Life with Archie #57

Life with Archie #57 plunges Riverdale's favorite redhead into full-on spy-fi territory, as the cover — penciled by Bob White — shows a winged villain snatching a blonde girl into the air above Lodge Enterprises while boasting about capturing "the Girl from R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E." Archie, suited up as Agent A.R.C.H.I.E., fires back with a paralyzing pen (complete with a satisfying PZZZT!), while a downed figure in green lies crumpled by the fence below. Frank Doyle's script, brought to life by Bob White and inker Jon D'Agostino in the interior story "Drums of Despair," promises the kind of lighthearted espionage adventure that made this era of Archie comics such a fun reflection of the spy-craze sweeping pop culture in 1967.