Life with Archie #85

The cover of Life with Archie #85 sets up a wonderfully absurd situation straight out of 1969: Archie is strapped to a lie detector chair while a mustachioed doctor studies the readout, Veronica looks on with pointed interest, and Reggie smirks from the background — all debating whether Archie can be trusted about not dating Betty. The speech bubbles practically crackle with romantic paranoia, and the room packed wall-to-wall with blinking equipment gives the whole scene a delightfully over-the-top scientific flair. Cover pencils by Dan DeCarlo and inks by Rudy Lapick bring their trademark clean, expressive energy to every character's reaction.