Pep #180

Pep #180 from Archie's 1965 lineup delivers a perfectly timed two-panel gag right on the cover: Jughead, crowned beanie and all, talks a shopkeeper into selling him one of those long-handled grabber gadgets — with Archie looking on skeptically — and the payoff below shows exactly why, as Jughead lounges in an armchair using the contraption to snag snacks from the fridge without getting up. Cover pencils are by Samm Schwartz, who captures the lazy ingenuity and warm humor that made these Riverdale slice-of-life covers so charming. At just 12 cents, this is a delightful snapshot of mid-sixties Archie comics doing what they did best.