Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes #45

This digest-sized humor title puts Riverdale's resident schemer front and center, as the cover comic strip shows Reggie delivering a sharp zinger at Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe — assuring Veronica that "money isn't everything," then landing the punchline that Archie's allowance proves it. The strip panels capture Reggie, Veronica, and a suitably indignant Archie in that breezy, cheerful Archie house style that made these joke collections a perennial favorite throughout the 1970s. At 35 cents, issue #45 is a light, fun read packed with the kind of wisecracks that made Reggie Mantle Riverdale's self-appointed comedy king.