Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #216

A backyard football game turns gloriously chaotic on Dan DeCarlo's cover for this December 1973 issue, where Archie clutches the ball while a very determined Betty has tackled him to the ground — earning her team a 15-yard penalty for "unnecessary hugging." The whole Riverdale gang piles into the mayhem, with Veronica and friends scrambling across the lawn in delightful disarray. It's a perfectly lighthearted snapshot of everything that makes Betty and Veronica such a fun read.