Carly Mallenbaum

USA TODAY

You may recall that Archie Andrews died in the comic books. On TV, however, he seems to be alive and well: The CW presents Riverdale, a one-hour drama frequently described as Twin Peaks meets Gossip Girl, that TV critic Robert Bianco has awarded three out of four stars.

Archie? Betty? Veronica? Remember them? If not, here's your refresher on the comic-book inspirations for the main characters in Riverdale:

Archie

The popular, amiable ginger who is somehow both clumsy, but also great with the ladies. He is in a constant love triangle with Betty and Veronica.

Veronica

The scheming, wealthy brunette (à la Gossip Girl's Blair Waldorf) who can be cruel to Betty and Archie, but they stay friends/romantically involved with her, anyway. She does a lot of shopping and had a car phone before everyone else did.

Betty

The intelligent blonde beauty (à la Gossip Girl's Serena can der Woodsen, if we stretch it) who's extremely likable. She's great at everything from bagging groceries to baseball. She's kind, almost to a fault, when she lets her "friend" Veronica bully her around.

Jughead

He's pretty much the original hipster. Jughead is sarcastic, wears normcore sweatshirts and hats. He's Archie's BFF who's skinny, despite the fact that the only thing he cares about is hamburgers, which he binges on.

Reggie

He's the rich, dark-haired bully (à la Gossip Girl's Chuck Bass, because I like the parallels).

Moose

The blonde athlete who seems to have superhuman strength, but not a high IQ.

Kevin

The popular gay character Archie took a bullet for in the comics. The good-looking nerd (he loves comics and sci-fi) was the senator-elect running on an anti-gun platform at the time of the shooting.

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All of those characters make appearances in the series premiere of Riverdale, with slight updates on their 2D origins. The comics-inspired person who gets the biggest makeover, however? That would probably be Miss Grundy, a high school teacher who goes from being white-haired and frumpy on the page, to brunette and gorgeous on The CW.