WARNING ! Spoilers forwards for Archie : The Decision # 1For over eighty class , Archie Comicshas tease readers with the titulary character ’s unending love trigon . Archie ’s inability to choose between Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge has long been a staple of his character , but now , a new story has go far that may offer a answer . After decades of indecision , Archie is finally ready to solve the age - sometime quandary : Betty or Veronica ?

Archie : The Decision#1 is a brand - new adventure by Tom King and Dan Parent . In this story , as the title suggests , Archie decides … to settle ! He declare to Jughead that he ’s going to take betweenBetty and Veronicaonce and for all by throw a coin . In true Archie fashion , of course , it does n’t go harmonize to plan . He end up chasing the coin across Riverdale , with the entire town getting involve , in club to figure out which lady friend he belongs with . However , also in on-key Archie manner , fate intervenes before he can make a final choice .

In the end , Archiefails to make a decisiveness in a tale that promises exactly that , begging the doubt of whether themost iconic passion trilateral in comicswill ever be resolve .

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Archie’s Love Triangle Once Again Goes Unresolved

Continuing a Decades-Long Tradition

Thelove triangle between Archie , Betty , and Veronicabegan in 1942 , when Veronica Lodge first arrived in Riverdale . Since then , Archie has gone back and forth between the two women in his animation . Betty is the girl next door , while Veronica is the glamorous socialite . As different as they are , both bind Archie ’s mettle in equal measure . Whenever Archie sample to make a decision , like he does in King and Parent ’s zany tale , something gets in the way and preserve him torn between them . This one - shot special is n’t the first clip Archie has attempted choosing , and it undoubtedly wo n’t be the last .

Archie did technically determine between Betty and Veronica in the acclaimedLife With Archie : The Married Lifeseries , available now from Archie Comics , when two disjoined timelines extend in its page : one where he married Betty , and one where he married Veronica .

The ways that Archie has avert picking Betty or Veronica range from comical to convolute . For exercise , inArchie#600 by Michael Uslan and Stan Goldberg , he suddenly proposes to Veronica . Then , he project to Betty inArchie#603 , and three outcome later it ’s give away that he had dreamed it all up . Archie has even move on to other girls , like Sabrina Spellman , but he at last finds his way back to Betty and Veronica . With this latest tale , it seems thatArchie ’s making love triangle will persist in for many eld to come- and that may be for the best .

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82 Years Later, Archie Still Can’t Choose Between Betty and Veronica

Will He Ever Truly Make a Decision?

Despite readersand Riverdale occupant alikegetting their hopes up , it does n’t look like Archie will make up his idea any time soon . Some may finger discomfited , but at the end of the day , the resolution is n’t the entreaty of this classic dearest triangle . The true entreaty lie in the fun that ’s had along the way , and King and Parent return that fun in spades here . Even ifArchienever chooses between Betty and Veronica - and judging by his track record , there ’s a good hazard he wo n’t - that just imply there will always be more loony adventures for readers to enjoy .

Archie : The Decision#1is available now from Archie Comics !

ARCHIE : THE DECISION # 1 ( 2024 )

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Archie is a long - run comic book series that started in 1942 after Archie himself debuted in Pep Comics # 22 in 1941 . Archie was bring up in 2015 to admit updated character designs and a more mature plot line . The Archie dealership has expanded into other mediums as well , including The CW ’s Riverdale goggle box show star KJ Apa .

Archie with Betty on one side and Veronica on the other, all smiling at the viewer

The residents of Riverdale arrive to see the results of Archie’s coin flip to choose between Betty and Veronica, but he reveals he forgot to call it, meaning it was all for nothing.

Archie Andrews declares that he will finally choose between Betty and Veronica - but when Jughead asks how, he says he has no idea.

Archie, Jughead, Betty, and Veronica all jump in the air as coins fly around them. Sabrina Spellman flies alongside them on her broomstick, and Josie and the Pussycats are in the background.

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