 To prepare for the project , de Campi read over 4000 pages of Archie comics . She drew inspiration for the story from the 1940s era of Archie , when Betty and Veronica had " more edge . " Her scripts were subject to notes and tweaks from Archie and Fox , but de Campi described both licensors as " extremely mellow , pleasant and easy to work with . " She expected some of the notes , such as being told “ Alex , you can 't make jokes about child predation in an Archie book ” . Other times , she was surprised when she did not receive notes , like her use of Emojis for the Predator 's speech . In one case , editorial pushback led her to rewrite a story arc , and she was much happier with the final version . She was pleased when she got to add depth to Dilton Doiley , a character she feels is often overlooked in regular Archie comics . 
