Now I’m sure you’re wondering, how can I have top 5 stories when the comics have thousands upon thousands of stories. Well I chose to pick my top 5 archie stories that are 2 or 4 parters. The ones that tend to have more of a storyline that made you need to pick up the next digest to find out what happens next.

“And the Winner Is. . . .”

This was literally the first ever Archie comic I owned so, it has a special place in my heart and my room. This five parter story was a take off the very popular blind date shows of the early 2000s where viewers would choose who the winner would be with. After breaking up with Reggie, Cheryl goes on The Lonley Hearts Club show to rub it in his face and get a new bf. Archie comics had readers introduced to Cheryl Blossom’s potential bfs, the athletic Austin, adorkable Brandon and talented George and we got to vote who won. Better yet, the winning boyfriend was actually relevant for a few years and made a cute relationship until the comics forgot and went for the old Archoe-Betty-Veronica-Chery rectangle again.

Funny Kind of Love

Another one of the “Real Look” stories that caused so much controversy when they first debuted. This time it was Reggie’s turn to shine, and shine it did as the book gave Reggie hidden depths utilizing his big mouth to win debates and catch the eye of brainy new girl, Bernadette Brown. It gave a softer side to Reggie, allowing readers to see why he loves to be class clown and also see him experience insecurity and awkwardness in this funny kind of love match pitting brains against witticisms. Thing was their relationship kind of worked and I wished they had continued it in some way.

Scarlet Knight Chronicles

I love Archie’s Weird Mysteries, the comics and the tv show which introduced the vampire, Scarlet Knight and her surprising twisting redemption from immortal bad girl to finding her humanity again thanks to the Riverdale gang. It was a fun series as it took on B-movie monster tropes with a classic dose of vampire mythology. And Scarlet was so popular that even after her four part story, she came back again to make one more sacrifice. . . Or so Archie and his friends believe.

Cyrano Jones

This four parter brings all the drama that Jughead could not want when the overenthusiastic new drama teacher insists that Jughead would be ther perfect guy to play needle nose Cyrano de Bergerac in the school play. However, this puts him in the middle of the girl drama that he so despises. Fighting his psychologist nemesis, Trula Twyst, the lingering looks of Sandy Sanchez (from the Real Look Matcmakers storyline) and playing Cyrano to Betty’s Roxanne (though the latter doesn’t have much drama since Betty is still very much Archie’s girl. Sorry Bughead fans)

Love me Baby, Mumbai 

Oh yeah that cover alone provides so much drama for readers to salivate over. Me included. Especially since Raj provides actually pretty good competition to Archie as he can match her on a creative and intellectual level, and who wouldn’t want to be the muse of a future filmmaker? Well. . there’s a little more Archie-style miscommunication and misunderstanding involved but it is a fun romp when the Archies go Bollywood.