Jughead #311

Poor Jughead — he's in tears in the foreground, crown askew, clearly the victim of a well-executed gag involving a hamburger paperweight so convincing it "could fool somebody," as Archie cheerfully tells Veronica in the background. Stan G.'s cover captures the Riverdale gang's easy charm perfectly, with Archie pointing to the decoy burger on the table while a surprised Veronica looks on. For 50 cents in 1981, this issue — featuring the story "Bubble Head" — delivers exactly the kind of warm, playful humor that made Archie Comics Group a staple of the spinner rack.