Archie's Double Digest Magazine #174

Archie heads back to Riverdale High with a backpack that says it all — buttons featuring both Betty and Veronica (each marked "Archie," naturally) compete for real estate alongside an RHS badge and a cheerful smiley face, neatly summing up the redhead's perpetual romantic predicament. Stan Goldberg and Bob Smith's cover catches that breezy back-to-school energy perfectly, with a sunny sky overhead and the school building waiting just around the corner. Inside, this 2006 digest packs in plenty of stories, including Mike Pellowski's "Bird Brain" brought to life by artist Tim Kennedy, inker Jim Amash, colorist Barry Grossman, and letterer Jon D'Agostino.