Archie Giant Series Magazine #586

A sunny premise gets a perfect visual payoff on Dan DeCarlo's cover: a white-haired principal — smugly proud that "holding summer school at the beach was my best idea yet" — presides over an outdoor classroom packed with Archie, Betty, Veronica, and the whole Riverdale gang in swimwear, books open on desks planted right in the sand. Enrollment has indeed tripled, and it's easy to see why, with umbrellas, surf, and a seagull photobombing the lesson. This October 1988 oversized Archie Giant Series entry promises the kind of breezy, sun-soaked comedy that made these giant-format issues such a reliable treat.