Archie's Joke Book Magazine #207

This April 1975 issue of Archie's Joke Book Magazine delivers exactly the kind of breezy, comedic charm the series is known for. The cover lays out a perfectly timed visual gag: Archie complains to a girl on a park path that "Suzy never gabs on the phone, Suzy never keeps a boy waiting" — only to be met with the perfectly reasonable retort "So why don't you date Suzy?" — leaving him sputtering, "Who wants to date a girl that ISN'T NORMAL?!?" It's a three-panel snapshot of Archie's eternal romantic self-contradiction, wrapped up in warm autumn colors and that unmistakable Riverdale humor.