Archie #592

Archie #592 brings the motion-controlled gaming craze of 2009 to Riverdale in the most chaotic way possible. Stan Goldberg and Bob Smith's cover captures Archie — in his Riverdale High letterman jacket — wildly swinging a motion controller while a horrified Jughead watches from the couch, hands on his face, lamenting that his "couch potato days are over." The on-screen tennis game mirroring Archie's frantic moves perfectly sells the joke, making this a warm and funny snapshot of the era's gaming zeitgeist.