Archie will finally choose between Betty, shown here in an updated drawing as a buxom ditzy blonde stripper, and Veronica, the raven haired buxom stripper. (Notice the difference?)

And what’s up with Archie’s look?

Archie will choose between Betty Cooper or Veronica Lodge in comic book #600.

More Realistic Archie, Betty, Veronica

Archie has been enjoying his threesome for sixty years. So will Archie really choose between Betty or Veronica?

Not so fast says Gillian Gelling.

For starters, this is a marketing ploy to get people (who are not me) to read Archie again. They tried this same tactic a few years ago with “The Love Showdown,” in which Betty and Veronica finally forced the ginger-haired one to choose between them both. And who did he go with? Cheryl Blossom, the snobby, redheaded Pembroke Academy transfer, thus bonding Betty and Veronica in their new quest to oust this conniving bitch and forget their squabbles over the checker-head for a while. We had to deal with Cheryl for about a year or two, but they eventually managed to squash her and free up their own little love triangle once more.

Conniving bitch indeed.

Archie will choose between Betty and Veronica?

Here’s the rundown according the Gillian

Betty:

She’s smart, sweet, perky, athletic, cute, can cook, and adores Archie with all her heart. She deserves it! She’s the best! But my guess is she’s becoming too smart for him these days. Five years from now, Betty will either be in politics, a famous journalist, or working with Doctors Without Borders delivering HIV medication to African refugees.

Veronica:

Ronnie, though beautiful and spoiled, does not lack for brains. She’s inherited her father’s knack for business and in five years will no doubt be on the board of Lodge Enterprises, amassing a fortune of her own.

Archie will choose between Betty and Veronica?

Archie will probably choose Reggie.