Archie's Pal Jughead #25

Jughead's legendary indifference to romance gets a wonderfully deadpan twist on this 1954 cover, where a flattered young woman on the sofa assumes he's making a move — only for Jughead to clarify he dimmed the lights and sat close purely to be near the food spread on the coffee table while watching television. Bill Vigoda captures the gag with pitch-perfect comic timing, from the woman's bemused smile to Jughead's utterly unapologetic expression. A charming snapshot of mid-1950s Riverdale humor that reminds you why Jughead's single-minded devotion to snacks made him such an endearing character.