Betty or Veronica. Message boards have been ablazed in indignation that Archie will finally choose, after 68 years of wimpy indecisiveness, to propose to rich-bitch Veronica rather than wholesome girl-next-door Betty (Yawn.) The epic moment in the #600 issue of the well-loved comic has had many netizens rooting for Betty, and many predict that while it is an engagment, it remains to be seen if Veronica will actually get married to indecisive Archie (I’m sure Ronnie’s dad, Mr. Lodge will step in at some point). Clearly in the bid to sell more pulp, the news is as “OMG” inducing as it can get. If you want to lay bets now, the eternal love triangle will continue for another 1000 issues - but  he will marry Betty eventually.

With Archie comics as the epitome of wholesome 50’s Americana and all, I can’t actually see the comic grappling with issues of divorce, pre-nuptial agreements (there are speculations that Archie will marry broke), or backstabbing drama in the run-up to the wedding/non-wedding. However, MSNBC.com reports that movie producer Michael Uslan who resurrected the Batman movie franchise in 1989 is writing the story so there might be a bit of Hollywood soap opera bite in all-american Riverdale afterall.