Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #4

Outside the principal's office, Archie stands holding a smoking beaker — his clothes singed and tattered — while Betty and Veronica react with amusement and disbelief, one suggesting "grunge look?!" and the other deadpanning "lab accident!!" Stan Goldberg and Henry Scarpelli's cover captures that perfectly chaotic Riverdale energy, where science class apparently did not go as planned. This 1994 digest packs in plenty of Archie gang fun, including Frank Doyle and Dan DeCarlo Jr.'s story "Quiet Chaos" — a title that feels right at home alongside a cover this delightfully messy.