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I Got It From Archie

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Strip by: Conor

Ethel: I thought you were going out with Archie tonight!
Betty: So did I!
Betty: Unfortunately, he picked up that thing that's going around!
Ethel: What thing?
Betty: Chlamydia!

The author writes:

Taking the subtext and making it plain old text. Incidentally, this gets rid of the narrative double-standard of the original; if Archie and Reggie can serial-date their way through Riverdale, why should Cheryl Blossom get all the judgment?

Original Archie: 2015-09-10.