Archie
#543
(February 2004)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 2.19 USD; 2.59 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Every 4 weeks, twice in July.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Comics
- Barcode
- 071896467475 43
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The holiday greenery is going fast!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Christmas tree shoppers
- Synopsis
- Holiday greenery is going fast, especially the bills from Archie's wallet.
- Keywords
- Christmas tree; holiday
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[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Put on the hat and play as The Cat.
- Characters
- The Cat in the Hat
- Keywords
- Game
Indexer Notes
Ad for The Cat in the Hat computer game.
The Night Before Christmas
Archie / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Greg Crosby (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Smith (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Vickie Williams (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doily; Moose Mason; Mr. Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- The Andrews family raids the refrigerator late Christmas Eve. While they're in the kitchen, Santa Claus leaves their presents.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #248 (December 2008) - in Archie & Friends All Stars (Archie, 2009 series) #6 - Christmas Stocking (2010)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #256 (January 2015)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; holiday
Indexer Notes
Two-part story, complete in this issue. Imitates the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas," attributed to Clement Moore.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Laughter is your best weapon.
- Keywords
- Game
Indexer Notes
Ad for Disney's ToonTown CD-ROM Interactive Game
[no title indexed]
A-Files / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Another excellent A-files page submitted by readers like you.
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; bird; man
Indexer Notes
Reports from fans Eleni Stephanides and Jeremy Elkins.
[no title indexed]
Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Archie Readers
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom; Victor Gorelick
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 96 pages of the best Archie daily newspaper strips!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Promo for Archie Day By Day trade paperback
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The wacky wobbler is here!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Fan Art
Fan Art / illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Indexer Notes
Fan art by Willy Yoder and Cheryl Elliott.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Official Archie 2004 16 month calendar
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
The Same Game
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Smith (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Vickie Williams ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Andrews; Mrs. Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie makes a fool of himself at the ice rink, showing off for Veronica.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #250 (February 2009)
- in Archie 1000 Page Mega Comics Digest (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #257 (February 2015), #326 (February 2022)
-
- Keywords
- Ice skating; winter
Windows Pain
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Harold Smith
- Pencils
- ? Kennedy (credited) [as Kennedy]
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited as Lapick)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Vickie Williams ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Reggie is having trouble with Windows on his computer. He consults Jughead at the electronics store, but all Jughead does is wash the windows.
- Reprints
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #4 (May 2011)
- in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #6 (June 2018)
-
- Keywords
- Computer
Indexer Notes
GCD record at Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine # 4 cites Hal Smith as writer and Pat Kennedy as inker.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie Comics' Riverdale Stars Talent Search
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Hot Dog]
Hot Doggin' It
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ? Smith (credited) [as Smith]
- Pencils
- ? Kennedy (credited) [as Kennedy]
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited as Lapick)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead; Mrs. Andrews
- Synopsis
- The boys rush through the kitchen so quickly that Mrs. Andrews feels like she's in a drive-thru window.
- Reprints
Jingles All the Way
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Smith (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Vickie Williams ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Hot Dog; Jingles; Mrs. Claus
- Synopsis
- Jingles is disappointed that he can't bring Christmas cheer to his friends in Riverdale. Instead he brings cheer to Mrs. Claus, who's always alone on Christmas Eve.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #248 (December 2008)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #245 (December 2013)
- in Archie 80 Years of Christmas (Archie, 2021 series) (2021)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; elf; holiday; North Pole
Indexer Notes
GCD record at Archie Double Digest # 245 credits Script Kathleen Webb; Pencils Stan Goldberg; Inks Jim Amash; Colors Barry Grossman; Letters Vickie Williams.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["The holiday greenery is going fast!"]
Archie -
1.
["Put on the hat and play as The Cat."]
-
2.
The Night Before Christmas
Archie -
3.
["Laughter is your best weapon."]
-
4.
["Another excellent A-files page submitted by readers like you."]
A-Files -
5.
["Dear Archie Readers"]
Editor's Notebook -
6.
["96 pages of the best Archie daily newspaper strips!"]
-
7.
["The wacky wobbler is here!"]
-
8.
Fan Art
Fan Art -
9.
["The Official Archie 2004 16 month calendar"]
-
10.
["Archie's Holiday Fun Digest # 8"]
-
11.
The Same Game
Archie -
12.
Windows Pain
Reggie -
13.
["Archie Comics' Riverdale Stars Talent Search"]
-
14.
Hot Doggin' It
Archie -
15.
Jingles All the Way
Archie -
16.
["Bigger world."]
-
17.
["Who are you?"]
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