Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #154

A sunny beach day turns into comedy gold in this 1981 installment of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals, with Dan DeCarlo's cover capturing the whole Riverdale gang soaking up the summer fun. Betty leaps to volley a beach ball while Archie looks thoroughly distracted, Dilton gets a classic brush-off — "Not now, Dilton! I've got a thousand and one things on my mind!" — and Archie's deadpan reply says it all: "And they're all wearing bikinis!" It's a breezy, good-natured snapshot of everything that makes this long-running series so enjoyable, with George Gladir's "Cycle Saga" waiting inside for even more Riverdale mischief.