Another one bites the dust.

Some of my first forays into comics were Harvey characters like Casper and Richie Rich, as well as Archie digests. This was back when I was like 7 to 10 years old.

I knew, even back then, that Archie and his pals had been around for decades before I was ever on this planet. They made me laugh and sometimes they made me think. While Batman and Superman and Spiderman and many other comic characters showed the heroic side of super heroes, Archie showed children more of what to expect out of real life, or at least what we would HOPE to expect most of the time.

Archie also helped to teach kids how to act right and take responsibility for their actions and always strive to do the right thing, even in face of those who would do wrong.

On Wednesday, Archie finally does this in the most profound way possible in life...

He dies.

Yes, Archie Andrews will die in the latest installment of "Life with Archie", which comes out tomorrow. He gets shot while protecting his gay friend, senator Kevin Keller, from an assassination attempt.

When a character dies in the Marvel or DC universes, it is usually known as the "death" of that character, always in quotes because there is always the chance that the character could come back someday. In many cases, this has actually occurred.

But with Archie, I don't see how they could do this, since the stories are more grounded in reality than the super hero worlds. I mean, unless it all turns out to be one of his friend's dreams or something, he will almost certainly have to remain dead, at least in the adult Archie comic world anyway.

This issue marks the end of the "Life with Archie" series, which has taken the Riverdale friends and put them in a more realistic adulthood, addressing more mature life circumstances. Archie as a teenager in the regular Archie series will continue to have him featured, of course, but I think it will be very interesting to see how people take this and what the responses will be.

Let's all chip in here. What do you think of this and how do you think it matters in the grand scheme of comics?

Below so a pic of one of the panels in the upcoming comic featuring Aechie getting shot.

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