Pat the Brat #20

Mischief is in full swing on this Archie Series cover as freckle-faced Pat sits on a kitchen counter, phone in hand, cheerfully announcing "Pat can't come to school today 'cause he's sick! This is my Daddy talkin'!" — while his wide-eyed dog, nose buried in a jam jar, serves as the unwitting accomplice to the scheme. The kitchen details, from the cookie jar to the colorful canisters, give the whole scene a cozy 1957 domestic charm that makes Pat's scheming all the more delightful. A fun slice of mid-century all-ages humor from the Archie lineup, with the story "Son Burned" promising that Pat's day off may not go quite as planned.