Ricky Mantle

Riverdale's most famous schemer has a family member worth knowing — Ricky Mantle stepped onto the Silver Age scene in Archie #205 in 1970, brought to life by the classic creative team of Frank Doyle and Harry Lucey. Appearing across a remarkable five-decade span through 2022, Ricky turns up in the pages of Life with Archie, Archie, and even Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes, keeping company with the whole beloved Riverdale gang — Betty, Archie, Jughead, Veronica, and of course Reggie Mantle himself. It's a testament to the enduring warmth of Archie Comics that even a character with a modest footprint can pop up across 52 years of stories, a quiet thread woven into one of comics' most cherished fictional towns.