Best of Archie Comics #2

Archie’s jalopy is draining his wallet, so he turns it into a makeshift taxi—only to find himself on a disastrous shortcut with a mysterious passenger. When a train rams his car, the two end up walking seventeen miles back to Riverdale, unaware of the chaos they’ve just caused. The next day at school, Archie learns the hard way that his fare was the new principal.

Archie accidentally becomes the center of attention when a dressmaker’s dummy he brings to Veronica’s sewing class is mistaken for a real girl—leading to a whirlwind of misunderstandings and awkward encounters. With the dummy at the heart of the chaos, Archie finds himself caught in a series of escalating pranks and miscommunications.

In "Chapter One: Venus Bound!" from Best of Archie Comics #2 (2017), Cosmo and Orbi find themselves stranded on the moon with a trio of Moonlings named Oog, until Professor Thimk, Astra, and the dog JoJo arrive in a Martian rescue mission. Their journey to save the duo takes an unexpected turn when two Moonlings and the mysterious Gillywump from the Dark Side of the Moon sneak aboard for the trip to Venus.

In "Chapter Two: Trouble For Orbi!", the crew of the *Cosmo* lands on Venus, where they uncover the strange truth behind the planet’s thick clouds—tiny volcanoes are to blame. When Cosmo, Orbi, and Astra accidentally sit on a dormant Venusian monster, the creature awakens and snatches Orbi, leaving the others scrambling to respond.

In "Chapter Four: A Slap-Happy Ending!" from Best of Archie Comics #2 (2017), Jo and the crew find themselves in a sticky situation when a Venusian Monster rescues Astra from a crevice—only to be startled by a strange turn of events when Orbi reveals a short circuit in his helmet has accidentally made the monsters afraid of him. As the crew is led through the alien landscape, they’re whisked toward an unknown destination, where a mysterious queen awaits.