Jughead #134

Jughead finds himself at a Pop Art Exhibit in this July 1966 issue, gazing at framed works that include a superhero action painting labeled "The Shield Strikes" and a Campbell's-style "Camps Tomato Soup" can — deadpan cultural commentary straight from the era's art-world headlines. Jughead's quip, "All my life I've been an art lover and I never knew it," says everything about his cheerfully oblivious charm, while Betty, Veronica, and Archie look on with amusement, one of them clutching a "ZAP" comic. Dan DeCarlo's cover pencils and inks capture the whole scene with the clean, witty linework that made Archie titles so appealing throughout the decade.