Archie #296

A poolside showdown of the wittiest kind — Archie #296 drops Riverdale's favorite gang into a sun-soaked summer setting where the laughs flow as freely as the water. On the cover, Veronica pointedly tells her newspaper-reading father she spots "five pounds she should get rid of," while a gleeful Archie in a floppy hat fires right back that he sees "150 pounds she should get rid of" — with Betty visible in the pool below and Jughead lurking nearby for good measure. Dan DeCarlo's cover art captures that breezy, sharp Archie humor perfectly, making this 1980 entry a warm reminder of why this series has always been so much fun.