Archie's Holiday Fun Digest #11

(December 2006)

Holiday Rush (Table of Contents: 1)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski

Pencils

Tim Kennedy

Inks

Rich Koslowski

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Jack Morelli

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica discuss how early Christmas comes each year from the sales and vendors.

Reprints

• in Archie's Super Comics Digest (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2012 series) #2 (2012)
• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #206 (December 2012)
• in Archie's Favorite Christmas Comics (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)

Wrap It Up (Table of Contents: 2)

Veronica / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Finding the odd wrapped package.

Santa's Helper (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Santa Claus

Synopsis

Archie gets a job as a mall Santa, but has to learn the job correctly from a real-life Santa.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #517 (February 2002), #517 (February 2002)

Indexer Notes

This story is told in 2 parts. Creator credits from Archie 1000 Page Comics Jamboree. Archie # 517 (apparently the original publication) credits Greg Crosby for script and Bob Smith for inking.

Decoration Daze (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Jon D'Agostino

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Dilton Doiley; Waldo Weatherbee; Nancy Woods

Synopsis

Archie and the gang are told by Mr. Weatherbee that holiday decorations are not allowed at school. Determined to celebrate the season, the gang decides to decorate themselves as an expression of Christmas.

Reprints

• in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #21 (December 2012)
• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #115 (February 2022)
• in Archie Showcase Digest (Archie, 2020 series) #14

The Gifted (Table of Contents: 5)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

drama; humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Sugar Plum; Santa Claus

Synopsis

Both Betty and Veronica feel badly about their presents to each other: Betty, because hers to Veronica are homemade and inexpensive, and Veronica because hers to Betty are so expensive. Betty feels she should spend more money and Veronica feels she should make something homemade and from the heart. Sugar Plum makes them realize that they love their gifts from each other.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #169 (February 2002)

Keywords

soap opera

Turnabout (Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Smithers; Oscar (Veronica's dog); Cameos: Nancy Woods; Chuck Clayton; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Ethel Muggs

Synopsis

Jughead doesn't want to go caroling with the gang, but they force him to anyway-- for his own good!

Reprints

• from Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #57 (February 1999)

Stocking Stuffers (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Looking at those stockings Pop hung up reminds me of when I was a kid!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate

Synopsis

While at Pop's, the gang remembers some of their favorite stocking stuffers.

Reprints

• in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #21 (December 2012)
• in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #13 (February 2018 [February 2019])
• in The Best of Archie Christmas Comics (Archie, 2020 series) (2020)

Keywords

Christmas

Mr. Fixit (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (sourced)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (sourced)

Inks

?

Colors

Barry Grossman (sourced)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (sourced)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Jingles (a magical elf)

Synopsis

Archie and the gang are over at Veronica's decorating her Christmas tree when Jingles shows up. He and Jughead shatter a priceless vase owned by Mr. Lodge. Jingles then fixes the vase with his magic.

Reprints

• from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #94 (February 1989)

Keywords

Christmas; Christmas Tree

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Jug wraps up Archie as a present for Veronica.

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #287 (March 1974)

A Couple Of Fruitcakes (Table of Contents: 10)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (sourced)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (sourced)

Inks

Al Milgrom (sourced)

Colors

Barry Grossman (sourced)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (sourced)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Gaston (the Lodges' chef); Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

The secret of Gaston's fruitcake is revealed when Jughead has the same secret recipe.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #169 (February 2002)

Keywords

fruitcake

The Christmas Turkeys (Table of Contents: 11)

Jughead; Reggie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (sourced)

Pencils

Rex Lindsey (sourced)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (sourced)

Colors

Barry Grossman (sourced)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (sourced)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Fed up with the Anti-Santa -- namely Reggie Mantle -- Jughead decides to give the prankster a special Christmas present, much to the dismay of the rest of the gang.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pal Jughead Comics (Archie, 1993 series) #141 (February 2002)

Santa's Little Helper (Table of Contents: 12)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

John Lowe

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Helping out a store Santa, Betty realizes that this man has little Christmas spirit and decides to help him see the true meaning of Christmas.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #106 (January 2002)

And A High Tech Yule To One And All (Table of Contents: 13)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (sourced)

Pencils

Dan Parent (sourced)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (sourced)

Colors

Barry Grossman (sourced)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (sourced)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Hiram Lodge has Dilton invent for the Lodges the perfect Christmas servant -- a Santa-bot!

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #121 (February 2002)

Keywords

Christmas

Family Affair (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Forsythe P. Jones; Gladys Jones

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead watch as their fathers purchase trip tickets, not realizing the tickets are for the boys as a Christmas present.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #452 (December 1976)

Gift Exchange (Table of Contents: 15)

Chuck & Moose / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (sourced)

Pencils

? [as Kennedy]

Inks

Al Nickerson (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Chuck Clayton; Moose Mason; Nancy Woods; Midge Klump

Synopsis

After agonizing over gifts for their girlfriends, Chuck and Moose discover that they got the wrong items.

Reprints

• in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #21 (December 2012)
• in Archie's Favorite Christmas Comics (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
• in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #23 (January 2020)
• in Archie Showcase Digest (Archie, 2020 series) #9 (September 2022)