My thanks to Black Lightning creator Tony Isabella for this alternative take on Riverdale’s red-headed heartthrob.
Art by Dick Giordano from Secrets of Young Brides #36, 1957.
Transcript:
SCENE: Diego and a crying red-head Archie look back wistfully at something off-screen.
CAPTION: As she took a last wistful look at Riverdale…she knew Diego had been right. About her and about what she felt for him. Diego mused that his life with Archie had certainly taken a wonderful turn.
CAPTION: Love is Love.
1957 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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SCENE: Diego and a crying red-head Archie look back wistfully at something off-screen.
CAPTION: As she took a last wistful look at Riverdale…she knew Diego had been right. About her and about what she felt for him. Diego mused that his life with Archie had certainly taken a wonderful turn.
CAPTION: Love is Love.
1957 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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CAPTION: As she took a last wistful look at Riverdale…she knew Diego had been right. About her and about what she felt for him. Diego mused that his life with Archie had certainly taken a wonderful turn.
CAPTION: Love is Love.
1957 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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Those old hens are jealous, John; they wish they had beat her to him!
So Archie got THE operation?
Judging by the eyebrows they shouldn’t be together since they’re brother and (now) sister.