GCD :: Issue :: Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #88

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Pages: 132

Editing: Victor Gorelick (credited) (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (credited as Richard Goldwater) (editor in chief)

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Archie / cover / 1 page

Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks:	Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Me, Santa Claus?! Gosh! Whatever gave you the idea that I'd make a good Santa?
Keywords:Christmas; Santa Claus

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee

Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Archie Giant Series Magazine #31

This issue has 1 variant

#88 [Canadian]

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: The Archie Digest Library; Archie Comics 45th Anniversary
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly in Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct., and Dec.
Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Printer: Printed in U.S.A.
Barcode: 027100069942 88

The Christmas Present

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Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	George Gladir (credited)
Pencils:	Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
Inks:	Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors:	Barry Grossman (credited) Nanci Dakesian (credited) Ginny Sykora (credited)
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

Feature Logo:Archie
Keywords:Christmas; party; snow

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Svenson; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Nancy Woods

Synopsis:: Svenson is grumpy about the cleaning up he'll do because of the school Christmas party.; in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #70 (February 1994)

Munch Crunch

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Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page

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Genre:humor; teen

Characters:

Synopsis:: Coach Kleats gets Jughead to try a new snack.; from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #75 (January 1982)

Horse Remorse

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Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page

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Genre:humor; teen

Characters:

Synopsis:: Archie and Jughead go horseback riding.; from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #75 (January 1982)

Heat Treat

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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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Genre:humor; teen

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Synopsis:: It's cold outside, the school furnace is not working, and Archie and Jughead are late to school.; from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #275 (March 1981)

Ball Brawl

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Mr. Lodge / comic story / 1 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	?
Inks:	?
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

Feature Logo:Mr. Lodge
First Line of Dialogue or Text:Splat

Characters:

Synopsis:: Smithers brings Mr. Lodge a platter of snowballs to use on Archie.; from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #218 (March 1976)

The Scary Season

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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	Frank Doyle
Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks:	Jim DeCarlo
Colors:	?
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:humor; teen

Keywords:Christmas; sad

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate

Synopsis:: Betty's gloom around the holidays is spreading to her friends.; from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #525 (January 1983)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #279, no credits listed in this digest.

Santa Antics

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Li'l Jinx's Pals Charley Hawse and Gigi / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	Joe Edwards
Pencils:	Joe Edwards
Inks:	Joe Edwards
Colors:	Alisa Merrill
Letters:	Joe Edwards

Genre:humor; children

Characters:

Charley Hawse; Gigi

Synopsis:: Charley masquerades as Santa to con Gigi into going to the dance with him.; from Laugh Comics / Laugh (Archie, 1946 series) #371 (February 1982)

Borrow Sorrow

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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Genre:humor; teen

Characters:

Synopsis:: Jughead borrows money from Archie for lunch.; from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #217 (February 1976)

Short Retort

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Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page

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Genre:humor; teen

Characters:

Jughead Jones
(on phone)
Ethel Muggs

Synopsis:: Ethel asks Jughead if he missed her.; from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #217 (February 1976)

Dance Chance

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Betty / comic story / 1 page

Script:	?
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Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper

Synopsis:: Archie asks Betty to go to the winter dance.; from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #254 (March 1979)

Tokens of Love

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Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	Frank Doyle
Pencils:	Stan Goldberg
Inks:	Rudy Lapick
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:humor; teen

Characters:

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis:: Jughead and Veronica argue over the meaning of Christmas.; from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #500 (December 1980)

Yule Yowl

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Salem / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	George Gladir
Pencils:	Stan Goldberg
Inks:	Stan Goldberg
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:humor; teen; anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural

Feature Logo:Sabrina's Cat, Salem

Characters:

Synopsis:: Bored with the Christmas celebration at the house, Salem decides to wander the neighborhood and ends up doing good deeds for the neighborhood animals in spite of his mood.; from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #65 (February 1981)

Note-Worthy

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Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	Frank Doyle
Pencils:	Bob Bolling
Inks:	Rudy Lapick
Colors:	?
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:humor; teen

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews

Synopsis:: Archie buys Veronica a stationary set and writes romantic things on several pages throughout the pack.; from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #476 (December 1978)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #94, no credits listed in this digest.

Pop's Pin Up

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Archie's Pop Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page

Script:	?
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Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:The sign! The sign!

Characters:

Synopsis:: Pop Tate throws out Jughead for trying to scam free burgers.; from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #217 (February 1976)

Hit Bit

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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

Characters:

Synopsis:: Archie gets detention for throwing snowballs.; from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #219 (April 1976)

Jump Chump

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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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Genre:humor; teen

Feature Logo:Archie
First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wow! Look at Jimmy go!
Keywords:ski jump

Characters:

Jimmy

Synopsis:: Archie and Reggie go ski jumping.; from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #218 (March 1976)

Surprise Size

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Reggie / comic story / 1 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	?
Inks:	?
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

Feature Logo:Reggie
First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dig what I just caught!
Keywords:fishing

Characters:

Sy

Synopsis:: Reggie is bragging about the size of the fish he caught until he sees Archie's.; from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #218 (March 1976)

Burnt Offering

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Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	Dick Malmgren
Pencils:	Dick Malmgren
Inks:	Jon D'Agostino
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:humor; teen

Keywords:Christmas dinner

Characters:

Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:: Veronica has invited Jughead, Betty and Archie over for Christmas dinner but Jughead doesn't want to go.; from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #228 (December 1974)

Christmas List

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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	Frank Doyle
Pencils:	Stan Goldberg
Inks:	?
Colors:	Alisa Merrill
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:humor; teen

Feature Logo:Archie
Keywords:Christmas; fireplace; log; wood

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason

Synopsis:: Archie and Jughead go to the woods to cut and bring back a yule log.; from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #512 (December 1981)

Letter Perfect

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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

Characters:

Synopsis:: Betty decides to make monogram sweaters as Christmas gifts for her friends.; from Laugh Comics / Laugh (Archie, 1946 series) #299 (February 1976)

The Time and the Place

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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	Frank Doyle
Pencils:	Harry Lucey
Inks:	Chic Stone
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate

Synopsis:: After Veronica stands Archie up, forcing him to wait in a driving snow storm, he gets payback in his own way.; from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #38 (February 1975)

Plain Red Wrapper

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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
Inks:	Jim DeCarlo (credited)
Colors:	Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:	Bill Yoshida (credited as Saburo)

Genre:humor; teen

Keywords:Christmas

Characters:

Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Officer Clancy; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis:: Officer Clancy wears Archie's Santa suit to Veronica's party.; from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #524 (January 1983)

On the Ball!

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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

Script:	Joe Edwards
Pencils:	Joe Edwards
Inks:	Joe Edwards
Colors:	?
Letters:	Joe Edwards

Genre:humor; children

Feature Logo:Li'l Jinx

Characters:

Synopsis:: Hap is rushing his seasons.; from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #242 (March 1978)

Quail Trail

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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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Genre:humor; teen

Keywords:ski jump

Characters:

Synopsis:: Archie is afraid to attempt a ski jump.; from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #219 (April 1976)

Shopworn

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Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	Frank Doyle
Pencils:	Stan Goldberg
Inks:	Rudy Lapick
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:humor; teen

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Smithers

Synopsis:: Jughead complains about the challenges of going Christmas shopping.; from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #500 (December 1980)

Hilda's Holiday

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Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	Frank Doyle
Pencils:	Bill Vigoda
Inks:	?
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:humor; teen; fantasy-supernatural

Characters:

Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Della the head witch

Synopsis:: After hearing the story of Santa Claus, Hilda decides to track down this errant warlock and teach him a lesson.; from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #220 (December 1973)

Stamp Scamp

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Moose / comic story / 1 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	?
Inks:	?
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

Feature Logo:Big Moose

Characters:

Synopsis:: Moose doesn't understand when Archie tells him that "stamping his feet" will help warm them up.; from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #242 (March 1978)

Ploy Decoy

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Jughead / comic story / 1 page

Script:	?
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Genre:humor; teen

Characters:

Synopsis:: Jughead's dad tricks him in to shoveling the walk.; from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #242 (March 1978)

Fee Plea

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Archie / comic story / 1 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	Samm Schwartz
Inks:	Samm Schwartz
Colors:	?
Letters:	Samm Schwartz

Genre:teen

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis:: Archie begs Mr. Lodge to pay him to shovel his driveway.; from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #242 (March 1978)

Spry Reply

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Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page

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Genre:humor; teen

Characters:

Synopsis:: Mr. Weatherbee asks Jughead if he knows what time it is.; from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #75 (January 1982)

Trick Shtick

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Hot Dog / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:	?
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Genre:humor; teen

Characters:

Synopsis:: Jughead tries to teach Hot Dog to fetch his slippers.; from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #75 (January 1982)

Lip Service

(Table of Contents: 32)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	Frank Doyle
Pencils:	Stan Goldberg
Inks:	Stan Goldberg
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:humor; teen

Keywords:Christmas; kiss; mistletoe; umbrella

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Smithers; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis:: Veronica uses mistletoe to kiss Archie at different places in her house.; from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #525 (January 1983)

Snow Row

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Reggie / comic story / 1 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	?
Inks:	?
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis:: Archie and Reggie throw snowballs at Moose, but he doesn't feel it.; from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #254 (March 1979)

[no title indexed]

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Miss Grundy Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	?
Inks:	?
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

Characters:

Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:: Miss Grundy falls on the slopes.; from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #242 (March 1978)

Cold Christmas

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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	?
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Inks:	?
Colors:	?
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Genre:humor; teen

Keywords:Christmas carols

Characters:

C.D. Marley

Synopsis:: Betty and Veronica try to convince C.D. Marley, a Scrooge, of the good things about Christmas.; from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #525 (January 1983)

A Christmas Ditty

(Table of Contents: 36)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	Frank Doyle
Pencils:	Stan Goldberg
Inks:	Jon D'Agostino
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:humor; teen

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Andrews

Synopsis:: Archie doesn't have enough money to buy Christmas gifts for Veronica.; from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #500 (December 1980)

Indexer Notes

Entire story is a running narrative, in rhyme, by Archie.

Jughead's Dipsy Doodles

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Jughead / comic story / 1 page

Script:	?
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Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

Characters:

Jughead Jones

Synopsis:: Jughead paints a roast, but Hot Dog finishes it off.; from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #75 (January 1982)

Bright Sight

(Table of Contents: 38)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page

Script:	?
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Genre:humor; teen

Characters:

Synopsis:: Reggie has a new use for Christmas lights.; from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #253 (February 1979)

Footsteps

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Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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Genre:humor; teen

Keywords:broken; cowboy boots; gift; vase

Characters:

Synopsis:: Archie enjoys his loud boots he got as a present from Veronica. Mr. Lodge drops a vase when Archie sneaks up on him.; from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #512 (December 1981)

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