Riverdale Revisions

A later instance where we see Betty commenting on how hot she finds a passing girl, she regrets doing so aloud because of Archie's excited response. Here she wants to share the excitement with Archie. Complicated mix, she is either moving into or out of constantly putting dark sunglasses on him or otherwise blocking his vision from the girls. I am not sure how to arrange the continuity -- which panel happened first -- is Betty moving toward sharing the ogling ("male gaze") or moving to guarding this for herself?

Archie's butt struggles as he runs, I guess.

Not sure why Veronica rejects a cpr lesson. She knows she is in an Archie comic book, so that means Hot Mouth to Mouth Resuscitation Action.

Though, this is why she would be rejecting the chance for Hot Mouth to Mouth Resuscitation Practice Action...

Keep the old woman, dump the cowboy kid. They move it to the deli, better to get in view of the "Fresh Ham" on sale.

We are here over a year past the last appearance of Cheryl. Interestingly, had Kathleen Webb wanted to drop in a character name she would have gone with "Gloria Gudlucks", though I don't know what Betty would say instead of "that red-headed witch". Rich Margopoulos, writer of the last trailing off stories with the Blossoms -- focused a bit more on class antagonisms via athletic competitiom from Pembroke Academy than on the vixen seductress and bad boy attraction angle -- still had her in his head to pull out for plot referencing detail-- and that and this are where you can spot her between 1985 and 1995.

No Stuttering allowed. No time for Goom-byes.

Beatnik out. Or maybe coffee.

A bit confused as they drop the allusion to the "divine source" and the "creator". They remove Moses in favor of America's 16th President but keep Jesus.

A new issue number one, though not a whole lot to differentiate from the old series. Clearly they wanted to ditch 'Archie’s Girls’ and offer up a “best friends forever” focus even as they continue to circle around the “fighting over Archie” dynamic. But they were doing so and could have done so while continuing the numbering of the series started in 1950. If that is what they wanted.

Nonetheless, issue one brought in a few stories clearly meant for an element of worldly concerns and at least a smidgen of character depth or development. Because it was issue one. So here, after Betty has a bad date with an obnoxious conceited college boy -- noticeable last second re-lettering job notwithstanding