Archie's Joke Book Magazine #186

This 1973 digest of laughs opens with a perfectly timed two-panel gag right on the cover: at Pop's Chocklit Shoppe, Veronica smugly informs Archie that etiquette requires the boy closest to the check to pay — and in the panel below, Archie has hilariously spun the table around so that Reggie is now the one left holding the bill, much to everyone's amusement. It's the kind of clever, relatable humor that made Archie's Laugh-Out Joke Book Magazine such a cheerful staple of the early '70s newsstand. At just 20 cents, issue #186 promises a full load of that breezy, good-natured fun the series always delivered.