Archie Giant Series Magazine #158

(January 1969)

When You Gotta Glow (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Harry Lucey

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis:

Veronica offers Archie some Christmas lights that her family isn't using any more, but they turn out to be more trouble then they're worth.

Reprints:

• in An Archie Special Edition, Christmas and Archie (Archie, 1975 series) #1 (January 1975)

Keywords:

Christmas

Indexer Notes

script and art credits from reprint

Christmas Present? (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

Jon D'Agostino ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

The boys don't want to sing the same old Christmas carols with the girls, so they go off on their own, but the people of Riverdale don't respond well to their modern lyrics.

Reprints:

• in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #179 (January 1971)

Keywords:

Christmas; Christmas carols

The Tree (Table of Contents)

Mr. Lodge / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Samm Schwartz ?

Inks:

Samm Schwartz ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

Veronica brings home a scrawny Christmas tree as a joke, but her father decides that he likes it better and doesn't want a nicer one.

Keywords:

Christmas

A Good Year! (Table of Contents)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Edwards

Pencils:

Joe Edwards

Inks:

Joe Edwards

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Edwards

Content Information

Genre:

children

Characters:

L'il Jinx; Greg

Synopsis:

Li'l Jinx drawn a calendar full of Decembers so that Christmas will come every month.

Keywords:

Christmas

It's Not the Thought, It's the Gift (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Samm Schwartz ?

Inks:

Samm Schwartz ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Archie asks his dad for money to buy a nice present for his mom, but when Veronica assumes the gift is meant for her, Archie feels trapped into giving it to her. Surprisingly, things work out for everyone.

Keywords:

Christmas

Season of Magic (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Bob White

Inks:

Bob White

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Genre:

teen; fantasy

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jingles; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis:

Jingles, the brownie from Santa's Workshop, returns to make mischief in Riverdale, but he's scared into leaving when he encounters multiple Santas.

Reprints:

• in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #223 (December 2011)

Keywords:

Christmas; Santa Claus

Indexer Notes

script and art credits from reprint

Old Stand-By (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Samm Schwartz ?

Inks:

Samm Schwartz ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo)

Synopsis:

Archie tries his best to come up with a novel gift for Jughead, but none of his ideas work out.

Reprints:

• in An Archie Special Edition, Christmas and Archie (Archie, 1975 series) #1 (January 1975)

Keywords:

Christmas

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

? (illustrations)

Inks:

? (illustrations)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by Valerie Roberts; Tony Kreitzer; Pam Keys; Cynthia Baugher; Jody Kim Morris; Daniel Edelman

Christmas Gifts for Archie and the Gang (Table of Contents)

Archie / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

/

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Pop Tate

Synopsis:

humorous suggested gifts for Archie and his friends

The Present (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Midge wants Archie's help in choosing a gift for Moose, which gets Archie in trouble with both Moose and Veronica.

R.S.V.P. - E. S. P. (Table of Contents)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Edwards

Pencils:

Joe Edwards

Inks:

Joe Edwards

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Edwards

Content Information

Genre:

children

Characters:

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday

Synopsis:

L'il Jinx learns that Santa Claus must be a mind reader to be able to give children all the right gifts, so she tries to thank him through telepathy.

Reprints:

• in An Archie Special Edition, Christmas and Archie (Archie, 1975 series) #1 (January 1975)

Just Like Before (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Samm Schwartz ?

Inks:

Samm Schwartz ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy

Synopsis:

Mr. Weatherbee wants to catch the teen who hit him with a snowball.

Reprints:

• in An Archie Special Edition, Christmas and Archie (Archie, 1975 series) #1 (January 1975)