Archie Comics Digest #49

Archie Comics Digest #49 captures the gang in full comedic form, with the cover by Dan DeCarlo depicting Archie holding a "Riverdale Bugle" newspaper blazing the headline "INFLATION SOARS" while a teacher asks what's about to become extinct — and Archie's punchline answer involves "the purchasing power of my allowance." Meanwhile, the red-background collage is alive with roller-skating chaos, a kid on a scooter, and Veronica and Betty looking on with their signature expressions. It's a fun, value-packed 1981 digest brimming with DeCarlo's warm linework and the promise of stories, jokes, and mind-scrambling puzzles inside.