Archie and Me #106

The cover of Archie and Me #106 sets up a perfectly absurd schoolday standoff: Archie faces a visibly exasperated Principal Weatherbee across his desk, earnestly insisting his absence was a holiday — "National Pickle Day," to be precise — while two amused onlookers peek in from the doorway. Stan Goldberg's cover pencils capture that timeless Riverdale energy, with Archie's colorful striped sweater and confident finger-point making it impossible not to grin. With George Gladir writing and Bob Bolling on art for the interior "Message Muddle" story, this 1978 issue delivers the kind of warm, lighthearted comedy that made this series a staple of the Archie line.