Reggie and Me #40

Reggie Mantle is caught red-handed in this March 1970 issue, as the cover panels show him confidently knocking on Principal Mr. Weatherbee's door — birthday cake in hand, boldly inscribed "Happy Birthday Mr. Weatherbee From Reggie" — while Archie, Betty, and the gang look on in stunned disbelief. Archie had accused Reggie of always buttering up the principal, and Reggie's cheerful, shameless response is to prove him right in the most spectacular way possible. Reggie and Me #40 captures everything fun about Riverdale's favorite schemer in one perfectly timed two-panel gag.