Cheryl Blossom #35

Cheryl Blossom is in full command of the beach in this breezy October 2000 issue, strutting across the sand in a yellow bikini while a trail of smitten guys — hearts floating around them — follow helplessly in her wake, with the "Lost & Found" booth behind her hinting at the cover's gag: "Every girl at the beach is reporting a lost boyfriend!" Cover pencils by Dan DeCarlo and inks by Henry Scarpelli give the scene that quintessential Archie charm, all sun-drenched color and comic timing. Inside, writer and artist Holly Golightly takes the reins for a two-part story, "Phantom of the Funhouse," promising that Cheryl's adventures are about to head somewhere a little more mysterious than the shoreline.