The Michael Allred cover has Batman and Archie hitting the beach with their surfboards! Veronica, Betty, Robin, and Catwoman are on the beach with the Joker waving behind a rock. In the back is Siren and Jughead. A fun cover! The writing team of Jeff Parker and Michael Moreci are joined by the pencilling power of Dan Parent! At Pop’s Chocklit Shoppe, there is meeting of the villains of the United Underworld; Catwoman, Joker, Siren, Penguin, and the Riddler! They have taken over Riverdale, at least the parents, the teenagers are immune to Siren’s song. Riddler points out his teenage protege, Reggie, playing a trick on someone in the phone booth. Pops warns them that the teenagers never give up. He kicks out Archie and Jughead who is starving for Pop’s burgers.
Outside is Betty and this is when they are joined by new kids, Barbara and Dick, the identities of Batgirl and Robin of course, in a motorcycle with a sidecar. Archie calls up Veronica, he sees an egg on the phone booth, planted by Reggie we saw earlier. Veronica has a party and Archie and Betty head over there clinging to Barbara and Dick. Jughead leaves to check on what is happening at Pop’s and the Joker watches him. Meanwhile, the Batmobile chases after Footnote, Bookworm’s henchman, on a moped. She rides into a secret wall opening and Batman leaps after her. Jughead slips into Pop’s through a back window and overhears the villains. Then, we get a splash page with Siren and Catwoman featured, nice!, Penguin, Riddler, and Pops in the back. Pops tells them that Dilton Doiley can fix their problem to entrance teens with Siren’s song.
Jughead knows the secret and is knocked out by the Joker! Veronica’s pool party, she has brought swimwear for Barbara and Dick, Reggie brings in Hiram Lodge. He starts to get angry, but realizes that Dick Grayson is the ward of millionaire Bruce Wayne. Barbara and Dick in the pool realize that Hiram’s umbrella is a device from the Penguin! At Bookworm’s Lair, he is surprised that Batman has solved his maze through his love of literature. He has a trap with two levers and Batman solves it with his knowledge of Jorge Luis Borges. He takes on Bookworm’s henchmen and arrests Bookworm and Footnote. Then, he gets Robin’s call that the United Underworld has taken over Riverdale! Jughead revives strapped in a chair with a large Joker card next to him in the basement. The Joker has arrived with a plate filled with burgers, there is no way Jughead can resist, and will reveal how to control teenagers! The Joker’s plan can’t fail, he is one of the most clever of the villains, and the crossover madness has not dropped a milkshake of fun! This has all of the Archie fun mixed with the Batman `66 show!
Five Milkshakes and Batarangs out of Five!
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