Comic Character Archie Andrews dies

All good things must come to an end—even the lives of comic book characters, if they've been around long enough.

This is especially true for Archie Andrews, who headlines the 70-years-old-and-counting Archie Comics publishing company and its namesake series. Archie is slated to die in issue #36 of “Life with Archie,” which follows Archie's post-high school and college antics and will be out in July.

According to an official blog post, Riverdale's most famous redhead will die sacrificing himself for the life of a dear friend.

“We’ve been building up to this moment since we launched LIFE WITH ARCHIE five years ago, and knew that any book that was telling the story of Archie’s life as an adult had to also show his final moment,” said Archie Comics Publisher/Co-CEO Jon Goldwater. “Archie has and always will represent the best in all of us—he’s a hero, good-hearted, humble and inherently honorable. This story is going to inspire a wide range of reactions because we all feel so close to Archie. Fans will laugh, cry, jump off the edge of their seats and hopefully understand why this comic will go down as one of the most important moments in Archie’s entire history. It’s the biggest story we’ve ever done, and we’re supremely proud of it.”

Meanwhile, “Life with Archie” issue #37 will flash-forward a year into the future, with Archie's most beloved pals—Jughead, Betty and Veronica, and even rival Reggie—honoring his memory.

But fans need not fear that this is the end of Archie's run forever—it's simply what appears to be the end of one of the many comics featuring him and the gang.

The comics have grown increasingly progressive over the years, having whole serieses dealing with the life of a homosexual character (Kevin Keller), and the implications of a zombie apocalypse in the town of Riverdale. With two different comic lines discussing what would happen if Archie married either Betty or Veronica, the characters have also been seen in dark, complicated situations such as adultery and jail time.

In a comic where the characters usually cycled between one adolescent problem after the other, this discussion and depiction of death is a sure mark of maturity and will perhaps catapult Archie into immortality (that is, if he already wasn't so in the first place).


From: https://ph.news.yahoo.com