Archie #512

A park outing takes an unexpected turn on this 2001 Archie Comics cover, where a sheepish Archie stands between a clearly unimpressed Veronica and a cheerful vendor selling bags of duck feed for 50 cents — while real ducks paddle about at their feet. Veronica's speech bubble makes it clear she had something far fancier in mind when Archie invited her to a "duck dinner," and Stan Goldberg and Bob Smith capture her exasperation with wonderful comic timing. It's the kind of warm, witty Riverdale humor that makes flipping through an issue of Archie a genuinely good time.