Betty #118

Betty #118 brings a relatable slice of teenage embarrassment straight to the cover, where Betty — face covered in a white cleansing mask and towel in hand — throws up her hands as a red-haired visitor leaps away from her doorstep in cartoonish alarm. A friend in the foreground, sporting her own face mask and holding a tube of cleansing cream, looks on with an amused smirk, making it clear Betty is not suffering this awkward moment alone. Stan Goldberg's pencils and Bob Smith's inks capture the warm, breezy humor that makes this 2002 series such a fun corner of the Archie universe, marked here with a 60th Anniversary banner.