Superintendent Hassle

Superintendent Hassle is a school district authority figure in Riverdale who outranks Principal Weatherbee, adding an extra layer of bureaucratic pressure to Archie Andrews and the gang's comedic misadventures at Riverdale High.

Superintendent Hassle made his entrance into the Riverdale universe in 1974's Archie and Me #64, arriving at the dawn of the Bronze Age with all the authority his title implies. As a figure of school administration looming over the familiar halls where Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, and Reggie Mantle get into their perpetual mischief, he's the kind of character who gives those classic Archie comedic dynamics an extra layer of delicious tension. Spread across nearly five decades of digest appearances — from Archie and Me to the beloved Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine — Hassle is a testament to how even a supporting player can quietly endure through generations of readers. For collectors who love the full texture of Riverdale's world, he's one of those satisfying finds hiding in the digest stacks.