(February 1983)
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly in Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct., and Dec.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 0271000699458
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Cover and indicia title are both "Archie Comics Digest Magazine".
[Christmas Carols]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- The Archies sing christmas carols
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas carols; wreath
Happy Holidaze
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; little girl
- Synopsis
- Archie decorates his jalopy for Christmas but winds up giving it to a little girl.
- Reprints
-
from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #24 (February 1973)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas decorations
Wrap Session
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead wants advice on how to wrap a Christmas gift.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #24 (February 1973)
-
Archie Wreath Maze
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #514 (January 1982)
-
Tree Spree
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughea and Archie try to decorate Veronica's Christmas tree.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #57 (January 1967)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas tree
A Little Recitation
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Dilton Doily
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to practice his lines in a play but keeps being interrupted.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #24 (February 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Jughead eats wax fruit.
Decoration Elation
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #192 (January 1972)
-
Card Regard
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #192 (January 1972)
-
The Early Type
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Jinx tries to type a Christmas letter to Santa
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #207 (December 1972)
-
- Keywords
- typewriters
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Archie! I'm selling cookies for the Riverdale Girls' Club!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #94 (February 1989)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #105 (February 1999), #195 (March 2009)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #257 (February 2015), #327
-
Past and Present
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie imagines what Christmas was like in the "good old days".
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #192 (January 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Archie's father in his imagining has brown hair and a mustache with a goatee.
Image Maker
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #58 (June 1970)
-
Pop Tate's Christmas Sundae
Pop Tate / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Pop Tate
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #359 (February 1981)
-
Nip and Buck!
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie accidentally warms his jalopy up with hot rum sauce.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- rum
Blizzard Wizard
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Christmas Angels
- Synopsis
- The Archies experience a Christmas miracle while stranded and waiting out a winter storm.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #205 (January 1973)
-
That's the Ticket
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Ferd
- Synopsis
- Moose sells tickets for the Dance Committee.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #12 (1960-1961)
-
Dig Gig
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #252 (March 1972)
-
Sale Tale
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #252 (March 1972)
-
A Shattering Experience
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie; Betty; Veronica
- Synopsis
- Archie breaks one of Mr. Weatherbee's office windows and tries to fix it, with predictable results.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #63 ([April] 1971)
-
- Keywords
- clumsiness
[no title indexed]
Mr. Svenson Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's a proposal to build cities on space satellites...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Svenson; Mr. Flutesnoot; Mr. Weatherbee
Tragic Magic
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Salem; Aunt Hilda; Genie; Comet Isar
- Synopsis
- Sabrina tries to use magic to help her through the Christmas season.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #37 (February 1977)
-
Miss Grundy's Gifts
activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #347 (February 1980)
-
Sabrina Keeps in Christmas Trim
Sabrina / activity / 2 pages
- Characters
- Sabrina
- Synopsis
- Sabrina demonstrates exercises in a black leotard.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #196 (June 1972)
-
List-ful Miss
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Jinx sends off a followup letter to Santa with an addendum for her wishlist.
Stunt Stint
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- The Archies each preform winter stunts to win $500.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #252 (March 1972)
-
Seasons Greetings
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg; Charlie Hawse; Rocky; Chuck
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #57 (January 1967)
-
The Missing Ingredient
Miss Beazley / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Miss Beazley; Miss Grundy, Miss Haggly; Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Svenson; Mr. Flutesnoot; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- Betty convinces Miss Beazley to add an extra ingredient to her holiday fruitcake.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #192 (January 1972)
-
- Keywords
- fruitcake; love
Jingle Belles
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Reprints
Give Till It Hurts
Sabrina / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Sabrina does some Christmas magic for Archie and arranges to have the characters from the "12 days of Christmas" sent to Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #207 (December 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
This is a two-part story.
Popcorn Poopsie
Sabrina / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Sabrina demonstrates how to make popcorn ball ornaments.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #196 (June 1972)
-
Last Minute Shopping
Jughead / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #321 (February 1982)
-
Indexer Notes
A maze.
Well, Come!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Jinx digs out her welcome mat.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #24 (February 1973)
-
Jingle Jangled
Archie / comic story / 25 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Mr. Weatherbee; Jingles
- Synopsis
- Jingles tries to help Archie win against Reggie in a Christmas contest.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #25 (January 1964)
-
Fill 'Er Up
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Dad
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #24 (February 1973)
-
[no title indexed]
Christmas Pin-Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh, Big Ethel!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Miss Grundy; Archie
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #31 (January 1965)
-
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get Your Act Together with Jughead Jones Comics Digest #24
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Christmas Carols]
Archie -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Happy Holidaze
Archie -
3.
Wrap Session
Jughead -
4.
Archie Wreath Maze
Archie -
5.
Tree Spree
Archie -
6.
A Little Recitation
Betty and Veronica -
7.
Decoration Elation
Betty and Veronica -
8.
Card Regard
Jughead -
9.
The Early Type
Li'l Jinx -
10.
["Hi, Archie! I'm selling cookies for the Riverdale Girls' Club!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
11.
Past and Present
Archie -
12.
Image Maker
Archie -
13.
Pop Tate's Christmas Sundae
Pop Tate -
14.
Nip and Buck!
Archie -
15.
Blizzard Wizard
Archie -
16.
That's the Ticket
Archie -
17.
Dig Gig
Archie -
18.
Sale Tale
Mr. Weatherbee -
19.
A Shattering Experience
Mr. Weatherbee -
20.
["There's a proposal to build cities on space satellites..."]
Mr. Svenson Gag Bag -
21.
Tragic Magic
Sabrina -
22.
Miss Grundy's Gifts
-
23.
Sabrina Keeps in Christmas Trim
Sabrina -
24.
List-ful Miss
Li'l Jinx -
25.
Stunt Stint
Archie and the Gang -
26.
Seasons Greetings
Li'l Jinx -
27.
The Missing Ingredient
Miss Beazley -
28.
Jingle Belles
Jughead -
29.
Give Till It Hurts
Sabrina -
30.
Popcorn Poopsie
Sabrina -
31.
Last Minute Shopping
Jughead -
32.
Well, Come!
Li'l Jinx -
33.
Jingle Jangled
Archie -
34.
Fill 'Er Up
Li'l Jinx -
35.
["Gosh, Big Ethel!"]
Christmas Pin-Up -
36.
["Get Your Act Together with Jughead Jones Comics Digest #24"]
-
37.
[no title indexed]
-
38.
["Free When You Subscribe to Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine!"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Aaron Gullison
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- John Kerry
- Mike Nielsen
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