One of the stated impetuses (impeti?) for the new Archie #1 reboot, according to a press release, is “showcasing the beginnings of the historic love triangle between Archie, Betty and Veronica.” But, as any longtime Archie reader knows, that origin-story-of-sorts (one in which the heroes and heroines don’t gain superpowers but only smooch) has been told a zillion different ways over the past seven decades. One of them, “Down Memory Lane” by George Gladir and Bob Bolling, is reprinted in the current issue of Archie Comics Double Digest (#257). Another is currently unfurling in the bloodsoaked pages of Afterlife With Archie. Depending on which mythology you follow, the Archie/Betty/Veronica triangle started when the characters were babies, or in grade school, or middle school, or in freshman year of high school—pretty much every era of their young lives excepting the womb.