Best of the Sixties / Book #1: Archie Americana Series

All the classics in one book

This is one of the strongest entries in this "Archie" reprint series... I do wish they had more stories from the early part of the decade -- the Kennedy-era artwork may be my favorite of all the Archie styles -- but once you get into all the Beatles lampoons and hippie references, the historical hilarity takes over, and artwork (though fine) takes second place to the plot. These old stories make a great cultural history lesson (although they often fall on the conservative side of the Generation Gap...) It's fun stuff, and arguably the creative peak of the whole series.I'd love to see more collections like this... The fantasy version would be a series of year-by-year best-of reprints: I'd get the ones for 1961, '62 and '63 in a flash. A set of vintage "Jughead" stories might be nice, too... But I'd also settle for a "Sixties Stories, Volume 2" That'd be groovy too, daddy-o! (ReadThatAgain book reviews)

For those of us who missed the earlier comics, this is for you, and for those who didn't and want to reminisce, this book is also for you!

Again... Love it and that is all that I have to say. Great collector's items to keep for the kiddies.

not as good as book 2