Let the free market decide. If the comic tanks as a result the few issues sold will be a boon to collectors and a lesson to the rest.
If people did that, internet discussion boards would become a civilized place.
Why would any parent now allow their kid to buy an Archie comic?
Free market has nothing to do with it. The Archie comic franchise has been sacraficed for “the cause.” Articles like this get a hundred times more exposure than the comic ever will. The author will be properly demonized and the soccer moms can return to watching Oaphrah.