Archie #382

Archie's notorious parking-meter scramble takes center stage on Dan DeCarlo's cover for this November 1990 issue, where our frantic redhead lunges desperately to feed a meter before a nearby parking officer can finish writing up a ticket — while two bystanders quip about his newfound talent for "the one-meter dash." The gang's familiar faces peek out from the corner portrait box, and the whole scene captures that perfectly timed, light-hearted suburban comedy that makes Archie comics such a reliable good time. Inside, Mike Pellowski's story "Tomato Surprise," illustrated by Stan Goldberg and inked by Mike Esposito, promises more of the everyday misadventures Riverdale fans have always loved.