Price: 0.25 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1971
Issue Data
- Publisher's Brand:
Archie Giant Series
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Indicia Frequency: monthly except May and July
- Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Printer: ?
Snub Rub
Snub Rub
The Archies
/
comic story /
6
pages
The Archies
/
comic story /
6
pages
- Genre:teen
Characters:
The Archies [Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper]; Ethel Muggs; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis:
- The group's decision to keep their charity entertaining at the local hospital a secret gets their friends mad at them when the group must decline an invitation to entertain at the school Christmas pageant.
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in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #52 (February 1982) - in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #17 (February 1990)
- in World of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #114 (December 2021)
- in Archie Showcase Digest (Archie, 2020 series) #16 - Archie's Christmas Stocking (January 2024)
-
Reprints (4)
Her Hero
Her Hero
Li'l Jinx
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comic story /
1
page
Li'l Jinx
/
comic story /
1
page
- Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Li'l Jinx; Gigi
- Synopsis:
- Jinx's eyes prove bigger than her stomach.
Christmas Wish
Christmas Wish
Archie
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comic story /
1
page
Archie
/
comic story /
1
page
- Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis:
- Archie and the girls treat a charity collection pot as a wishing well.
Reprints (1)
Past and Present
Past and Present
Archie
/
comic story /
6
pages
Archie
/
comic story /
6
pages
- Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis:
- Breaking under the weight of the gifts he's carrying for Veronica, Archie yearns for simpler times.
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #58 (February 1983)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #17 (February 1990)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #315 (January 2021)
- in Archie 80 Years of Christmas (Archie, 2021 series) (2021)
- in Archie Showcase Digest (Archie, 2020 series) #11 - Archie's Christmas Stocking (January 2023)
-
Reprints (5)
Indexer Notes
Art credits from http://www.joesinnott.com.
Script credit from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (2011 series) #315.
Tree Trim Triumph
Tree Trim Triumph
Archie
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comic story /
5
pages
Archie
/
comic story /
5
pages
- Genre:teen
- Keywords:Christmas tree
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis:
- Archie spends Christmas Eve helping decorate the Lodge Christmas tree, a fact Mr. Lodge quickly comes to regret.
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #52 (February 1982)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #17 (February 1990)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Gala (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #17 (January 2016)
- in Archie Showcase Digest (Archie, 2020 series) #21 - Archie's Christmas Stocking (January 2025)
-
Reprints (5)
The Missing Ingredient
The Missing Ingredient
Miss Beazly
/
comic story /
8
pages
Miss Beazly
/
comic story /
8
pages
- Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Miss Beazley; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Miss Haggly; Svenson the janitor; Coach Kleats; Prof. Flutesnoot
- Synopsis:
- Betty tries to encourage Miss Beazley, who has been stung to tears from criticism of her traditional holiday fruitcake.
Decoration Elation
Decoration Elation
Betty and Veronica
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comic story /
0.5
page
Betty and Veronica
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comic story /
0.5
page
- Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis:
- Betty replaces Veronica's ornament on Archie's tree with her own.
Card Regard
Card Regard
Jughead
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comic story /
0.5
page
Jughead
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comic story /
0.5
page
- Genre:teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis:
- Jughead buys a sympathy card at Christmas.
Prize Size
Prize Size
Archie
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comic story /
1
page
Archie
/
comic story /
1
page
- Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis:
- Jughead manages to build a forty foot snowman without risking it toppling.
Think Thin, Thin
Think Thin, Thin
Li'l Jinx
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comic story /
1
page
Li'l Jinx
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comic story /
1
page
- Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Li'l Jinx; Russ
- Synopsis:
- Jinx refuses to risk skating on the pond.
The Greater Gift
The Greater Gift
Archie
/
comic story /
5
pages
Archie
/
comic story /
5
pages
- Genre:teen
- Keywords:Christmas
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis:
- Archie must be as clandestine as possible in buying gifts for Betty and Veronica when he spots them shopping in the same store he's in.
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #54, writing is credited to George Gladir.
Editing
Table of Contents
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["Let's make everyday Christmas"]
Archie's Christmas Love-In -
Snub Rub
The Archies -
Her Hero
Li'l Jinx -
Christmas Wish
Archie -
Past and Present
Archie -
Tree Trim Triumph
Archie -
The Missing Ingredient
Miss Beazly -
Decoration Elation
Betty and Veronica -
Card Regard
Jughead -
Prize Size
Archie -
Think Thin, Thin
Li'l Jinx -
The Greater Gift
Archie
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- Katie
- Igor Dybzinski
- Merlin Haas
- Edgar Loftin
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Eric Rom
- Ramon Schenk
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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