Archie Giant Series Magazine
#592
[Direct]
(January 1989)
Archie,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 13 times a year: once in July and Nov., three times in Jan. and Sept., and five times in Oct.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
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The Not-So-Impossible
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Ethel Muggs; Pop Tate; Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Archie goes around trying to take pictures of things that should be impossible. He misses getting a shot of Santa Claus but finds something even more unbelievable -- Jughead kissing Ethel after she gave him a Christmas gift.
- Reprints
-
in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #187 (January 2013) - in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #104 (December 2020)
- in Archie Showcase Digest (Archie, 2020 series) #11
-
White Sprite
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Jon D’Agostino
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #105 (February 1999), #148 (February 2004)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #284 (January 2018)
- in Archie Giant Comics Roll (Archie, 2018 series) (2018)
-
Surprise Ending!
Archie and His Friends; Sunkist / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead meet up with Betty and Veronica in the Sunkist Fun Fruits Jungle.
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Sunkist Fun Fruits fruit snacks.
Archie's Christmas Present
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #132 (February 1995)
-
Indexer Notes
word scramble puzzle
[no title indexed]
Archie's Club News / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ellen Leonforte (illustrations) (signed)
- Inks
- Ellen Leonforte (illustrations) (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ? (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
letters submitted by Jangela Shumskas; Mirna Velic
Tree Glee
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Mike Pellowski
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- The Andrews family searches for the perfect Christmas tree.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #264 (January 2016)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas tree
The Reel Thing
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Captain Jack Doiley; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- When Archie is unable to get the fishing reel he wants to give to his dad for Christmas, Dilton introduces him to his grandfather, who gives Archie his own reel, and who turns out to be a famous fisherman whose gift really impresses Archie's dad.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #112 (February 1994)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #105 (February 1999), #148 (February 2004)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #235 (January 2013)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #235. No credits listed in this book.
Trick or Treat
Sabrina / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #111 (December 1993)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #63 (February 2002)
-
Betty's Christmas Party Fashions
Betty / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- paper doll page
Indexer Notes
fashions submitted by Casey Gentry; Mary Wong; Laura Mark; Sandra Pacitto
Cover Charge
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- When Jughead trades his beanie for a Santa cap, Reggie and the girls bombard him with snowballs, but Archie gets them back with the help of a crowd of neighborhood kids.
- Reprints
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #187 (January 2013)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #84 (January 2019)
-
Health Education
Archie / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- announcement supporting AIDS education and including hotline number for the Centers for Disease Control
Indexer Notes
inside back cover
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Merry Christmas to Everyone]
Archie's Christmas Stocking -
1.
The Not-So-Impossible
Archie -
2.
White Sprite
Archie -
3.
Surprise Ending!
Archie and His Friends; Sunkist -
4.
Archie's Christmas Present
Archie -
5.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Club News -
6.
Tree Glee
Archie -
7.
The Reel Thing
Archie -
8.
Trick or Treat
Sabrina -
9.
Betty's Christmas Party Fashions
Betty -
10.
Cover Charge
Archie -
11.
Health Education
Archie
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