Poor Millie, she looks lower than last year's hemline. Yes, folks, it was all about the hemline in the late sixties and early seventies, and comic books of that time reflected those styles. Perhaps nowhere was it more clear than in Archie comics. It was the perfect venue to parade the newest fashions - it took place in contemporary times, and it involved nothing but a bunch of teenagers. Archie was like Cosmo for middle schoolers.
The In Crowd (the mastermind behind I'm Learning to Share) has an excellent Flickr set called Archie Comics of the 1960s as a Mirror to Fads, Fashions and Trends.
Archie comics included a plethora of spin-offs - Jughead had his own comic, as did Betty & Veronica. Plus, there was Sabrina, Millie the Model, Josie & the Pussycats, etc., etc. All focused on teen lifestyles of the day. Amazingly, it never resorted to inserting sexual situations beyond the level of kissing (except for the Evangelical Christian issues of Archie, which came the closest, ironically, to including sexual content).
That being said, Archie and its spin-offs contained its fair share of harmless eye candy for junior high ogling. Here's a few more mini-skirts in Archie spin-offs for your viewing enjoyment. Cheers!
Gee, I wonder if Warren WEALTHingham is rich. Ya think?
The next image is from a comic book called Harvey. It may be the most shameless of all Archie knock-offs. They didn't even bother changing the hair colors (well the "Betty" lookalike has darker hair). Notice, instead of Jughead there's Goober. I'm surprised no lawsuit stemmed from this.
