Betty and Me #170

A sunny beach day turns into a comedy of errors in this 1988 installment of Betty and Me. Dan DeCarlo's cover captures Betty in her pink polka-dot swimsuit confronting a grinning Archie on their beach blanket — she's fuming over a mysterious redhead who smiled his way, while Archie is clearly oblivious to the trouble he's in — and the bottom panel delivers the punchline as Betty ends up splashing down off her surfboard, prompting a well-deserved "Betty, you dummy!" The story inside, "Prize Fool," written by George Gladir with art by Stan G. and inks by Rudy Lapick, promises the kind of breezy, good-natured misunderstanding that made this series such a warm favorite throughout its run.