Giant Series has a very odd numbering system. There are 332 issues (can you spot the oddness yet?), finishing up with #632 in 1992. Between #35 and #36, 100 was added to the issue count for some reason. Similarly, once we hit issue #251, it jumps 200 and the next issue is #452. So, really, we need to be subtracting 300 from the later issues in order to know properly which issue of the 332 a particular comic is.
It's odd, and I haven't found a decent explanation for it yet.
There are a lot of Winter stories in today's issue, including one in which Jughead ventures to the store for his mother in the middle of a blizzard. The depictions of Riverdale under ridiculous amounts of snow reminded me of Winters in Oakville years ago, when there were some days that you simply couldn't leave the house. Perhaps, though, given the temperatures of late, this was a bit too close to home to be relaxing this morning.
"The secret of Jughead's success is his awkward abandoned style!"
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