The "bride" will be Jughead.

Veronica and Betty decide to give up on Archie and finally fufille every male's true fantasy (and secret hope)and do the horizontal naked twister lick.

THAT would be a archie comic worth reading.

Does anyone honestly EVER read this comic anywhere outside of on the toilet because. you are that desperate, and reading Archie comics are much better than reading the back of a shampoo bottle while plopping a george lucas plot in the pool?

Jesus. Try spell check WTF.You are the idiot.

However, good point about toilet reading. I have been that desperate before to read a shampoo bottle.

As for Archie, it will be some dream fantasy around #603 when the sales plummet.

I am going to guess that he will Marry both, as either keep it under wraps from both of them or is a mormon.

Also WTF, No I don't even read it tere because if I did taht would mean that I actually bought it

Five bucks says he marries Katy Keene or Cheryl Blossom or Midge or some nonsense character who isn't Betty or Veronica. Archie, will you ever learn?

I had an unnatural love of Archie. Even though I knew it was stupid I still read the grocery store circulars for years when I was a kid.

Whoever the "bride" is (money still on Jughead), it will go from lame to awesome if the cover has Archie mentioning how many guys he had to "beat off" to get to the altar.

Why do Betty and Veronica have the exact same face? I think that the big twist ending is that the entire Archie universe is a dream. Archie is actually an old man in a coma who has been dreaming this the entire time while his old army buddy/lover Judhead sits by his side. Ritchie is the doctor.

Perhaps he will marry his illegal housekeeper Juanita to keep her in the country.

That or his hand. It's a forgone conclusion that his favorite "girl" that he has to "beat off" others is his main squeeze, Rosey Palm.

How else would he deal with his teenage angst?

Here's a thought that can't be unthought:
Archie masturbating to internet farm animal porn

I'm pretty sure the only market for Archie comics are kids on cross-country trips who are desperately looking for something to read when their family stops at some random general store in East Bumfuck.

I thought this was a bad idea at first, but it seems like it will be set five years in the future. I don't even know if they intend for it to be in canon, if Archie comics even has such a concept. Its a publicity stunt, but it certainly has gotten people's attention, so mission accomplished.

I'm probably in the minority, but I hope he would choose Veronica. She's a lot more interesting and fun than Betty, even if she is more high-maintenance.

Same-gender marriage will become legal in Riverdale, and as a result, Archie will marry Jughead.

Then we'll see the REAL reason he's called "Jughead".

@ Mrs. M.

Veronica all the way. Yeah, she's a real bitch. But she's also filthy, stinking rich... And if Archie can get hitched to her without a pre-nup, he can always cheat on her with Betty (or Midge, or Jughead, or whomever) if Veronica starts to get too nasty to him.

What? You don't think Veronica's going to be knocking boots with Reggie or Moose behind Archie's back?

I find it amusing how a lot of people are going with the easy "Archie marries Jughead" joke, despite the connection between Archie and Spire Christian Comics (which were mostly written and drawn by Archie artist Al Hartley).

As an example, here's one done for End Times nutcase Hal Lindsey, explaining the book of Revelation:

http://finkel.org/avi/revelation/

/Behold the Great Snatch!

@Gareth: That whole "phase" of Archie's time was just a means to hide the love that dare not speak its name.

The relationship between Archie and Jughead (and supposedly Mr. Weatherby) was brought to light by Hooper X in Chasing Amy.

Awful lot of speculation from people who "didn't care." ;-)

Will the Punisher make another Guest spot? Say, as best man? I smell a FFF...with spider man and archie??

Awful lot of speculation from people who "didn't care." ;-)

Double post. Yeesh.

Oh gods, they have blogs.

http://archie-blogs.archiecomics.com/betty/

http://archie-blogs.archiecomics.com/veronicas_blog/

And yes, "Arch and Jug" blog together.

http://archie-blogs.archiecomics.com/arch-and-jug/

@sal: Whatever you do, don't post it on Fanfiction.net Apparently the creators don't like anyone posting anything Archie related that could "tarnish Archie's image." Because being an indecisive free-lover clutz is the image that needs to be maintained.

I'm not what you call a fan of Archie comics, but I can actually read them. Funny cotton candy fluff of a comic it is.

My personal wish: that he marries Jughead. Not because I'm particularly interested in slashing them, but for the lulz.

My personal expectation: the "marriage" is some stupid accident or other zany adventure that falls apart pretty quickly, probably by virtue of the fact that he's 17 and not legally able to get married unless his parents give permission.

I always assumed Archie was gay (just by the hair alone)because he never settled down. Huh. Well, let's see what happens with this. Even though I truly DON'T care

Doesn't anyone here think Archie's just a bit young to be getting hitched? Well, at least one person here noticed that it's set in the future:

Earlier this year readers got a chance to relive "Freshman Year" with the famous teens of Riverdale High. Now make way for this special story that takes a look at Archie and his friends after they graduate college! What careers will they seek? Will the friends stay in Riverdale or disperse? What would lead Archie to have marriage on his mind? And who would he choose Veronica or Betty? How will Betty react? How will Veronica react? Can Archie shake off his klutzy past and hold down a steady job... for more than a month?

Same old comic book "what if" song and dance. If anything, I find the idea interesting, since it might actually break a bit from the status quo and, who knows? It might even have something resembling character development.

Not that this would really impact the regular Archie strips in any way...

Also, this isn't the first time they've done something like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie:_To_Riverdale_and_Back_Again

You'll notice no one (but me, apparently) speaks of it today.

Archie will try and marry both, only the The Punisher to come in and gum them all down, only for that to be a dream, then Archie will wake up after a drunken threesome with Betty and Veronica none of them can remember.

Archie marries Eminem.

Please, Betty and Veronica we're always just beards anyway. Its NOT going to be set 5 years in the future either. Archie is going to rent a boat and marry Li'l Jinx in international waters.

And by marry, I mean unceremoniously rut. And dump over the side. And have a perfect of alibi of 'date night with betty/veronica' lined up.

I think they should do what they did in DC's Elseworlds Superman/Batman Generations with Bruce Wayne's wife never referred to by name or showing her face. That way, they can appease fans of Archie+Veronica and Archie+Betty.

Wow, that is probably the stupidest excuse for a news story. They don't even give any facts about the storyline at all...

From Comics Worth Reading:

"This summer, Archie #600 features Archie marrying Veronica in a storyline that looks at the gang after they graduate college. It’s written by Michael Uslan (producer of many superhero movies) and drawn by Stan Goldberg, who’s been drawing Archie for almost 40 years.

Reportedly, this is only part 1 of a six-part storyline that will also show what would happen if Archie married Betty. Archie #600 is due out August 12."

If I were Archie, I'd marry Cherry Poptart, since she is obviously meant to look exactly like Betty, but puts out like a porn star.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_(comics)

Holy sweet Jesus.

I think this entire topic has turned into a giant shit dump and the posts have become the shampoo bottle mentioned in the first posts.

Flush it already.
This is worse than the Star Trek Geeks talking about "cannon" and "timelines" and "continuity".

It's a moronic comic for morons who think Mad Magazine is "dirty" and "of the devil".

HJFC

Hmmm...a six part series with each part showing what Archie's life would be like if he married different characters?

Looks like we might just get an ArchieXJughead union at that.

THIS is the direction Archie comics should go, not that ridiculous marriage crap -

http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/ee347/shortbuscomix/imgv102.jpg

It's always been Veronica for me. Betty's cute and all, but she's likely to just let you do your business in the bedroom and not be really into it. She doesn't mind giving brain all the time though, cause she's too dumb to say know. But V is most def nastier in the bedroom. She's much more likely to initiate all the time and even like to take control, but she also likes it rough. Plus, you KNOW she waxes that coochie and takes it in the pooper.

@MattK
My thoughts exactly.
Now that might make an Archie comic worth reading.

HE should marry Cheryl Blossom.

...Actually, he'll marry Big Moose.

Here's what will happen:

Betty and Veronica are out shopping and find this new store called Capsule Co, filled with exotic Asian imports. They find a pair of earrings they both love and instead of fighting over who gets to keep them, they decide to buy them together, each one getting a single earring. You might see where this is going. On the way home while wearing their earrings they accidentally bump into each other and fuse into Veronicetty. And now that they've merged into one woman, Archie has no need to decide so he marries Veronicetty. Then Jughead turns Reggie into a cookie and eats him. And the story takes 200 issues to tell.

I'd like to see Archie elope to Utah, and marry both Betty AND Veronica.....

....or marry Veronica, and keep Betty as a mistress....

....or have Betty and Veronica ditch Archie and move to Vermont.

What? Archie ROCKS dude, he's the best!

RT
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OMG. I thought Archie was gay. I saw him in a video for a song called "Surprise You're Gay"

They have done this before you wankers. MANY TIMES. Stop acting like this is a big deal. We read these on the potty for a reason.

why- married people live longer, are happier and more fulfilled in life... give it a try.o)

"On the other hand, this is clearly setting up an Archie/Spider-man crossover in the near future, where Spidey explains how Archie can get his old life back with help from Satan. Now that, my friends, will be a collector's issue."

ROFL. Oh yeah, can't wait for that to happen.

Fail, Archie Comics. Epic fail.

Personally, I'm hoping for some sort of retarded twist. I know, sounds cheesy as hell, but it would fit with their them of shitty storylines and impossible situations. I mean, Archie's a DORK. Dorks have trouble finding one chick, much less two (not to mention Cheryl the Slut, or any of the other girls who fell for him over the course of 60+ years). Totally fucking impossible. Besides, having read the comics, he's not even one of those intelligent dorks. He's the kind to try to play D&D with Jughead and Dilton in his basement, but he wouldn't be able to understand the rules and would be forced to default to sexual experimentation.

Or maybe, just maybe, AC will surprise us all. Maybe in the last part, Archie will wake up from the horrid multi-part dream sequence, realize both Betty and Veronica aren't worth it, profess his love to Redgie (or Jughead) and move to Massachusetts, lving happily ever after. Because to me, that seems like the most logical thing for him to do. But, of course, when has Archie Comics ever been logical?

Oh yeah. Never.

He's marrying Mr Weatherbee

Yeppers> I'd call it "Bettonica," but otherwise, that sounds good.