Jughead #217

Home Economics class has never smelled so good — the cover of Jughead #217 (June 1973) drops us right into a busy kitchen scene where Betty and Veronica are hard at work on their pie-baking class assignment, delicious-looking pies spread across the counter, while Archie and Jughead tumble through the doorway, clearly lured in by the irresistible aroma wafting their way. Up top, a separate vignette shows Jughead getting scolded for trying to run a hot dog cart on school grounds, proving that where there's food, there's trouble. Dan DeCarlo's cover art captures the warm, cheerful energy that made Archie comics such a staple of 1973 newsstands, and at just 20 cents, this slice of Riverdale life was an easy sell.