
Archie Comics' new kid in town,
Kevin Keller, debuts in Veronica #202 by Dan Parent, wherein Veronica spots him participating in a food eating contest and decides to date him. Kevin's competition in gluttony, however, Jughead Jones, gets to know more about the newcomer:

Misunderstandings ensue as self-absorbed Veronica fails to listen to her friends or to Kevin, and Jughead plots to keep Veronica in the dark out of a general dislike for her.

Eventually Veronica finds out the truth, but misinterprets Kevin's friendship with Jughead...though, to be fair, Kevin doesn't seem too sure about Jughead either. The jury's still out for this reader as well.

Veronica and Kevin bond over Jughead's manipulations.

And, all's well that ends well. Kevin texts his friend William (as he does several times during the story) that Riverdale's going to be a great place to live.

Hopefully, we'll see more of Kevin, and perhaps William might visit. Since the central triangle of the comics is heterosexual and Jughead provides the cast with a non-interactive male already, Kevin's usefulness is limited. Other characters added for diversity's sake brought with them visual diversity, which Kevin doesn't provide. We'll see, I guess. I'm just waiting for him to meet Reggie Mantle.