(December 2012)
Archie,
2012 Series
- Price
- 9.99 USD; 9.99 CAD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- 4 times per year
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Comics
- Barcode
- 762816441667 00111
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan Parent (signed)
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski (signed)
- Colors
- Rosario Peña
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
Betty and Veronica Save Christmas (or Not)
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 23 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
Jingles All the Way
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty; Archie; Veronica; Sugar Plum; Jingles
- Reprints
-
from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #86 (January 2009)
-
Holiday Watch
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Sugar Plum; Jingles; Santa Claus; Archie Andrews; Cheryl Blossom; Mrs. Claus
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #244 (October 2009)
-
The Icebreaker
Hot Dog / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Hot Dog; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Jughead tries to teach Hot Dog to ice skate so he won't have to skate with a girl.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #178 (March 1970)
-
- Keywords
- ice skating
Kiss Bliss
Hot Dog / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; teen
- Characters
- Hot Dog; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Nancy Woods; Chuck Clayton
- Synopsis
- Hot Dog kisses Archie under the mistletoe.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #18 (March 1991)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; kiss; mistletoe
A Sleigh in Time
Archie / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Watkins; Paul Revere
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead find a time-traveling sleigh and go back in time to various periods in American history.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #397 (March 1992)
-
- Keywords
- American Revolution; sleigh; The Great Depression; time travel; USO dance
Indexer Notes
The index for The Best of Archie Comics lists the author as George Gladir instead of Eve Nagler and Stan Goldberg as inker instead of Mike Esposito.
Elf Help
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jingles; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Jingles uses his magic to turn everybody into their opposite self.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead Comics (Archie, 1993 series) #134 (March 2001)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas tree
Deck Those Halls!
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Cheryl Blossom; Jughead Jones; Jason Blossom
- Synopsis
- The gang decorated Cheryl's Inn.
- Reprints
- from Cheryl Blossom (Archie, 1997 series) #9 (February 1998)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas lights
Fashion Fun
Archie and the Gang / illustration / 4 pages
- Pencils
- Dan Parent; Dan DeCarlo; Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Dan Parent; Dan DeCarlo; Stan Goldberg
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
Power Struggle
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hoo, boy! Sometimes the old guy isn't as jolly as he's cracked up to be!
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Jingles; Hilda Spellman; Cousin Ambrose
- Synopsis
- Sabrina and Jingles have a competition.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #479 (January 1979)
-
- Keywords
- balloons; Christmas; magic
Cover Story
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Valerie; Harold Dinglehoffer; Beatrice
- Synopsis
- Melody goes ice skating for the first time.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #31 (May 1975)
-
- Keywords
- ice skating
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm deeply touched, Miss Grundy!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #72 (February 1975)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But that's what Jughead wants for Christmas!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to put hamburgers under the tree for Jughead.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #75 (February 1973)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas tree
[no title indexed]
Betty Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty please!! It just isn't being done!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Betty wants Archie for Christmas.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #31 (January 1965)
-
- Keywords
- Santa; wish list
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty Cooper!! I thought you came here to help us decorate for the Christmas party?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #150 (January 1968)
-
Visions of Sugar Plums
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi Veronica!
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Sugar Plum Fairy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- At a Christmas party, Betty and Veronica both use Sugar Plum to help them get Archie to themselves.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #606 (January 1990)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas party; fairy
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Archie -
1.
Betty and Veronica Save Christmas (or Not)
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Jingles All the Way
Betty and Veronica -
3.
Holiday Watch
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Fashion Fun
Betty and Veronica -
5.
The Icebreaker
Hot Dog -
6.
Kiss Bliss
Hot Dog -
7.
A Sleigh in Time
Archie -
8.
Elf Help
Jughead -
9.
Deck Those Halls!
Cheryl Blossom -
10.
Fashion Fun
Archie and the Gang -
11.
Power Struggle
Sabrina -
12.
Cover Story
Josie -
13.
["I'm deeply touched, Miss Grundy!"]
Mr. Weatherbee Pin Up -
14.
["But that's what Jughead wants for Christmas!"]
Archie Pin Up -
15.
["Betty please!! It just isn't being done!"]
Betty Pin Up -
16.
["Betty Cooper!! I thought you came here to help us decorate for the Christmas party?"]
-
17.
Visions of Sugar Plums
Betty and Veronica -
18.
Holiday Puzzles and Games
Archie and the Gang
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- Shad Z. Daly
- Katy Hayhurst
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
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