Archie Comics Characters Ms Grundy
At the time she was bald and wore a wig always embarrassed when it fell off.
Archie comics characters ms grundy. Geraldine was a music teacher at riverdale high school who began an affair with an underage student archie andrews. This proved to be a defining summer for archie as they embarked on an illicit affair. She is reintroduced as miss grundy in pep comics 30 april 1942 the no nonsense homeroom teacher at riverdale high school occasionally teaching english and math as well.
Grundy s ill fated bond really more of a compulsive habit for ms. Geraldine grundy real name jennifer gibson was a recurring character on the cw s riverdale. Grundy was a crabby old mean teacher.
After she was caught for committing statutory rape by alice cooper and fred andrews geraldine quit her job and was forced to leave riverdale. Archie and geraldine were at sweetwater river on july 4th at the time a gunshot was heard in the. She was portrayed by sarah habel.
Within the context of the strip and the larger series that grew out of it archie is a typical teenage boy attending high school participating in sports and dating. Her last name is a pun on the theatrical character mrs. In archie comics miss grundy is a kind if strict matronly music teacher.
Grundy when he spent the summer before his sophomore year working at his father s company andrews construction. In the comics she is the homeroom teacher at riverdale high school occasionally teaching english and math as well in jackpot comics no 4 she is referred to as mrs. Archie first encountered his music teacher ms.
Not only would viewers have missed out on archie and ms. In this appearance she is mrs. The character archie andrews was created by john l.
Geraldine grundy has been depicted as a math teacher english teacher history teacher and drama teacher at riverdale high school. Her name is derived from mrs grundy a name that has been used to refer to a prudish woman since the early nineteenth century. Mimi grundy the married principal of riverdale high school.
Grundy and a sadly naive love for archie but the black hood would have been hard pressed to find a reason to do away with grundy unless her elderly appearance hid equally dark secrets. Grundy is currently. Eventually it seems this trait was removed.
An early version of miss grundy appears in jackpot comics 4 winter 1941. Archie comics is the leading mass market comic book publisher in the world and the home to a wide array of the most popular humor action adventure and superhero characters in entertainment including archie jughead betty veronica reggie kevin keller josie and the pussycats sabrina the teenage witch and many more archie comics have sold billions comics worldwide and are published. She is well into her sixties and about as traditional as a person can be even by 1960s standards.
So just imagine how much of her character had to change to make her the young sultry femme fatale that she is on riverdale. Geraldine grundy is the english and occasionally mathematics teacher at riverdale high. Grundy s first name is geraldine however in various comics she has been called different names.
