(February 1979)
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Barcode
- 0271000699402
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golly! I hope you two are having as much fun as I am!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas tree
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Archie Giant Series Magazine #159
Look Who's Here
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Merry Christmas!
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hubert Smithers
- Synopsis
- Archie is so clumsy that Veronica asks him to leave her house until his enthusiasm wanes.
- Reprints
-
from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #130 (February 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
A Question of Answers
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
Jughead- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- One stranger after another comes up to Archie and Jughead pulling a stupid old joke that begins with a question ("Can you tell me how to get to Sam's Sauna Salon" or "Do you have the time?"). Finally they vow to get the next person who tries to pull that joke on them.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #189 (February 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's going on?
- Feature Logo
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee in a sled.
Helpless Helpers
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hot Dog (a dog); Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead intends to play Santa (with Hot Dog as his reindeer) for the children at the local hospital, despite the derision everyone in the gang is giving him.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #217 (February 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Whiffed Gift
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
Reggie- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie buys Veronica a nice gift but Reggie manages to make Veronica think it came from him.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #53 (January 1972)
-
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your composition has no feeling, no color!
- Feature Logo
Jughead's Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- A teacher doesn't like Jughead's writing.
A Very Merry Christmas
Little Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Feature Logo
Little Archie- Genre
- drama; humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; Happy; Fangs Fogarty; Geraldine Grundy; un-named organ grinder
- Synopsis
- An organ grinder is hit by a car and drops his monkey in the snow while he's being taken to the hospital. Little Archie finds the monkey and names him "Happy."
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #37 (Winter 1965-1966)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; monkey; organ grinder
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Pin Problem
Archie / comic story / 3 pages
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie agonizes over the cost of a Christmas present for his mother.
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #98 (February 1959)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas tree; diamond pin; jewelry; present
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Shovel your walk for half a buck!
- Feature Logo
Archie's Gag Bag- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie offers to shovel Betty's sidewalk.
Vacation Deflation
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
Mr. Weatherbee- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee picks an out-of-the-way mountain lodge to spend his winter vacation in order to be sure to get away from Archie. Unfortunately, he picks the lodge where Archie is working as a hired hand.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #64 (April 1974)
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- Keywords
- blizzard; luggage; mountains; snow; snowmobile; vacation
The Spell of Christmas
Sabrina / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren ?
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Feature Logo
Sabrina- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Cousin Ambrose; Aunt Hilda; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Ambrose teaches Sabrina that giving of yourself is more important at Christmas time than giving gifts.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #220 (December 1973)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Yule Puzzle Page
activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #10 (February 1989)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #273 (December 2016)
-
Indexer Notes
A Christmas themed word find puzzle and find the differences between six Santas.
[no title indexed]
Coach Kleats Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hold it!
- Feature Logo
Coach Kleats Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- Coach Kleats has five people on his four person toboggan team.
Love's Labor Lost
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie's friends are annoyed when he goes non-commercial for Christmas, giving peace and brotherhood rather than material gifts. He finally gives in, but by then they have come to agree with his original impulse.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #179 (January 1971)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; gift
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
All Heart
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
- Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Mrs. Jones; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- After putting Hot Dog out in the cold, Jughead has a dream that their situations are reversed.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #211 (December 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The principal said we could decorate for our football hop with pine trees!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead cut down a tree for the sock hop.
Do Not Open Till Christmas
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Russ; Charley; Greg; Gigi
- Synopsis
- Gigi has nowhere to go for Christmas.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #219 (December 1973)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Tree Glee
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- The gang only has a few dollars to buy a tree and get refreshments for the school Christmas party so they decide to chop down their own tree.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #216 (December 1973)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas tree
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, Jughead! What are you taking orders for now?
- Feature Logo
- Jughead's Gag Bag
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead is selling windshield wipers.
Handlebar Happiness
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Betty and Veronica
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty enjoys her bicycle.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #144 (January 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Britches Wishes
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Mr. Weatherbee
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Miss Haggly; Miss Beazly; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee doesn't want to play Santa until Betty helps him learn the true spirit of Christmas.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #63 (February 1974)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; Santa Claus
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Quizzers / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's snowball time!
- Feature Logo
Quizzers [Li'l Jinx head]- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #219 (December 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
A maze puzzle and an unscramble the words puzzle.
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Dear Santa
Li'l Jinx / text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm writing to tell you what a good girl i've been all year!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx's letter to Santa Claus.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #195 (January 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Betty's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Someone has eaten all my health food candies.
- Feature Logo
Betty's Gag Bag- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Someone has stolen the food from Betty and Veronica's desks.
Guided Mistletoe
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Big Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Archie causes mayhem with mistletoe. Mr. Weatherbee makes him demonstrate its uses with Big Ethel.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #179 (January 1971)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; mistletoe
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
The Melting Point
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Sabrina
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Harvey Kinkle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Aunt Hilda
- Synopsis
- When Harvey catches Sabrina using magic to keep herself snow-free, she can only provide a lame excuse. Then she must perpetuate the excuse when Harvey starts telling everyone he meets about what he saw.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #220 (December 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Downhill Dandy
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Coach Kleats; Ethel Muggs; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead sets a new downhill ski time because Ethel is pursuing him.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #202 (March 1972)
-
- Keywords
- skiing
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Christmas Photos of Archie and the Gang
Archie / cartoon / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Series of gags in the form of photos in an album.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #169 (February 1972)
-
Take Your Choice!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx takes her Christmas presents over to play with Greg.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #70 (March 1961)
-
Christmas Season with Betty & Veronica
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
Betty & Veronica- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Archie each sacrifice something precious to them in order to buy gifts for each other.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #217 (February 1974)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
This plot is very similar to the O. Henry short story "The Gift of the Magi".
The Last Christmas
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once there was a house! It was old! It was deserted!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and the gang are trapped in a blizzard and spend the night in a home where a child had died on Christmas Eve a hundred years ago and his mother's ghost was still there weeping for him. They set up the Christmas tree that they were transporting and place their gifts under the tree and while they sleep the boy's ghost is finally able to enjoy his last Christmas.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #218 (January 1974)
-
- Keywords
- abandoned house; Christmas; ghost
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, the Secretary General will be there!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead wears a dress.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Golly! I hope you two are having as much fun as I am!"]
Archie -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Look Who's Here
Archie -
3.
A Question of Answers
Jughead -
4.
["What's going on?"]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
5.
Helpless Helpers
Betty and Veronica -
6.
Whiffed Gift
Reggie -
7.
["Your composition has no feeling, no color!"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
8.
A Very Merry Christmas
Little Archie -
9.
Pin Problem
Archie -
10.
["Shovel your walk for half a buck!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
11.
Vacation Deflation
Mr. Weatherbee -
12.
The Spell of Christmas
Sabrina -
13.
Yule Puzzle Page
-
14.
["Hold it!"]
Coach Kleats Gag Bag -
15.
Love's Labor Lost
Archie -
16.
All Heart
Jughead -
17.
["The principal said we could decorate for our football hop with pine trees!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
18.
Do Not Open Till Christmas
Li'l Jinx -
19.
Tree Glee
Archie -
20.
["Oh, Jughead! What are you taking orders for now?"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
21.
Handlebar Happiness
Betty and Veronica -
22.
Britches Wishes
Mr. Weatherbee -
23.
["It's snowball time!"]
Quizzers -
24.
Dear Santa
Li'l Jinx -
25.
["Someone has eaten all my health food candies."]
Betty's Gag Bag -
26.
Guided Mistletoe
Archie -
27.
The Melting Point
Sabrina -
28.
Downhill Dandy
Jughead -
29.
Christmas Photos of Archie and the Gang
Archie -
30.
Take Your Choice!
Li'l Jinx -
31.
Christmas Season with Betty & Veronica
Betty and Veronica -
32.
The Last Christmas
Archie -
33.
["Archie, the Secretary General will be there!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
34.
[Laugh Comics Digest #21]
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35.
[no title indexed]
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36.
[Jughead with Archie Digest #31]
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- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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