Archie's Holiday Fun Digest
#12
[Newsstand]
(December 2007)
Archie,
1997 Series
- Price
- 2.49 USD; 2.99 CAD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 009128468662 12
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
A Special Holiday Scrapbook
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan Parent
- Inks
- Dan Parent
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
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Archie's Holiday Fun Scrapbook
comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie and the gang present a holiday scrapbook filled with their memories.
- Reprints
Wrap Session
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie overhears Betty and Veronica proclaim they'd like their gifts from him to be wrapped by him. After he fails miserably at wrapping them, he takes each gift to the other girl and appeals for her help in wrapping them.
- Reprints
-
from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #241 (December 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits confirmed in Jughead's Double Digest #187.
Favorite Christmas Things!!
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #105 (February 1999)
-
Indexer Notes
Unscramble the words puzzle.
Cool Yule
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
Archie and the Gang- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica spots Archie buying her gift. Ethel shows Archie her gift from Jughead. Jughead rings for the Salvation Army from a sheltered spot.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #453 (December 1976)
-
Indexer Notes
This is a collection of three two-panel gags rather than a continuous story.
Veronica's Christmas Card
Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #204 (February 1973)
-
Can You Top This
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica pontificates on the joy of the Christmas season.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #241 (December 1975)
-
Christmas Fashions for Betty and Veronica
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; fashion; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #150 (January 1968)
-
Nifty Gifty
Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Jon D'Agostino
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The gang exchanges Christmas gifts.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #204 (February 1973)
-
Prize Present
Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Jon D'Agostino
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge receives a set of golf clubs from Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #204 (February 1973)
-
The "A" and "B" of It
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Smithers (the butler)
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead show up to help Betty and Veronica decorate the Lodge Christmas tree - - if you can call that "help".
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #241 (December 1975)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas tree; decorating; planning ahead
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #84, no credits listed in this digest.
The Believer
Archie, Betty & Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica finds out Betty still mails letters to Santa Claus.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #229 (December 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits taken from digest reprint.
Hanging Hang-Up
Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina; Aunt Hilda
- Synopsis
- Hilda solves the problem Sabrina has with reaching the top of the Christmas tree.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #65 (February 1981)
-
Foto Fun
Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina; Aunt Hilda
- Synopsis
- Sabrina and Hilda reminisce over a photo album.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #65 (February 1981)
-
The List Price
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty is aghast to find out Veronica buys her parents' Christmas gifts to her.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #229 (December 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit taken from World of Archie Double Digest reprinting.
Christmas Miss
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Alice Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty finds a sweater she wants to give Archie for Christmas, but she doesn't have enough money with her. Veronica has seen this and, when Betty leaves to get more funds, swoops in and buys up the remaining two sweaters. When Mr. Lodge finds out, he takes matters into his own hands.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #453 (December 1976)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Nifty Gifty
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty gives Archie a suggestion box for Christmas, complete with a suggestion in it.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #217 (February 1974) which is reprinted
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #121 (February 1968)
-
Forget Me Not
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Cousin Ambrose
- Synopsis
- Ambrose dresses up as Santa to help Sabrina inject a little Christmas spirit into the household.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #65 (February 1981)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
Credits confirmed with the credits printed in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #207.
The Cool Christmas Cat
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Through a series of mistakes, Betty ends up with Veronica's present from Archie, but thinks Reggie gave it to her.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #229 (December 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits taken from digest reprint.
To Each His Own
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Due to a bright idea by two department store clerks, Veronica winds up giving Betty a gift that she really wanted for herself, and vice versa.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #191 (February 1972)
-
Elf Help
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jingles; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Jingles uses his magic to turn everybody into their opposite self.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead Comics (Archie, 1993 series) #134 (March 2001)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas tree
Betty's Christmas Card
Betty / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #204 (February 1973)
-
- Keywords
- mistletoe
Party Time-Out
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- John Lowe (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Thanks again, Mom and Dad, for letting me have a New Year's Eve party!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Alice Cooper; Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty throws a New Year's Eve party for her friends.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #107 (February 2002)
-
- Keywords
- New Year's Eve
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
A Special Holiday Scrapbook
Archie -
1.
Archie's Holiday Fun Scrapbook
-
2.
Wrap Session
Betty and Veronica -
3.
Favorite Christmas Things!!
Archie -
4.
Cool Yule
Archie and the Gang -
5.
Veronica's Christmas Card
Veronica -
6.
Can You Top This
Betty and Veronica -
7.
Christmas Fashions for Betty and Veronica
Betty and Veronica -
8.
Nifty Gifty
Veronica -
9.
Prize Present
Veronica -
10.
The "A" and "B" of It
Betty and Veronica -
11.
The Believer
Archie, Betty & Veronica -
12.
Hanging Hang-Up
Sabrina -
13.
Foto Fun
Sabrina -
14.
The List Price
Betty and Veronica -
15.
Christmas Miss
Mr. Lodge -
16.
Nifty Gifty
Betty -
17.
Forget Me Not
Sabrina -
18.
The Cool Christmas Cat
Archie and the Gang -
19.
To Each His Own
Betty and Veronica -
20.
Elf Help
Jughead -
21.
Betty's Christmas Card
Betty -
22.
Party Time-Out
Betty
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Donald Dale Milne
- Keith Alan Morgan
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