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Archie Comics explored the multiverse before Marvel

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Long before comic geeks were arguing over parallel Earths, the squeaky-clean teens of Riverdale were bending reality. In the 1990s, Archie Comics published a storyline where Archie literally meets versions of himself from different timelines and alternate realities, proving that cosmic multiversal theory is best explained through high school romance.

Archie Comics explored the multiverse before Marvel
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