Impetus: Archie comics are going the route of Spider-Man and announcing they’re killing off their titular character, but really they’re doing it in a less-successful spin-off series and not mentioning that part concisely as not to compromise the impulsive demand from would-be buyers.
Killing a titular character is such a cop-out. It’s basically saying “we’re out of ideas for this character, and don’t want to bother putting any further effort with them.” I can’t say that I’ve ever really been a fan of Archie comics, but I’m not going to pretend like I’ve never read them before either. Granted, my exposure to them was literally when I was in the first or second grade, and I took piano lessons from a lady who had all sorts of Archie comics on her coffee table for the kids who showed up early like me would be able to read to kill time with. A lot of the stuff was over my head back then, and it took me a while to realize that “Ronnie” was a nickname for “Veronica.”