A switch in time? Now Archie’s marrying Betty!

It was a pop-culture shock wave: the news last May that the most venerable romantic triangle in comics was finally coming to an end. And what an end: Archie Andrews, the all-American boy, was choosing rich, raven-haired heiress Veronica Lodge over wholesome girl-next-door Betty Cooper.

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Poor Betty! Archie will propose to Veronica

After 68 years of waffling, Archie Andrews has made his choice. It’s the raven-haired heiress over the girl next door, Veronica Lodge over Betty Cooper.

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That perennially teenage redhead from Riverdale made headlines around the world when word leaked, back in May, that he would propose to his longtime love interest, Veronica Lodge, in issue No. 600 of the comic that bears his name.

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"Jughead, do you want to be my best man?" comic book character Archie asks on his blog. Archie Andrews -- who spent decades in high school, flirting with girl-next-door Betty Cooper and heiress-next-door Veronica Lodge -- is getting married.

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You may or may not have heard about the controversy over images that showed a redesigned Archie, Betty, Veronica, and the rest of the Riverdale crew. Newsarama.com sat down with Editor Victor Gorelick and artist Steve Butler to sort everything out.

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