A review by rach
Archie, Vol. 3 by Mark Waid

4.0

I'm not sure how I feel about the introduction of Cheryl Blossom. I know that everyone is in a different situation in the comics than they are in the TV show, but this is the first character that I met first on TV, and although her character doesn't seem different per se, her situation definitely is. One of the central plot points of the TV show is Cheryl dealing with the death of her twin brother Jason. Her family is also one of the oldest, richest ones in town. In the comic, not only do they only move to Riverdale because the Lodges bought them out, but her twin isn't even dead. I get that there need to be differences, and that these can potentially lead to new, interesting relationships, but so far, Cheryl and Jason have seemed just like one dimensional jerks. I was hoping Cheryl trying to target Archie and steal him away from Veronica would lead to some hijinks along the lines of her acting falling for him or something, but apparently that's not the case, at least so far. I'm hoping volume 4 will lead to more depth from the Blossoms, especially now that they know they're NOT actually poor now, like their dad told them. Also, yay, Veronica's back! I missed her being with Archie!