 21st century comic book multiverse, apparently Archies are expendable.) Archie is gunned downed by an assassin’s bullet that is intended for his friend, Kevin Keller, the first openly gay character in the Archie franchise. Not the teenage Archie of the main Archie universe, mind you, but the adult Archie of the “Life with Archie” comic series. In case you haven’t heard, Archie, the flagship character in the comic book franchise of the same name, died this week. It was also before political and social agendas made their way so prominently into children’s comic books. Those were simpler times, when there was really only one universe to keep track of in a comic franchise. Given the choice between Archie and Reggie, most kids probably wanted to be more like Archie. (Years before the famous question “Ginger or Mary Ann?” was asked of guys, there was the question “Betty or Veronica?”) But Archie was more likable than Reggie, and Betty and Veronica were always fighting over him. Reggie was richer than Archie, a better athlete than Archie, and he drove a nice sports car while Archie got from point A to point B in a jalopy… if he got there at all. When you’re a kid, you really look up to teenagers, and I related to Archie in the same way I related to Peter Parker. My childhood was full of comic books - Spiderman, Superman, Richie Rich, Casper… and Archie.
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