Archie #467

Archie's latest science experiment has gone spectacularly wrong — on Rex W. Lindsey's cover for this January 1998 issue, a wide-eyed, grinning Archie holds a test tube in the school science lab while a uniform in front of him erupts in flames and dissolves in a colorful chemical catastrophe, much to the alarm of a stern-looking teacher watching from the background. The cover teases parts 3–4 of "A Storm Over Uniforms," Kathleen Webb's story about Riverdale's school uniform debate, brought to life inside by the art team of Stan Goldberg, Henry Scarpelli, Barry Grossman, and Bill Yoshida. It's a warm, wonderfully chaotic snapshot of Archie being Archie — good intentions, messy results, and plenty of heart.