Archie & Friends #83

The Riverdale High Masquerade Ball is in full swing on this cheerful 2004 cover, with Archie decked out as a swashbuckling pirate — complete with hat, eye patch, and a soda can tucked under his arm — while Betty steals the show in a giant cola-can costume and Veronica looks effortlessly cool in a hula outfit, pointedly asking Archie if he's had enough soda for one night. A crowd of costumed Riverdale students fills the festive, balloon-dotted background, capturing that warm, anything-goes energy the series does so well. Cover pencils by Stan Goldberg and inks by Bob Smith make the whole scene pop with the kind of bright, inviting charm that's kept Archie's world going strong for decades.