Archie's TV Laugh-Out #27

Sun, sand, and Archie's irresistible charm are on full display in this 1974 beach-day installment of Archie's TV Laugh-Out, starring Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch. The two-panel cover gag — penciled by Dan DeCarlo and inked by Rudy Lapick — finds Archie holding a colorful surfboard and boldly declaring there's "only ONE THING that beats surfing," while two girls look on curiously, only for the punchline to land perfectly in the panel below as the gang lounges together on the sand with a radio nearby. It's a sunny, lighthearted snapshot of classic Archie humor that captures exactly the easygoing fun this series delivered month after month.