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Miss Beazly

Miss Beazly

372 appearances · Silver Age · 1961–2025 · 4 key issues
Who is Miss Beazly?

Miss Beazly is the no-nonsense cafeteria cook at Riverdale High School, serving up meals — and occasional exasperation — to Archie and the gang. She has been a recurring background figure in the school's daily life since her debut in 1961.

Miss Beazly has been a beloved fixture of Riverdale since her Silver Age debut in Archie #119 back in 1961, brought to life by the classic creative team of Frank Doyle and Harry Lucey. Over an remarkable 64-year publishing run — with 372 catalog appearances spread across digest favorites like Archie Comics Digest and Jughead's Double Digest — she's proven herself one of the most enduring supporting players in Archie Comics history. She keeps wonderfully colorful company, sharing pages with the likes of Reggie Mantle, Moose Mason, Dilton Doiley, Pop Tate, and Professor Flutesnoot, placing her squarely at the warm, comedic heart of Riverdale life. With four collector-recognized key issues to her name, Miss Beazly is a genuine Silver Age original whose longevity speaks for itself — a character well worth seeking out for any serious Archie enthusiast.

★ First appearance
Archie #119
Jun 1961

Trivia

  • Miss Beazley occupies a rare niche in the Archie universe as a supporting character defined not by romantic entanglements or comedic hijinks but by her institutional role as Riverdale High's cafeteria cook, anchoring her firmly in the school's everyday machinery rather than the teen ensemble's social orbit.youtube.com
  • Frank Doyle has written more of Miss Beazly's comics than any other writer in our catalog — 79 issues.

Top series

Covers through the years — 1961–2021

Archie #119 1961
Archie #119
Little Archie #60 1970
Little Archie #60
Archie and Me #53 1972
Archie and Me #53
Archie and Me #72 1975
Archie and Me #72
Archie Comics Digest #63 1983
Archie Comics Digest #63
Everything's Archie #109 1984
Everything's Archie #109
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #208 1989
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #208
Jughead #41 1993
Jughead #41
Archie #467 1998
Archie #467
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #72 2003
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #72
Jughead's Double Digest #128 2007
Jughead's Double Digest #128
Life with Archie #16 2012
Life with Archie #16
Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #243 2016
Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #243
Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #316 2021
Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #316

Appearances (301–372 of 372, oldest first)

Tales from Riverdale Digest (2005)
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (1992)
Jughead's Double Digest (1989)
Archie's Double Digest Magazine (1984)
Veronica (1989)
Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (1983)
Archie (1959)
Betty and Veronica (1987)
Life with Archie (2010)
Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (2011)
#2
Archie's Pal Jughead Comics (1993)
World of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (2010)
Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (1987)
B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (2011)
Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (2011)
The Best of Archie Comics (2011)
#4
Archie 1000 Page Comics Celebration (2014)
Archie, FCBD Edition (2016)
Your Pal Archie (2017)
Archie Modern Classics (2019)
#3
Archie Showcase Digest (2020)
Archie 80th Anniversary Jumbo Comics Digest (2021)
Archie Modern Classics Magic (2022)
World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest (2021)
#22
Archie 1000 Page Comics Triumph (2024)