<p>Remember Archie from the old comic books? And didn’t they have a tv show as well?
Well apparently he will meet his demise this week - what?! - seems weird to me to kill off a comic book character!</p>
<p>Article will have spoilers for what happens - warning if you don’t want to know…</p>
<p><a href=“Archie Will Die Taking a Bullet for Gay Best Friend | TIME”>Archie Will Die Taking a Bullet for Gay Best Friend | TIME;
<p>Seems odd to me–the entire comic is in a time warp anyway, as the characters haven’t aged in decades. Can’t imagine the comic without him, as he is the title character.</p>
<p>Not just a series, either. They had a hit single, too!</p>
<p>Oh great. Now that song will live in my head for the rest of the day.</p>
<p>“Sugar, Sugar”. Does anyone remember getting that single in plastic from the back of a Honeycomb box?? It actually played on the record player.</p>
<p>The NPR story is that death of the main character tends to attract MORE readership and it’s not the regular teen Archie that is involved but the grown up Archie which has a whole 'nother arc altogether. The teen Archie will continue as usual, but the grown up one seems to bring in a LOT more revenue and they feel that the death )and resurrection) will bring greater interest and readership.</p>
<p>That’s what I get, too, Himom, from elsewhere. But having watched plenty of soaps in younger days, I know he could have been wearing a bullet-proof vest, go undercover, with a new identity, maybe working for a secret govt organization, rooting out crime, waiting for the right moment to re-emerge. (That would be something, eh?) Maybe they even alter his appearance, get rid of the freckles or change his hair color. Or maybe it’s really the unknown twin. Or he got taken to some remote hideaway by a kindly whatever and nursed back to health- but had amnesia. </p>
<p>I recently watched the TV series for the first time in over 40 years on some religious channel. It was absolute dreck! I can’t believe I actually used to look forward to Saturday mornings so I could watch it - or maybe kids were much more easily entertained in the late 60s - early 70s. </p>
<p>Eh. The future Archie already has multiple arcs; one in which he marries Betty, and another in which he marries Veronica. They could have a different story in which he dies every year, and it would make no difference. It’s not like superhero stories where they have to come up with a creative way to bring the character back from the dead; they’ll just ignore this story and go on as before.</p>
<p>I was right about the cereal box record thing! Not a figment of my imagination!!!</p>
<p><a href=“Post Honeycomb with Archie Records promotion - YouTube”>Post Honeycomb with Archie Records promotion - YouTube;
<p>Of course, I too had the cereal box copy of ‘Sugar, Sugar.’ Bonus points to you if you can name the actual performers. I can’t.</p>
<p>Boy, this “hero dies” plot device is getting tired after years of overuse. Superman, The Flash, Spider-Man…etc. Next thing you know they’ll off Dilbert, Richie Rich, or Snoopy.</p>
<p>Richie Rich is pretty much dead. Snoopy only exists as a zombie at this point.</p>
<p>I’m sure Dilbert is on many CEOs’ hit lists. ;)</p>
<p>Hunt, was it the Great Recession or the Dot Com bust that doomed Richie Rich? How did he even survive Nixon’s Phase III and Ford’s ‘Whip Inflation Now’ in the 1970s anyhow? The guy should have been broke and depressed ages ago. LOL.</p>
<p>I loved those cereal box records! I wish I still had mine … other groups did them too, like the Jackson Five anb
Bobby Sherman. As for who actually sang on the Archie records, it was my understanding that Andy Kim was the lead singer. He did a few songs under his own name, such as “Rock Me Gently.”</p>
<p>I saw Andy Kim on American Bandstand, where he flubbed a whole verse in ‘Rock Me Gently.’</p>