Jughead with Archie Digest #51

The cover of this 1982 digest says it all — Jughead stands in a doorway wearing nothing but a barrel, gleefully announcing to Archie and two girls that their garage sale sold out absolutely everything, and the gag lands with the kind of cheerful absurdity that makes Archie digests so endlessly charming. Dan DeCarlo's linework gives the scene that warm, perfectly timed comedic punch, surrounding the central gag with colorful vignette panels teasing even more fun inside. At just a dollar, Jughead with Archie Digest #51 is a compact package of humor and heart from one of comics' most reliably enjoyable series.