Waldo Weatherbee is a fictional character in the Archie Comics
universe. Mr. Weatherbee is the principal of Riverdale High School,
where Archie Andrews is a student. To Riverdale students and (most)
staff, he is commonly called Mr. Weatherbee, due to his authority
position. Sometimes, Archie and his friends playfully call him The
Bee. Mr. Weatherbee is a heavyset, no-nonsense man who dresses in
fairly old-fashioned clothes, including wearing pince-nez eyeglasses
perched on the tip of a vermiform nose and a tiny wisp of a toupee
that perpetually flies off whenever he is upset or startled. Principal
Weatherbee is portrayed by Peter James Bryant in Riverdale.Mr.
Weatherbee's first appearance may be in Pep Comics #25 (March 1942),
as a passenger of a taxi driven by Archie. The man grumbles about the
poor driving and remarks to himself how his headmastership of the high
school will prevent "go-nowheres" like him. When he begins school, he
suddenly again runs into Archie, realizing that he is also a student
at his high school, and that chance ride has caused Archie to start
off on the wrong foot. However, this character is not named, and he is
not overweight. The first unambiguous appearance of Mr. Weatherbee is
in Jackpot Comics #5 (Spring 1942), where he is named, and has his
customary girth.Mr. Weatherbee is sometimes stated as having once been
in the United States military, and saw conflict in war. Due to
retconning and the "floating timeline" principle, the specific war has
changed over time. Weatherbee's stated specific branch of the military
has also varied over the years. According to a story in one of the
digest magazines, Weatherbee was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam
War; however, a previous story had placed him as a veteran of World
War II's Battle of the Bulge. Another story states Mr. Weatherbee was
a former member of the United States Marine Corps. In a later story
Mr. Weatherbee jests that his claim towards being in the "Battle of
the Bulge" refers to his own battle against weight gain, which he has
lost.Mr. Weatherbee is shown in Little Archie stories as having been
the principal of Riverdale Elementary School during the gang's grade
school years. He eventually transferred to Riverdale High School at
about the same time Archie started high school, as shown in a 2008
storyline.
universe. Mr. Weatherbee is the principal of Riverdale High School,
where Archie Andrews is a student. To Riverdale students and (most)
staff, he is commonly called Mr. Weatherbee, due to his authority
position. Sometimes, Archie and his friends playfully call him The
Bee. Mr. Weatherbee is a heavyset, no-nonsense man who dresses in
fairly old-fashioned clothes, including wearing pince-nez eyeglasses
perched on the tip of a vermiform nose and a tiny wisp of a toupee
that perpetually flies off whenever he is upset or startled. Principal
Weatherbee is portrayed by Peter James Bryant in Riverdale.Mr.
Weatherbee's first appearance may be in Pep Comics #25 (March 1942),
as a passenger of a taxi driven by Archie. The man grumbles about the
poor driving and remarks to himself how his headmastership of the high
school will prevent "go-nowheres" like him. When he begins school, he
suddenly again runs into Archie, realizing that he is also a student
at his high school, and that chance ride has caused Archie to start
off on the wrong foot. However, this character is not named, and he is
not overweight. The first unambiguous appearance of Mr. Weatherbee is
in Jackpot Comics #5 (Spring 1942), where he is named, and has his
customary girth.Mr. Weatherbee is sometimes stated as having once been
in the United States military, and saw conflict in war. Due to
retconning and the "floating timeline" principle, the specific war has
changed over time. Weatherbee's stated specific branch of the military
has also varied over the years. According to a story in one of the
digest magazines, Weatherbee was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam
War; however, a previous story had placed him as a veteran of World
War II's Battle of the Bulge. Another story states Mr. Weatherbee was
a former member of the United States Marine Corps. In a later story
Mr. Weatherbee jests that his claim towards being in the "Battle of
the Bulge" refers to his own battle against weight gain, which he has
lost.Mr. Weatherbee is shown in Little Archie stories as having been
the principal of Riverdale Elementary School during the gang's grade
school years. He eventually transferred to Riverdale High School at
about the same time Archie started high school, as shown in a 2008
storyline.
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