Raquel Welch

The real-life Hollywood actress and sex symbol Raquel Welch made a guest cameo appearance in Archie Comics publications of the early 1970s, crossing into Riverdale's cheerful world alongside Archie, Betty, Veronica, and the gang as a pop-culture celebrity crossover.

A real-world celebrity making her comics cameo in the sunny world of Riverdale, Raquel Welch turns up in the pages of Archie Comics during the early Bronze Age, debuting in Sabrina, the Teenage Witch #7 in 1972 courtesy of creator Al Hartley. Her handful of appearances — spread across Life with Archie, Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica, and Archie's TV Laugh-Out — place her in the cheerful, pop-culture-savvy company of Archie Andrews, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, and Reggie. It's a delightful snapshot of an era when Archie Comics loved to wink at the wider entertainment world, and for collectors who enjoy those charming celebrity crossover moments that defined early-'70s Archie, these eight appearances are a fun and distinctive little corner of the catalog.