Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #124
In "The Big Prize," Archie ventures into Pickins' Park for a jog and encounters a mysterious, solemn girl who warns him about the perilous "Coffin Curve" on Thrill Hill. When he learns she’s Jill Johnson, a girl who died there a decade prior, he’s stunned—until she reappears that night to save him from a fate eerily like her own. Written and illustrated by Bob Bolling, with inks by Chic Stone, colors by Barry Grossman, and letters by Bill Yoshida, this haunting tale blends small-town charm with a touch of the supernatural. The cover, by Dan Parent, captures the story’s eerie intrigue.
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Archie takes up jogging through Pickins' Park, and meets a beautiful but unsmiling girl who warns him to be careful at the dangerous "Coffin Curve" at the bottom of Thrill Hill. Mr. Meeks tells Archie that this was Jill Johnson, a girl who was killed at Coffin Curve a decade earlier when a drunk driver couldn't make the curve and ran into her. Archie can't believe that he talked to a ghost, but when he's running past Coffin Curve that night, Jill reappears to save him from sharing her fate.
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