Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes #43

Riverdale's resident schemer takes center stage in this 1977 installment of Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes, where the cover delivers a perfectly timed gag: a girl tells Archie she's flattered that Reggie keeps her photo in his wallet — only for a smirking Reggie to reveal it keeps him from spending any money. The comic-strip panel layout captures the joke's three-beat rhythm beautifully, with Reggie's self-satisfied grin in the close-up saying everything you need to know about his priorities. If you enjoy Archie-universe humor built around one character's cheerful vanity and penny-pinching logic, this one delivers the punchline right on the cover.