Talk:Riverdale 11/@comment-26841005-20190115011958/@comment-26440700-20190115052841

Yep. The novel made multiple references and adaptations from the tie-in comics including seemingly retconning this story to take place earlier, but presumably without Veronica in this retconned version, since Veronica never stepped into Riverdale before the pilot episode, but the comic already shows her as friends with the gang.

It's not too much of a sacrifice, imo. Veronica has maybe four lines in this comic, and most of them are just her pining over Reggie in sympathy, without affecting the plot too much.