Archie's Joke Book Magazine #171

The cover of this 1972 issue tells the whole joke without a word of interior story needed — Archie's teacher hands him his report card with a cheerful "Here's your report card, Archie!", and his smiley-face sweater says it all in the top panel; one glance at the grades later, that same sweater now sports a matching frown while his classmates laugh behind him. It's a perfectly timed two-panel gag that captures everything lovable about Riverdale's favorite underachiever. At 15 cents, Archie's Laugh-Out Joke Book Magazine #171 delivers the kind of cheerful, relatable humor that made this series a staple of spinner racks everywhere.