Pep #361

Veronica Lodge steals the cover of Pep #361 with a tennis racket held triumphantly aloft, declaring she can "return anything" — while her exasperated father relaxes in his armchair surrounded by a pile of gift boxes, wryly suggesting she try returning some of what she's already bought. Betty looks on from the doorway with characteristic amusement in this cheerful 1980 Dan DeCarlo cover that captures the Lodge household's eternal tug-of-war between extravagance and common sense. Inside, Joe Edwards handles the full creative duties on the story "It Makes Census to Me," making this a nicely cohesive package of Riverdale fun.