Archie: The Married Life Book 6: Death of Archie

By Paul Kupperberg and Fernando Ruiz (Ruiz, Fernando) [A07], Pat Kennedy (Kennedy, Pat) [A07], Tim Kennedy

The unthinkable happens in Riverdale, as everyone’s favorite redhead makes the ultimate sacrifice to save a friend—living out his final moments as a shining example of heroism.

Join Betty & Veronica, Jughead, Reggie, Kevin Keller and the rest of the Archie gang to experience the story that’s captured the world’s attention: the last days of Archie Andrews—and the celebration of his life that follows.

Writer Paul Kupperberg and artists Fernando Ruiz and Pat & Tim Kennedy join forces to craft a tale of heroism, love, friendship and tragedy that will stand as one of the most shocking and remarkable comic book stories in history.

Experience the end and celebrate all that’s come before with Archie: The Married Life Book Six, featuring one of the most acclaimed and talked-about stories in the history of Archie Comics.

Collects chapters 31-37 of both Archie Marries Veronica and Archie Marries Betty, the most critically acclaimed storyline Archie has ever published.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
• Release date: Nov 25, 2014
• ISBN: 9781619889835

Paul Kupperberg

Paul Kupperberg is the writer of hundreds of books, stories, comic books, and newspaper comic strips. He has written for many comic book characters including Superman, Superboy, Supergirl, Vigilante, Power Girl, Aquaman, Green Lantern, Doom Patrol, Captain America, Conan, Captain Action, Archie, The Simpsons, Johnny Bravo, Scooby Doo, and dozens of others. In former lives, Paul has also been an editor for DC Comics, executive editor of Weekly World News and senior editor of WWE Kids Magazine. He lives in Connecticut with his son, Max.

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Reviews for Archie

[burnit99 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I have mixed feelings about this one, the last book in the series. For a comic that charmed me as a boy with its nostalgic and simple stories and humor, "The Married Life" has been becoming steadily darker and more complex, with multi-billion dollar plots, shootings, angst and tragedy, even a science fiction trip joining the two worlds of Archie for a time. But at least all the loose ends (well, most of them) got resolved before the final chapter, and the death of Archie. This chapter, as unlikely as it seems to me for Archie to die violently in a moment of heroic sacrifice, was done well and honored the essence of a character I've become fond of over the last 50 years. I also like how the "2 worlds" concept was ignored for this final chapter; no double portrayal of Archie meeting his end in two worlds, leaving two different grieving widows. There is also a nicely done epilogue showing some episodes from Archie's past that show something of his character, all too rarely explored in the comics. The epilogue segues into a "one year later" story that does a fine job of assuring us that Archie's spirit lives on in Riverdale, in more ways than one. A touching conclusion that made me tear up, but I'll be glad to get back to the Archie of Riverdale High School I grew up with.