Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes #16

Part of Archie's Giant Series, this 1971 issue finds Reggie Mantle in full mischief-maker mode — camera in hand outside the Riverdale High Blue and Gold school newspaper office, while a thoroughly unsuspecting Archie brags to Veronica that Reg snapped a photo of him and his pet bird for the paper. The punchline lands in Reggie's smug grin as he reads the published result: a Blue and Gold spread headlined "Bird Brain," complete with the unflattering portrait. It's a perfectly constructed Reggie moment, delivering his signature brand of wiseguy humor right on the cover before you've even cracked the spine.