Archie's Joke Book Magazine #193

This February 1974 issue of Archie's Laugh-Out Joke Book Magazine serves up a perfectly timed two-panel gag right on the cover: Ethel rolls up on her scooter to ask Archie — sitting on a park bench with a blonde companion — if he has a friend for her, only to pivot with the punchline "How about an enemy then?" It's the kind of cheerful, self-deprecating humor that made this long-running Archie Series title such a reliable source of laughs. At just 20 cents, issue #193 is a charming snapshot of Riverdale comedy at its most easygoing.