| Synopsis |
Tired of Jughead being underfoot in his house all the time, Mr. Lodge decides to send Jughead on an errand. But when Jughead goes to pick up the instructions for the errand, he accidentally takes the credentials for a professional diplomat in Mr. Lodge's employ, and winds up being flown to the village of Zapadapa, Honduras, where the local banditos are threatening Lodge's experimental plant. It turns out that the head bandito, El Slobador, planned the whole thing as a way to hold a Lodge representative for ransom. But when Mr. Lodge gets the $1 million ransom demand for Jughead, he breaks down in hysterical laughter and is rushed to the hospital. Archie, Betty and Veronica go to Zapadapa to try and rescue Jughead, who is safe and happy under the protection of El Slobador's fearsome mother: he's the only one who can stand her "rotten cooking." |