The New Archies
#12
[Newsstand]
(February 1989)
Archie,
1987 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 9 times a year in Jan., Feb., April, May, June, Aug., Sept., Oct. and Dec.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Enterprises Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Barcode
- 076956145102 02
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of The New Archies (Archie, 1987 series) #12 [Direct].
There exist further variants:
[no title indexed]
The New Archies / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- [6345]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sorry about this, Archie, but Betty's been good all year and you were on the top of her list!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Santa Claus
Indexer Notes
Inker credit taken from margins on original artwork.
![Cover Thumbnail for The New Archies (1987 series) #12 [Direct]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/243/w100/243466.jpg?3749625707568968994)
![Cover Thumbnail for The New Archies (1987 series) #12 [Canadian]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1336/w100/1336388.jpg?6567149526381951392)
Health Education
Archie / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- A message about AIDS, giving the phone number for the Center for Disease Control's AIDS hotline.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
A Ho! Ho! Hobo Christmas!
The New Archies / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Henry Scarpelli [as Henri Scarpelli]
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli [as Henri Scarpelli]
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen; children
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Old Jake
- Synopsis
- Archie takes a homeless man home with him to celebrate Christmas.
- Reprints
-
in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #33 (January 2014)
-
The Shape of Things
Miss Grundy; The New Archies / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen; children
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Eugene
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy asks the gang what they know about geoometry.
Grab Bag Gag
The New Archies / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Henry Scarpelli
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- teen; children
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Reggie rigs the grab bag at the school Christmas party.
- Reprints
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #33 (January 2014)
-
Snow Business
The New Archies / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Henry Scarpelli
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- teen; children
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Amani; Eugene; Fangs Fogarty
- Synopsis
- The gang face a rival hockey team at the local pond.
- Reprints
Bumpers On The Parade
Miss Haggly / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Miss Haggly
- Synopsis
- Help Miss Haggly decode the bumper stickers.
Lunch Time!
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Jughead tells time with his stomach.
- Reprints
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #22 (January 2013), #23 (March 2013)
-
Santa's Helpers
The New Archies / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Henry Scarpelli
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- teen; children
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Amani; department store Santa Claus; Matty; Mr. Clark
- Synopsis
- Working at Clark's department store as Santa's helpers, Archie, Jughead and Amani help out a little boy whose family is having hard times.
- Reprints
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #33 (January 2014)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Sorry about this, Archie, but Betty's been good all year and you were on the top of her list!"]
The New Archies -
1.
Health Education
Archie -
2.
A Ho! Ho! Hobo Christmas!
The New Archies -
3.
Scared Happy
Archie -
4.
The Shape of Things
Miss Grundy; The New Archies -
5.
Grab Bag Gag
The New Archies -
6.
Snow Business
The New Archies -
7.
Bumpers On The Parade
Miss Haggly -
8.
Lunch Time!
Jughead -
9.
Santa's Helpers
The New Archies -
10.
[Archie's Club News]
Archie's Club News -
11.
Cocoa Pebbles BMX Bike Race
The Flintstones
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