Archie Comics #24

This January–February 1947 issue of Archie puts the redhead squarely in a familiar jam: the cover by Al Fagaly shows Archie caught red-handed on a couch with a dark-haired Betty while a very suspicious blonde — clearly Betty or Veronica — leans in through the doorway with a pointed speech bubble: "So this is the sick grandmother you had to sit up all night with, Archie?" A framed portrait of a bearded gentleman on the wall watches the whole awkward scene unfold. Classic Archie double-booking chaos, rendered with the charming mid-century style that made "America's Typical Teen-Ager" such a staple of the era.