Archie #453

The first day back at Riverdale High has never looked so dramatically entertaining — on Stan Goldberg and Henry Scarpelli's cover, a tearful Veronica clings to a mortified Archie on the school steps, both dressed to the nines in black, while two bemused adults look on in disbelief. A speech bubble says it all: "Every year they get a little more melodramatic about their first day back!" Inside, Mike Pellowski and Mike Worley bring the laughs with "Opening Daze," promising that back-to-school season in Riverdale is anything but ordinary.