History ComicBook / ArchieComics2015

** Issue 20 starts a 3-part story arc that appears to involve [[spoiler:Reggie dying in a drag race gone wrong]].

*** [[spoiler:Mr. Collier, a strict but fair teacher, Mayoral rival to Hiram Lodge, and Betty's uncle, loses his temper at Archie again. Veronica secretly records this and accidentally gives it to her father's campaign manager, who uses the video in a smear campaign. Archie, trying to fix this, secretly records footage of Mr. Collier for a positive ad; however, the extent of the damage leads to Mr. Collier quitting his job and moving out of town. Veronica becomes despised by half of the student body as a result. During a Lodge rally, Betty confronts Archie about it, where the two ultimately argue over the effect that Veronica has over Archie, leading Betty to demand what he sees in her, to which Archie responds that he admires Veronica's confidence and that her attempts to fit in doesn't result in compromising herself -- accidentally bringing up the Lipstick Incident. As Archie tries to apologise, Betty angrily tells him not to touch her before tearfully leaving.]]

* AdaptationalSexuality: It is implied Melody is [[BiTheWay bisexual]] in the new continuity, as she is shown looking at male and female partners on the dating app she uses.

* {{Asexuality}}: Jughead finally confirms he identifies as such in Jughead #4, however the writer said in an interview he is allowing the other books to treat him in whatever way they choose. It's yet to be seen if this will be a case of {{Depending on the Writer}}.
** This isn't so much a case of Chip Zdarsky 'allowing' other writers to write him differently as acknowledging that he doesn't have the final say, since asexual Jughead was his own idea rather than Archie Comics'. But his successor on the book, Ryan North (a compatriot of Zdarsky), is also writing Jughead as asexual. (It's a fairly logical leap to make: Classic Jughead rarely showed any interest in women (DependingOnTheWriter, but a classic gag was his disinterest in Archie's BettyAndVeronica dilemma), and as such, it makes a reasonable label to apply to him.)

* BlandNameProduct: In the ''Betty and Veronica'' comics, Kweekwegs stands in for Starbucks.

* {{Jerkass}}: Even in this reboot, Reggie is still a big time jerk-wad. Archie even says that Reggie "is the closest thing Riverdale has to a supervillain." Jughead flat out compares Reggie to Satan.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Mr. Collier, Betty's uncle, is an in-universe example. When Archie and Veronica accidentally caused Mr. Lodge to create a demeaning political ad against him, reactions ranged from people shunning and yelling at them, to praising and defending them. Apparently, half the town has good memories of him as a kind, well-meaning teacher and the other half remembered him as being a total JerkAss of an instructor.

* AbortedArc: Both arcs of Chip Zdarsky's run on the Jughead solo series had occasional mentions of Betty trying to stop Hiram Lodge from tearing down the woods, seeming to intend to have it play a role in the future. After issue 8, Ryan North became the writer, and the series has made no acknowledgment of it afterwards.

** This isn't so much a case of Chip Zdarsky 'allowing' other writers to write him differently as acknowledging that he doesn't have the final say, since asexual Jughead was his own idea rather than Archie Comics'. But his successor on the book, Ryan North, is also writing Jughead as asexual. (It's a fairly logical leap to make: Classic Jughead rarely showed any interest in women (DependingOnTheWriter, but a classic gag was his disinterest in Archie's BettyAndVeronica dilemma), and as such, it makes a reasonable label to apply to him.)

** In ''Josie and the Pussycats,'' though, the slightly older characters have more active sex lives. Josie has a fling with Alam M in issue #4 (though she treats it as more romantic than he does) and it's implied that Melody ReallyGetsAround.

* AgeLift: Josie and the Pussycats were around Archie's age in the original comics; here they're out of high school and at least old enough to legally drink.

** Likewise, the ''Josie and the Pussycats'' book takes a lot of cues from the [[Movie/JosieAndThePussyCats the 2001 movie]] by inclusing a lot of self-parody, generous doses of meta humor, LeaningOnTheFourthWall and various ridiculous adventures that the characters constantly {{Lampshade}}.

* DenserAndWackier: The Jughead book full stop; the art style is more cartoony, the dialogue more witty and multiple issues feature an extended fantasy sequence in which Jughead has an adventure in a different variation of the Archieverse. Notably, it actually has a stronger {{Story Arc}} than the Archie book has with its more {{Slice of Life}} style.

* HotterAndSexier: Historically Archie has been hit-and-miss with sex and the characters. Several issues have addressed it, most infamously a comic from TheSeventies that had Betty having issues being celibate around Archie, but it gets glossed over. This comic acknowledges sex more, though the teen characters apparently still don't have it.

** This isn't so much a case of Chip Zdarsky 'allowing' other writers to write him differently as acknowledging that he doesn't have the final say, since asexual Jughead was his own idea rather than Archie Comics'. But his successor on the book, Ryan North, is also writing Jughead as asexual.

* TheVerse: According to {{Word of God}}, all the books take place in the same continuity, but so far it hasn't come up much.
* VillainProtaganist: Reggie for "Reggie And Me" naturally.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Mr. Collier, Betty's uncle, is an in-universe example. When Archie and Veronica accidentally caused Mr. Lodge to create a demeaning political ad against him, reactions ranged from people shunning and yelling at them, to praising and defending them.

* NiceBreakingItHero: Veronica ultimately wins her rivalry with Cheryl when [[spoiler: Lodge Corp buys out Blossom-Comm]] this makes Cheryl's family not wealthy enough to afford private school, while according to Hiram they were on the edge of bankruptcy so it would've happened eventually the fact [[spoiler: Lodge bought them out means the Blossom family has to relocate to Riverdale, and Cheryl makes it clear that she'll be giving Archie a visit while Veronica's stuck in Switzerland.]]

* '''''Archie''''' (by Creator/MarkWaid & Veronica Fish [[note]]previously Fiona Staples and Annie Wu on art[[/note]])

* '''''Life With Kevin''''' (by Dan Parent) [[note]]mini-series; digital first[[/note]]

* TheVerse: According to {{Word of God}}, all the books take place in the same continuity, but so far it hasn't come up much. The Life with Kevin mini-series will take place in another continuity because it takes places during Kevin's college years and it will spoil the future plans of the other books.