Life with Archie #21

A giant, grinning Archie looms over a moonlit cityscape on this striking cover, while below him two separate storylines play out — a red-jacketed Archie rushes alongside a blonde woman on one side, and a dark-haired woman faces off with another blonde near a man holding a "Will Think for Food" sign on the other. Both the "Archie Marries Betty" and "Archie Marries Veronica" banners make clear this 2012 issue delivers two complete alternate-reality stories for the price of one. It's a clever visual promise of double the drama, and at $3.99 it's hard to argue with the value.