Pep #364

The three-panel cover of Pep #364 tells a perfectly timed joke all on its own: Betty and Archie ride the wildly decorated "Killer Coaster" as she goes from "This is TERRIBLE!" to "This is HORRIBLE!" — and then, the moment they hit the exit, eagerly demands they do it again. Stan G.'s bright, energetic linework fills each panel with the looping, monster-faced ride car and a colorful amusement park backdrop that practically radiates 1980 summer fun. With stories by writer Frank Doyle and lettering by Bill Yoshida, this issue delivers the kind of warm, cheerful comedy that made the Archie Comics Group a staple of the spinner rack.