Archie's Joke Book Magazine #243

The Riverdale gang is up to their cheerful mischief in this April 1978 installment of Archie's Joke Book Magazine. The cover delivers a self-contained gag in three panels: Archie, Jughead, and a blonde student gleefully tell a puzzled Principal Weatherbee they've bought him a present that makes him smile every day — then reveal it's a scale that reads twenty pounds too light, shown in the final panel as a delighted Weatherbee steps right on it. It's the kind of warm, witty humor that made this long-running series such a reliable treat for fans of the Archie universe.