Archie #526

Archie's 60th anniversary celebration continues in fine beach-day form with this sunny 2002 entry, cover-penciled by Stan Goldberg and inked by Bob Smith. The cover finds Archie seated on a beach towel with a curly-haired girl in an "I Am Canadian" t-shirt, while a confident Veronica — striking in a tiger-print swimsuit — stands over them delivering the pointed quip, "Haven't you heard about our 'Good Neighbor Policy'?" It's a perfectly breezy summer triangle moment that captures everything fun and familiar about Riverdale's most enduring social dynamics.