Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes #52

Reggie Mantle is in full smooth-operator mode on this 1980 cover, dressed in a sharp red tuxedo jacket and working a fancy party where a tall blonde in a pink gown has caught his eye — prompting some wonderfully two-faced commentary about her looks versus her father's dozen gas stations. The cover's split panels capture Reggie's shameless social climbing perfectly, with Veronica, Archie, and the rest of the Riverdale crowd looking on at the buffet. It's a fun, breezy snapshot of everything that makes Reggie such an entertainingly self-serving schemer.