dan decarlo was one of the preeminent aritsts at archie comics for the

second half of the 20th century. decarlo drew every character in the

archie pantheon at one time or another, but he is held in particularly high

regard for his outstanding work on betty and veronica, josie and

sabrina the teen-age witch.

the fourth volume of the best of dan decarlo series features a terrific

selection of stories from the groovy 1960S, nearly all of which werescanned fom the original art to ensure the highest possible quality.

this volume also contains a

number of josie stories by

decarlo as well as the

very first sabrina tale—treats for all fans young

or old of the legendary

creativity of dan decarlo!

w w w . i d w p u b l i s h i n g . c o m • $ 2 4 . 9 9

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ISBN: 978-161377481615 14 13 12 1 2 3 4

Ted Adams, CEO & Publisher • Greg Goldstein, President & COO • Robbie Robbins, EVP/Sr. Graphic Artist • Chris Ryall, Chief Creative Officer/E-i-CMatthew Ruzicka, CPA/Chief Financial Officer • Alan Payne, VP of Sales • Dirk Woods, VP of Marketing • Lorelei Bunjes, VP Digital Services

ARCHIE: THE BEST OF DAN DECARLO, VOLUME FOUR. OCTOBER 2012. FIRST PRINTING. ARCHIE is TM and © Archie Comic Publications, Inc. ALL RIGHTSRESERVED. The individual characters’ names and likenesses are the exclusive trademarks of Archie Comic Publications, Inc. ARCHIE characters created by JohnL. Goldwater. The likenesses of the original Archie characters were created by Bob Montana. All stories previously published and copyrighted by Archie comicPublications, Inc. in magazine form from 1960 to 1968. Nothing may be reprinted in whole or part without written permission from Archie Comic Publications, Inc.

IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial Offices: 5080 Santa Fe Street, San Diego, CA 92109. Any similarities to persons living or deadare purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permissionof Idea and Design Works, LLC.

Printed in Korea.

Color Separations by

Digikore Design Limited

Collection Design by

Chris Mowry

Collection Edits by

Scott Dunbier

Special thanks to everyone

at Archie Comics for their

invaluable assistance.

Additional thanks to Paul Dini,

Bill Morrison and David Schwartz

for the loan of original artwork.

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To Josie DeCarlo...

...She wasDan’s Muse.

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