Archie’s Pal Jughead #202

Archie’s friend Jughead stars as Semi-Private Eye Jughead Jones in Part 1 of a series of stories running in the Jughead comic book.

In his first private-eye adventure everyone is surprised at how observant Jughead is about noticing little details. Jughead has become fascinated by the onscreen adventures and mysteries of celluloid detectives and has taken it upon himself to emulate their exploits and look-even taking it so far as to wearing a trench coat!

When Dilton approaches Jughead about solving a robbery mystery in order to help his new friend Mora Lyte (and to impress her), Jughead agrees under the condition that Dilton feed him for his efforts. He would have been better off paying his expenses! It certainly would have been cheaper.

Mora’s father, an inventor, has had his new invention stolen. The security guard on duty spotted the thief who mysteriously disappeared. Jughead examines the crime scene and what he concludes puts a whole new light on the crime. Needless to say he solves the crime and things turn out for the best.

This was a fun story to read and slightly out of the ordinary for Jughead. Archie Comics continues to reexamine, revamp and reinvigorate its titles. Is it any wonder that national media is starting to take notice!?