(January 2017)
Archie,
2012 Series
- Price
- 9.99 USD
- Pages
- 118
- Indicia Frequency
- 4 times a year
- On-sale Date
- 2016-11-16
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Comics
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick
Issue Notes
Christmas Spectacular
Keywords Christmas
Archie's Christmas Card
Archie / illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie dressed as Santa and the gang as dolls in stockings.
- Reprints
-
from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #16 (February 1976)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; dolls; fireplace; sack; Santa; stockings
Christmas Socking!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
Christmas Spirit
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Henry Scarpelli
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie helps the Lodges put up their Christmas tree, and sells his video game system to buy presents for them.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #18 (March 1991)
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- Keywords
- Christmas tree
More Pull Than Talent!
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- The boys all try out for the Christmas play.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #10 (January 1961)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Nursery Rhyme Time
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica updates Betty's book of nursery rhymes for the 1990's.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #97 (March 1996)
-
- Keywords
- feminism; nursery rhymes
All For the Birds
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Alex; Alexandra; Mr. Cabot
- Synopsis
- Josie finds a wounded bird stuck in the snow, and takes it to the Cabot estate to nurse it back to health.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #87 (February 1976)
-
- Keywords
- bird; fly south for winter
Indexer Notes
Alexandra plays an Elton John record.
Spread the Cheer
Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Little Jughead Jones; Little Ambrose
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee takes the gang to the orphanage to put on a Christmas play for the orphans.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #566 (January 1987)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
[no title indexed]
Archie Pin Up / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are you sure this is the present you want to give to Ronnie?!?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie is giving himself to Veronica for a Christmas present.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #287 (March 1974)
- from Archie's Super Comics Digest (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2012 series) #2 (2012)
-
- Keywords
- bow; box; Christmas present; gift
Snow Mistake!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
Do No Evil
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
Hot Stuff
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Feeling threatened by Cheryl's apparent ability to generate a great deal of heat when kissing a boy, Veronica and Betty both try to match her power on Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #328 (February 1984)
-
- Keywords
- kiss; melt; snow; winter
Snow Drifting
Moose / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Moose thinks deeply about snow and discusses it with Dilton.
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #132 (February 1995)
-
- Keywords
- icicle; imagination; snow; winter
Indexer Notes
Inker and Penciller credits from the reprint in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #23.
The Fruit Cake
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina; Harvey; Aunt Hilda
- Synopsis
- Hilda's on the warpath because nobody likes her holiday fruitcake.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #30 (February 1975)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; gift; present
A Symbol Problem
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica arrives in Norway and disobeys all the signs in the airport.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #32 (December 1993)
-
- Keywords
- gum; littering; Norway; skis; tourist
Indexer Notes
Wordless story.
Wanted: Santa Claus
Archie and Me / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Moose; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Lodge; Coach Kleats; Dilton Doily; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee is in a bad mood when he figures Archie is planning to ask him to play Santa Claus.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #26 (February 1969)
-
- Keywords
- costume; orphanage; Santa
Guile Style
Ethel / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Ethel asks Jughead to walk her home.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Giant Kids' Joke Book (Archie, 2012 series) (2012) which is reprinted
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #205 (February 1975)
- from World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010)
-
- Keywords
- kiss; mistletoe
Gift Rapped
Josie and the Pussycats / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie and the Pussycats [Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Smith]; Alexandra Cabot; Alexander Cabot
- Synopsis
- Alexandra only wants designer wrapped presents under her Christmas tree.
- Reprints
- from Laugh (Archie, 1987 series) #12 (February 1989)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; gift; present; tree
Ice Folly
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina; Harvey; Aunt Hilda
- Synopsis
- Sabrina, Harvey and Aunt Hilda go ice skating but it is hard to stay warm on the ice.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #38 (March 1976)
-
- Keywords
- fire pit; ice skating
Red and Green Blues
Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Polly Cooper; Hal Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty is spending so much time preparing for the Christmas holidays that she can't seem to enjoy them.
- Reprints
- from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #23 (February 1989)
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- Keywords
- baking; Christmas; shopping
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Pin Up / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I’ve decided to let Mr. Weatherbee help us decorate the tree ---
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee helps decorate a Christmas tree.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #241 (February 1978)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas tree; decorations; fall; ladder; ornaments
Seasonal Smooch
Archie's Rival Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
Ho-Ho-Humm
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Smithers; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie plays Santa Claus at a department store for extra cash for the Christmas party.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Holiday Fun Digest (Archie, 1997 series) #1 (February 1997)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; costume; Santa
The Santa Spirit
Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Spotty; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Mr. Jones; Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Mrs. Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- The gang decorates Spotty's doghouse in an attempt to win a decorating contest.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #245 (December 2013)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Appeal Zeal
Ethel / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Ethel asks Santa for 52 dates.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #216 (December 1973)
-
- Keywords
- Santa
Yule Fool
Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Moose dresses up as Santa.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #216 (December 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Santa; costume; cue card
Close Shave
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Al; Veronica Lodge; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie works as a mall Santa and accidentally attaches his beard with super glue.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Christmas Stocking (Archie, 1993 series) #1 ([January] 1994)
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- Keywords
- beard; party; Santa
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Christmas Spectacular"]
Archie -
1.
Archie's Christmas Card
Archie -
2.
Christmas Socking!
Archie -
3.
Christmas Spirit
Archie -
4.
More Pull Than Talent!
Archie -
5.
Nursery Rhyme Time
Betty and Veronica -
6.
All For the Birds
Josie -
7.
Spread the Cheer
Little Archie -
8.
["Are you sure this is the present you want to give to Ronnie?!?"]
Archie Pin Up -
9.
Snow Mistake!
Archie -
10.
Do No Evil
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica -
11.
Hot Stuff
Cheryl Blossom -
12.
Snow Drifting
Moose -
13.
The Fruit Cake
Sabrina -
14.
A Symbol Problem
Veronica -
15.
Wanted: Santa Claus
Archie and Me -
16.
Guile Style
Ethel -
17.
Wrap Flap
Betty -
18.
Gift Rapped
Josie and the Pussycats -
19.
Ice Folly
Sabrina -
20.
Red and Green Blues
Betty's Diary -
21.
["I’ve decided to let Mr. Weatherbee help us decorate the tree ---"]
Mr. Weatherbee Pin Up -
22.
Seasonal Smooch
Archie's Rival Reggie -
23.
Ho-Ho-Humm
Archie -
24.
The Santa Spirit
Little Archie -
25.
Appeal Zeal
Ethel -
26.
Yule Fool
Big Moose -
27.
Close Shave
Archie
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