[volume & issue needed] Taking advantage, the teens drive away in Lodge's new car and boss around Veronica and Smithers.

Archie and Jughead save the day, enabling Lodge to secure the deal, and in his joy says, "You did great, sons!

[1] Lodge is usually portrayed as a successful and wealthy businessman, rather than a financier or banker, who is frequently involved in international business ventures.

In one story, a rival businessman thought that he had outmaneuvered Mr. Lodge by selling him a garbage dump for $2,000, yet Lodge easily retorted that he had covered the dump with artificial snow and turned it into a ski resort, which made him realize a windfall profit of over $2 million USD in its initial year of operation.

The stories about his childhood are contradictory as some suggest he was born into old money and is descended from the founders of Riverdale, while others state that he built his fortune from that of his in-laws.

Although political matters in the Archie comics are rarely mentioned, one storyline hinted that Hiram was a conservative.