Archie's Joke Book Magazine #87

Jughead Jones has cracked the telephone problem once and for all — as this cheerful April 1965 cover shows, he's fast asleep in bed while a reel-to-reel tape recorder plays his pre-recorded message to a baffled Archie on the other end of the line. Dan DeCarlo's clean, expressive linework makes the gag land perfectly, capturing Jughead's blissful snooze and Archie's bewildered reaction with equal charm. A fun snapshot of Riverdale humor at its most laid-back, this issue promises a full round of the lighthearted comedy that made Archie's Joke Book a staple of 1960s newsstands.