Archie Comics Digest #36

Archie Comics Digest #36 packs a full-color sampler of Riverdale fun into one handy 75-cent package, and Dan DeCarlo's cover delivers exactly that energy — a bright collage of circular vignettes spotlighting Archie and the gang in a variety of comedic situations, including a scene outside a movie theater showing "Rebel Without a Cause" where Archie quips that the best thing about the fifties is "the price of gas!" With promises of stories, gags, puzzles, laffs, surprises, and fun splashed right on the cover, this 1979 digest is a cheerful reminder of just how much entertainment Archie Publications could cram into digest format. Frank Doyle and Harry Lucey's "Soup to Nuts" is among the treats waiting inside, keeping the classic Riverdale humor in fine form.