Reggie and Me #51

This Archie Giant Series entry puts Reggie front and center in a lively band rehearsal scene, where he's smugly declaring that Archie has "always been playing second fiddle" to him — while Archie strums away obliviously on his guitar amid the full Archies lineup, complete with Veronica, Betty, and an enthusiastic crowd of onlookers. The energy is infectious, with everyone grinning, dancing, or reacting to Reggie's typically oversized ego, and a pair of playful figures even tumble across the top of the cover in what seems to be a nod to the issue's story title, "A Sense of Balance." Al Hartley's artwork, inked by Jon D'Agostino with lettering by Bill Yoshida, gives the whole scene a warm, fun-filled 1971 vibe that captures the Riverdale gang at their most entertainingly chaotic.