Betty #177

A holiday gift gone hilariously wrong takes center stage on this Christmas-season cover, where a bewildered Betty clutches a tacky duck lamp — lampshade and all — while a sheepishly grinning Archie stands nearby beside a decorated tree, clearly proud of his questionable taste in presents. Betty's speech bubbles say it all: "Oh Archie, you shouldn't have … you really, really shouldn't have!" The cover art by Stan Goldberg and Bob Smith perfectly captures that warm, comedic Archie charm that makes these holiday issues such a delight.