More than 80 years after he first found himself caught between the warring affections of Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge, Archie Andrews will finally do the one thing he's been avoiding so hard it's become a running gag, and choose between the two greatest gals in Riverdale. Who could be so audacious as to finally push the eternally wishy-washy Archie into making such a fateful choice? None other than award-winning writer , who has made a name for himself with stories that push the boundaries of the characters he takes on, and longtime premiere Archie artist Dan Parent, whose name has become synonymous with Archie Comics since he came to the publisher in the '80s. They're joined by inker Bob Smith, colorist Rosario 'Tito' Peña, and letterer Jack Morelli for the Archie: The Decision one-shot, which features a main cover penciled by Parent (seen below).
Archie was created in 1941 along with Betty Cooper. Veronica Lodge first debuted in Riverdale in 1942, and soon after the most iconic love triangle in comics (and one of the most well-known in all pop culture) was born. Since then, Archie has been so averse to making a choice that when Archie Comics published Life With Archie, a story that flashed forward to Archie's adult life, it was published with two concurrent timelines - one in which Archie married Betty, and one in which he wound up with Veronica.
Life With Archie ended 10 years ago in 2014, and rather than leaving readers with any closure on which timeline might repres.
