Archie's Weird Mysteries #16

Something strange is lurking at Riverdale High in this 2001 issue of Archie's Weird Mysteries, featuring the story "The Faculstein Monster!" — and the cover by Fernando Ruiz (pencils) and Rich Koslowski (inks) sets the scene with gleeful dread. A wild-eyed, oversized mad-scientist figure looms with outstretched claws while Archie and Veronica reel in alarm, as a speech bubble ominously warns that the creature is "a combination of four teachers." Writer Paul Castiglia and artist Fernando Ruiz bring that perfect mix of spooky and silly that makes Weird Mysteries such a fun corner of the Archie universe.