Archie Giant Series Magazine #497

A sunny day at the beach boardwalk sets the scene for this 1980 oversized treat, as Veronica and Betty stroll past in their swimsuits with ice cream cones, trading quips with a distracted Archie and Jughead lounging on the sand nearby. Dan DeCarlo's cover linework — pencils and inks both his own — captures that breezy, good-natured humor the Riverdale gang does so well. With a giant-sized lineup of stories including "Stop the World," this is a generous package of Frank Doyle–scripted fun at a time when fifty cents bought you quite a lot of Archie.