Cheryl Blossom #5

Cheryl Blossom is living her best life on the cover of this 1997 Archie Comics issue, grinning and sticking out her tongue on a television screen emblazoned with "A.M. with Cheryl" as a studio audience cheers behind her — and she's making sure everyone knows it with the gleeful taunt, "Yoo-hoo, townies! I've got a TV show and you don't!!" Below the set, a blonde and a dark-haired girl stare up at the screen in wide-eyed disbelief, which somehow makes Cheryl's triumph even more satisfying. Cover art by Dan DeCarlo sets the playful, self-assured tone perfectly for the interior story "Cheryl in the Morning.