Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #219

A sunny day at the beach turns into pure comedic chaos in this 1990 installment of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals, with a lively volleyball match providing two very different kinds of entertainment. Dan DeCarlo's cover captures the joke perfectly — while players leap and spike above the net, Archie and a dark-haired gal are caught in a rather distracted moment down below, prompting two onlooking guys to cheerfully call out the action "above the net… and below the net!" Inside, Hal Smith and Henry Scarpelli serve up a story with the wonderfully offbeat title "Invasion of the Escargot," promising the kind of lighthearted Riverdale fun this series does so well.