On sale date from the online Public Catalog of Copyright information from the United States Copyright Office:
"no. 447, May96. Claimant: Archie Comic Publications, Inc. Created 1996; Pub. 1996-02-20; Reg. 1996-04-10; TX0004263020".
This issue is a variant of
Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #447 [Direct Edition].