Archie's Pal Jughead Comics #194

The cover of Archie's Pal Jughead Comics #194 sets up a wonderfully ironic punchline right away — a disheveled, wide-eyed Jughead, dressed in a white shirt and red tie, reacts with bewilderment as he tells Archie "Terrible! …I got the job!" at what appears to be a Teen Job Fair buzzing with other Riverdale teens in the background. Rex W. Lindsey's cover art captures Jughead's signature accidental luck with warm, expressive energy that's very much at home in 2009 Archie Comics. It's a charming preview of the story "Unfair Fair," written by Craig Boldman, and a fine reminder of why this series has always delivered reliable laughs.