Mr. Weatherbee
Mr. Weatherbee is the long-suffering principal of Riverdale High School, first appearing in 1942. A rotund authority figure, he perpetually struggles to maintain order amid the chaos generated by Archie Andrews and his friends.
Few supporting characters in American comics have endured quite like Mr. Weatherbee — the beleaguered, big-hearted principal of Riverdale High who has been keeping order (or trying to) since Bob Montana introduced him in Archie Comics #1 back in 1942. A true Golden Age original, he's spent over eight decades as a beloved fixture of the Archie universe, racking up an extraordinary 1,190 catalog appearances across perennial titles like Archie and Me and Archie Comics Digest, with 23 of those issues earning key-issue recognition from collectors. Whether he's sharing the pages with Jughead Jones, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, or Miss Grundy, Weatherbee is the warm, exasperated heart of Riverdale's institutional life — proof that a great supporting character, done right, can outlast almost anyone.
Trivia
- Over the decades, Archie's floating timeline continuity retrofitted him with multiple wartime backstories, variously casting him as a World War II veteran, a Marine Corps serviceman, or a Vietnam-era helicopter pilot depending on the era of publication.en.wikipedia.org
- Long before he ever patrolled Riverdale High's hallways, the character appeared in Little Archie as the principal of Riverdale Elementary School, giving him a pre-Riverdale history that casual fans rarely suspect.en.wikipedia.org
- Few Archie supporting players are as visually locked-in as he is — the pince-nez, the tiny toupee, and the recurring nickname 'The Bee' form a trio of defining gags so consistent that later media adaptations and fan references reach for them almost instinctively.en.wikipedia.org
- Frank Doyle has written more of Mr. Weatherbee's comics than any other writer in our catalog — 277 issues.
Top series
Covers through the years — 1942–2020
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1948 
★ 1954 
★ 1961 
★ 1967 
★ 1972 
★ 1978 
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2020