The "New" Betty and Veronica

[panamag8or]

Oh jeez. I remember that issue. Starchie winds up in the crazy house raving about Betty, "I got rid of her! I got rid of her! Haaaaaaaahaaaaa!!! I got rid of her!!!"
Gave me nightmares!
Re: the new comic reflecting contemporary teens: the original Archie was an exact reproduction of the latest styles for teenagers (a new invention at the time) in 1947 which is about when it first came out. My favorite film depiction of the very first Hollywood recognition of post war teenage hood is the Cary Grant, Shirley Temple movie "The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer".
So this new version is not so out of line. But how could it not be lame?

Archie comics date from 1942, and the characters looked different than the classics we remember. Archie looked like a cross between Alfred E. Neuman and Howdy Doody.

Yes, they updated Archie, too. I just can't find the image. Apparently, this makeover is only for this storyline, and the "Archie" branded comics are staying the same.

 

[J. M. Stovall]

Dan DeCarlo is the only artist that did the series any justice.

 

[CharlieH.]

I can't get past the fact that the new Veronica looks exactly like a friend's old flame...

And let's see the rest of that Starchie comic!