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On-sale Date: 2011-10-26
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Archie / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Fernando Ruiz (signed)
Inks:
Colors:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Special Holiday issue.

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Allposters.com / advertisement / 1 page

An Old School Yule
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Archie / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Hal Lifson (credited)
Pencils:
Bill Galvan (credited)
Inks:
Jim Amash (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Phil Felix (credited)
Editing:
Victor Gorelick (editor/editor-in-chief)
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Archie and the gang decide to do an old school Christmas and also throw a party to help the less fortunate.
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Christmas in Riverdale!
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Indexer Notes

Circle the words puzzle.

The Holidaze!
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Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils:
Fernando Ruiz (credited)
Inks:
Al Nickerson (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Jack Morelli (credited)
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews; Nancy Woods; Betty Cooper; Tomoko; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
All Jughead wants to do on his Christmas vacation is relax but everybody else has plans for him.
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Pop's Day Off
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Archie & Friends / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Bill Golliher (credited)
Pencils:
Rex Lindsey (credited)
Inks:
Rex Lindsey (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Archie and the gang decide to run the restaurant for a day so Pop Tate can have a day off to do his holiday shopping.
Reprints (1)

Wait Right Here
(Table of Contents: 8)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Kathleen Webb (credited)
Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inks:
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Betty doesn't appear rich enough to buy anything.
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Indexer Notes

Colorist/letterer credit taken from the index of the original printing.

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Archie / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Craig Boldman (signed)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wow. It's nice and warm in your house, Reggie!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Reggie ran out of money so is giving Jughead an old football for Christmas.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

comic strip reprint.

Purchase Prize
(Table of Contents: 12)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Kathleen Webb (credited)
Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inks:
Mike Esposito (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Jacques; Jason (Veronica's chauffeur)
Synopsis:
With Veronica sick in bed, Betty does her Christmas shopping for her and bargains all the shop-keepers down.
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The Great Tree Spree
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Archie & Friends / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
Bill Golliher (credited)
Pencils:
Rex Lindsey (credited)
Inks:
Rex Lindsey (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom; H.M. Bugg
Synopsis:
H.M. Bugg has been buying up all the Christmas trees in Riverdale and making toothpicks out of them.
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Out on a Limb
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Archie / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils:
Bill Vigoda (credited)
Inks:
Bill Vigoda (credited)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
Archie helps put up Christmas decorations for Mr. Weatherbee at the school but accidentally breaks the metal deer he is supposed to put in the schoolyard.
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Spectacular Christmas Fashions
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Pencils:
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Colors:
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Characters:
Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Moose Mason; Nancy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch / illustration / 1 page

Pencils:
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Inks:
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Colors:
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  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Sabrina

Indexer Notes

Illustration used as a title page for the next section featuring Sabrina reprints.

Tree-Mendous
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Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Dick Malmgren (credited)
Pencils:
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Inks:
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
Characters:
Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Harvey
Synopsis:
Aunt Hilda wants to use magic to get her Christmas tree done immediately but Sabrina and Harvey want to go cut one down the old fashioned way.
Reprints (1)

Power Struggle
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Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inks:
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
Characters:
Sabrina Spellman; Jingles; Hilda Spellman; Cousin Ambrose
Synopsis:
Sabrina and Jingles get in a magic contest, trying to out do each other.
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Snow Job
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Harvey / comic story / 1 page

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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Harvey; Aunt Hilda
Synopsis:
Aunt Hilda gets Harvey a Christmas present that he can use at her house.
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Yule Yowl
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Salem / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils:
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks:
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
Aunt Hilda (cameo); Aunt Zelda (cameo); Sabrina (cameo); Salem; Rufus
Synopsis:
Salem at Christmas.
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comic story / 1 page

Script:
Craig Boldman (signed)
Pencils:
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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Daddy misses his favorite album: Christmas Bells!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie plays Christmas music for Mr. Lodge.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Comic strip reprint.

Christmas Togetherness
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Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
Inks:
Jim DeCarlo (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie wants to buy his parents a Christmas present that will help bring them closer together.
Reprints (1)

Run for the Hills
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Mr. Lodge / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Al Hartley (credited)
Pencils:
Al Hartley (credited)
Inks:
Al Hartley (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Smithers
Synopsis:
Archie is coming to the Lodge mansion to deliver Christmas gifts but Mr. Lodge and Veronica are worried he will break something.
Reprints (1)

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Little Archie and Friends / illustration / 1 page

Pencils:
Fernando Ruiz (signed)
Inks:
Colors:
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  • Genre:humor

Indexer Notes

Illustration used as a title page featuring Little Archie reprints.

Shine a Little Light
(Table of Contents: 31)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Bob Bolling (credited)
Pencils:
Bob Bolling (credited)
Inks:
Mike Esposito (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:children
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Sue Stringly; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis:
Sue Stringly shows Little Archie her perfect Christmas tree.
Reprints (1)

A Children's Story
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Little Archie / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Dexter Taylor (credited)
Pencils:
Dexter Taylor (credited)
Inks:
Dexter Taylor (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Santa Claus; un-named kids
Synopsis:
An alternate-universe Santa Claus from "Planet Peewee," a planet populated almost entirely by children, crash-lands his spaceship on Little Archie's roof.
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A Christmas Report
(Table of Contents: 33)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Dexter Taylor (credited)
Pencils:
Dexter Taylor (credited)
Inks:
Dexter Taylor (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Little Archie; Pop Tate; Spotty; Mr. O'Malley; Mr. Adams; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
While delivering papers, Archie discovers that a fake Santa Claus is robbing the newspaper office.
Reprints (1)

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A Sure Thing
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Veronica / activity / 1 page

Script:
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Inks:
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Colors:
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Letters:
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Characters:
Veronica Lodge
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the letters puzzle.

Stamp Scamp
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Ethel / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Ethel; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Ethel is waiting for a Christmas card from Jughead.
Reprints (1)

Brain Campaign
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Dilton Doiley / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
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Inks:
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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Dilton should not play Santa Claus.
Reprints (1)

Season of Magic
(Table of Contents: 39)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils:
Bob White (credited)
Inks:
Bob White (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Jingles the brownie; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Jingles the brownie visits Archie and Jughead and torments Reggie Mantle.
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The Magic Circle
(Table of Contents: 42)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils:
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks:
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis:
Archie gets a job making Christmas wreaths.
Reprints (1)

Santa's Yelper
(Table of Contents: 43)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils:
Fernando Ruiz (credited)
Inks:
Al Nickerson (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Santa Claus; Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton
Synopsis:
Jughead helps Santa deliver presents around Riverdale. Santa uses him to eat all the treats so Santa doesn't have to.
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Some Things Never Change
(Table of Contents: 46)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Kathleen Webb (credited)
Pencils:
Jeff Shultz (credited)
Inks:
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Sugar Plum Fairy; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
The Sugar Plum Fairy tries to get Betty and Veronica in the Christmas mood.
Reprints (1)

Dreamland Drama
(Table of Contents: 47)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils:
Pat Kennedy (credited)
Inks:
Terry Austin (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Phil Felix (credited)
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Santa Claus
Synopsis:
With Santa's workshop having gone high-tech and Santa-robots out delivering toys, there isn't anything for Santa to do so he drops by for a chat with Archie.
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Kissing Game
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Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Pat Kennedy (credited)
Inks:
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
John Workman (credited)
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Valerie; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Archie can't find the right place to hang the mistletoe for his Christmas party.
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Everything's Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Popfunk / advertisement / 1 page

"The Empire of Gut and Bone"
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Scholastic Books / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Archie
  2. ["Archie Wall Art now available"]
    Allposters.com
  3. An Old School Yule
    Archie
  4. ["Archie Meets KISS"]
  5. ["Archie Comics Digital Universe"]
  6. Christmas in Riverdale!
  7. The Holidaze!
    Jughead
  8. Pop's Day Off
    Archie & Friends
  9. Wait Right Here
    Betty and Veronica
  10. ["Kevin Keller four issue mini-series"]
  11. ["Archie the Married Life"]
  12. ["Wow. It's nice and warm in your house, Reggie!"]
    Archie
  13. Purchase Prize
    Betty and Veronica
  14. The Great Tree Spree
    Archie & Friends
  15. ["Life with Archie Magazine"]
  16. ["Archie Comics Digital Universe"]
  17. Out on a Limb
    Archie
  18. Spectacular Christmas Fashions
  19. ["Archie Christmas Classics"]
  20. ["Sabrina the Animated Series Graphic Novel"]
  21. [no title indexed]
    Sabrina the Teenage Witch
  22. Tree-Mendous
    Sabrina
  23. Power Struggle
    Sabrina
  24. Snow Job
    Harvey
  25. Yule Yowl
    Salem
  26. ["The Best of Sabrina the Teenage Witch"]
  27. ["The original seven Archie Will You Marry Me issues"]
  28. ["Daddy misses his favorite album: Christmas Bells!"]
  29. Christmas Togetherness
    Jughead
  30. Run for the Hills
    Mr. Lodge
  31. [no title indexed]
    Little Archie and Friends
  32. Shine a Little Light
    Little Archie
  33. A Children's Story
    Little Archie
  34. A Christmas Report
    Little Archie
  35. ["The Archie Babies"]
  36. ["Archie's Weird Mysteries"]
  37. A Sure Thing
    Veronica
  38. Stamp Scamp
    Ethel
  39. Brain Campaign
    Dilton Doiley
  40. Season of Magic
    Archie
  41. ["The Best of Archie Comics"]
  42. ["Archie Cyber Adventures"]
  43. The Magic Circle
    Archie
  44. Santa's Yelper
    Jughead
  45. ["Obama and Palin in Riverdale"]
  46. ["Comic Book Fairs"]
  47. Some Things Never Change
    Betty and Veronica
  48. Dreamland Drama
    Archie
  49. Kissing Game
    Archie
  50. ["Subscribe Today"]
  51. [no title indexed]
    Everything's Archie
  52. ["The coolest Archie shirts around!"]
    Popfunk
  53. "The Empire of Gut and Bone"
    Scholastic Books
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