Vinnie Wells

Vinnie Wells is the main antagonist of the time travel arc of Archie's Weird Mysteries. He is also one of the two arc villains on the show, the other being Count Medlock.

History
Vinnie Wells is introducing being in trouble with Mr. Weatherbee for attempting to steal from lockers. He claims that he wanted the money so that he could buy nachos.

However, after he gets his hands on Dilton's time device, he attempts to use it to rob a bank. Every time he sets off the alarm, he uses the time device and tries again.

This has a side effect of trapping Archie in a time loop, until he puts an end to his scheme and Vinnie ends up in jail for 30 years.

However, Vinnie is busted out of jail by his future self, who wishes to get revenge on his Archie for his arrest and for his younger self to become emperor of Riverdale. This has the side effect of Betty, Veronica, and Jughead having the opposite personalities of their non-altered timeline selves.

Eventually, Vinnie successfully turns Archie into a pariah. He then attempts to stop Archie's parents from meeting, which would result in Archie's cessation of existence.

Archie stops him from doing so and in the process Vinnie is trapped in the time stream.

However, Vinnie Wells eventually escapes and again attempts revenge on Archie. This time, he decides he will kill everyone in Riverdale using a Tyrannosaurus Rex. After Archie prevents the T-Rex from eating Principal Weatherbee, Vinnie then explains his plans to him. He then believes that he has killed Archie (when in reality he escaped using the medallion) and proceeds to go after the rest of the town. Archie goes through time to get back to the present, in the process causing specific events in the series to occur (such as Betty becoming friends with Archie), eventually doing so. He then uses his medallion to send the T-Rex back into the past.

Vinnie Wells states that he hasn't given up, but Archie's future counterpart grabs his time device and uses his own time device to ensure that he will be punished for his temporal crimes.

Trivia

 * While young Vinnie Wells is only a bank robber at his worst, the older Vinnie Wells is one of the nastiest villains that Archie has faced along with one-shot villain Mr. Avericci.
 * Ironically, Vinnie's actions would lead to the building of Riverdale, in addition to Betty befriending Archie, as well as Mr. Weatherbee deciding not to quit his job (resulting in him continuing to be school principal), and Veronica moving to Riverdale.