# Archie Comics to Kill Off Archie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-comics-to-kill-off-archie/685749>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 9, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-comics-to-kill-off-archie/685749 "2014-04-09T19:46:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-comics-to-kill-off-archie/685749/41 "2014-04-11T01:50:05Z")

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> [@Revtim](#):
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> Great link, thanks. My fundie Mom got that stuff for my sister and me occasionally back in the 70s.
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> I love that the trading post has a sign offering “filthy books”.

As the judge remarked the day that he acquitted my Aunt Hortense,  
“To be smut, it must be utterly without redeeming social importance!”

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-comics-to-kill-off-archie/685749/42 "2014-04-11T02:04:40Z")

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> [@nevadaexile](#):
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> Here I was thinking that the Pep comic was what really killed Archie.

Well, it’s the comic he first appeared in, so his death has to ultimately be tracked to it.

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**Author:** ![NeonMadman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-comics-to-kill-off-archie/685749/43 "2014-04-13T18:35:04Z")

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> [@Trinopus](#):
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> While Porgie Tirebiter hasn’t had any new material written for him in decades. Where’s the justice?

He’s a spy and a girl delighter…just a student like you…

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**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-comics-to-kill-off-archie/685749/44 "2014-04-13T18:42:47Z")

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All I know is if a cyborg Archie shows up, I’ll be staying the hell away from Coast City.

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-comics-to-kill-off-archie/685749/45 "2014-04-14T01:06:51Z")

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> [@NeonMadman](#):
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> He’s a spy and a girl delighter…just a student like you…

Like me?

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-comics-to-kill-off-archie/685749/46 "2014-04-14T01:54:15Z")

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> [@Revtim](#):
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> I’m looking forward to Cyborg Archie, Last Son Of Riverdale, Archieboy, and… ???

…Starchie?

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