Meadowlark Lemon

Meadowlark Lemon was a real-life Harlem Globetrotters basketball star who crossed into comics when he guest-starred alongside Archie Andrews and the Riverdale gang, bringing his legendary showmanship to the four-color page.

A real-world legend steps into the four-color world with Meadowlark Lemon, the celebrated Harlem Globetrotters star who made a delightful cameo in Archie Comics during the Silver Age, debuting in Archie #204 in 1970 courtesy of the classic creative team of Frank Doyle and Harry Lucey. Popping up across Life with Archie, Pep, and Archie in the early '70s, Lemon shares the page with the whole Riverdale gang — Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, and the ever-scheming Reggie Mantle. With only six appearances in the catalog, this is a genuine rarity for collectors who love the moments when pop culture royalty touched down in Riverdale, making each issue a charming little time capsule of early-'70s Americana.