Archie and Me #38

Summer stock hijinks come to Riverdale in this 1970 installment of Archie and Me, themed around the "Riverdale Summer Stock Players." The cover — drawn and inked by Joe Edwards — finds a cheerful Archie armed with a paint roller and a bottle of sun tan lotion, offering to apply it to a shirtless, grateful Mr. Weatherbee, who sits on a log reviewing his script beside a "Riverdale Summer Stock Theatre" sign. It's a warm, sunny snapshot of small-town summer fun that sets a perfectly lighthearted tone for the "Summer Stock!" story inside.