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Capt. Obvious

(9,002 posts)
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 09:16 AM Jul 2014

'Archie' Will Die Saving Gay Friend In Comic Book

Archie Andrews will die taking a bullet for his gay best friend.

The famous freckle-faced comic book icon is meeting his demise in Wednesday's installment of "Life with Archie" when he intervenes in an assassination attempt on Kevin Keller, Archie Comics' first openly gay character. Andrews' death, which was first announced in April, will mark the conclusion of the series that focuses on grown-up renditions of Andrews and his Riverdale pals.

"The way in which Archie dies is everything that you would expect of Archie," said Jon Goldwater, Archie Comics publisher and co-CEO. "He dies heroically. He dies selflessly. He dies in the manner that epitomizes not only the best of Riverdale but the best of all of us. It's what Archie has come to represent over the past almost 75 years."

Keller's character first joined Veronica Lodge, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones and Reggie Mantle in the Archie Comics spin-off "Veronica" in 2010. He later appeared in his own solo title. In "Life with Archie," Keller is a married military veteran and newly elected senator who's pushing for more gun control in Riverdale after his husband was involved in a shooting.

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Who shot Archie? Goldwater isn't spoiling the killer, only teasing it's a stalker who wanted to take Keller down.

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'Archie' Will Die Saving Gay Friend In Comic Book (Original Post) Capt. Obvious Jul 2014 OP
Yep - not just Gay Marraige but also Gun Control - el_bryanto Jul 2014 #1
dies by the gun.... sad commentary on America today. :( boomer55 Jul 2014 #2
I remember being ten years old, in the hospital lunamagica Jul 2014 #3

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)
3. I remember being ten years old, in the hospital
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 03:46 PM
Jul 2014

being scared and yet bored at the same time. I loved the mindless fun an relief comic books provided. My favorites were Archie, little Lulu, Nancy, with some Superfriends thrown in.

But my favorite were the Archie ones.

I haven't read Archie -or any comic books, for that matter- in over 20 years. Man they sure have changed!

I'm glad this didn't happen when I was a kid. I was going through so much, the last thing I needed was reading a comic book when my favorite character gets shot and dies.

I'm glad I had that fun, mindless escapism

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