Pep #339

Pep #339 brings the whole Riverdale gang together across a bright, cheerful cover from penciler Dan DeCarlo Jr. and inker Jim DeCarlo, with Archie, Veronica, Betty, and friends crowded playfully around the bold title logo up top. The real fun happens below, where a Cleopatra-inspired Veronica strides into the classroom in full Egyptian-themed regalia — jewelry, patterned dress, the works — while a disapproving teacher fires back that even her handwriting looks like hieroglyphics. It's the kind of lighthearted, gag-driven Archie humor that made Pep a reliable source of laughs in 1978, promising "fantastic fun on every page" and largely delivering on that claim.