This was...okay. I wish the writers hadn't spend quite so much time on the convoluted parallel-universe storyline, as it left very little time for the characters to actually develop and interact. It felt rather as though most of them were introduced, their most superficial roles were established, and then they only popped up again to establish that they were still obeying those superficial roles. If anything, this served largely as a reminder of how Archie has traditionally fallen short of inclusiveness. There's no mention of Quinn's pregnancy; we're reminded that although Archie now has a (lone) gay character (and they had to bring in a new character for this, because they couldn't possibly make an existing character gay) and the occasional POC, that's about as diverse as it gets. It's interesting to see Santana in the comic, because if she were an Archie original, we'd know she was Latina because she'd sprinkle little bits of Spanish throughout all of her dialogue. (Meanwhile, whoever designed the cover went for thin, white, able-bodied characters.)

Not catastrophic, but distinctly meh.