No love lost over Archie's proposal
17 August 2009, 09:19
Dallas - When comic book store owner Dave Luebke heard that after 67 years, the carrot-topped everyman of the comic world, Archie, was proposing to the racy rich girl Veronica instead of girl-next-door Betty, he decided to protest by selling his copy of the series' rare first issue.
Luebke's Archie Comics No 1 sold for $38 837 (about R310 000) when Dallas' Heritage Auction Galleries offered it. Spokesman Noah Fleisher said the buyer was a longtime Archie reader and collector from Virginia.
"Betty is it. Not Veronica," said a determined Luebke, whose Richmond, Virginia, store has more than 1 million comics in stock.
"This is serious."
And, he said, 99 percent of his customers agreed that perky, blond Betty was the clear choice over shiny dark-haired Veronica in the seemingly never-ending love triangle. The Archie Comics website shows Archie proposing to Veronica on the cover of No 600, due out soon. - Sapa-AP
Luebke's Archie Comics No 1 sold for $38 837 (about R310 000) when Dallas' Heritage Auction Galleries offered it. Spokesman Noah Fleisher said the buyer was a longtime Archie reader and collector from Virginia.
"Betty is it. Not Veronica," said a determined Luebke, whose Richmond, Virginia, store has more than 1 million comics in stock.
"This is serious."
And, he said, 99 percent of his customers agreed that perky, blond Betty was the clear choice over shiny dark-haired Veronica in the seemingly never-ending love triangle. The Archie Comics website shows Archie proposing to Veronica on the cover of No 600, due out soon. - Sapa-AP
- This article was originally published on page 1 of The Cape Times on August 17, 2009
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