Everything we’ve seen for the last fifty-two years is his fault in one way or another. This is because what we’ve been doing is watching his campaign to run from the responsibility of helping to create the Hybrid.....and convincing her that she’s his granddaughter Susan.

They mention that in Issue FIVE that maybe Veronica SHOULD win the battle after all. This means that there’s something about her Jughead can’t see: the girl who has ALWAYS been drawn to Archie for reasons she can’t explain.