'Archie' Andrews, created in 1941 by publisher John L. Goldwater and illustrator Bob Montana in collaboration with writer Vic Bloom, is the main character in "Archie Comics", debuting in "Pep Comics" #22 (Dec. 1941), as a 'typical' small-town teenager, whose main crush is 'Veronica Lodge' AND 'Betty Cooper':
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