Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #38

A sunny beach setting frames this 1958 Archie Series gem, with Betty fuming in her red swimsuit as she scolds Archie — wearing his lifeguard uniform — for ignoring her near-drowning, while Veronica flirtatiously chats up another young man and privately snickers that Betty "couldn't get a man to save her life." Harry Lucey's pencils and Terry Szenics' inks capture the comic tension perfectly, with each character's expression telling the whole story at a glance. For fans of Riverdale's favorite rivalry, this beachside snapshot of Betty and Veronica at their most competitive is thoroughly entertaining.