Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #283

(December 2017)

[Riverdale Volume One] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

One Person's Trash (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Bill Golliher (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

Glenn Whitmore (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead start a business taking the items rich people throw away and refurbishing them and selling them to others.

Reprints

• in Archie Christmas Spectacular (Archie, 2018 series) #1 (February 2019)

Christmas Deed! (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Golliher (credited)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie's good deed leads to a series of events that pay him back.

Reprints

• from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #18 (March 1991)

Keywords

Christmas

Out on a Limb (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Bill Vigoda (credited)

Inks

Bill Vigoda (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy

Synopsis

Archie helps put up Christmas decorations for Mr. Weatherbee at the school but accidentally breaks the metal deer he is supposed to put in the schoolyard.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #10 (January 1961)

Keywords

Christmas

Run for the Hills (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Hartley (credited)

Pencils

Al Hartley (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Al Hartley (see notes)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Smithers

Synopsis

Archie is coming to the Lodge mansion to deliver Christmas gifts but Mr. Lodge and Veronica are worried he will break something.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #216 (December 1973)

Keywords

Christmas

Indexer Notes

Credits incorrectly state Bill Yoshida lettered this story.

Cleaning Agent (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Gladys Jones

Synopsis

Jughead coaches Archie on how to avoid cleaning his room, but their mothers know all the tricks.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #542 (January 2004)

Keywords

Mother

[It's Good to Be the King!] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Diamond Select; Kingdom Hearts / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Hey, Pop!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Archie tells Pop Tate he'll be back for two to go, but never tells him two what.

Reprints

• from Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #12 (November 1979)

Keywords

Chock'lit Shop

[Archie's Holiday Bundle Pack] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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Prank and File (Table of Contents: 10)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Vincent DeCarlo (credited as Vince DeCarlo)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore; Alec; Mr. Bumble

Synopsis

Linda and Alec scheme to let Linda go to the state fair with Wilbur and Alec instead of Laurie.

Reprints

• from Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) #82 (January 1959)

Finders Keepers (Table of Contents: 11)

Wilbur / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Wilbur; Slats

Synopsis

Wilbur dropped a coin and Slats finds it.

Reprints

• from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #129 (September 1958)

[Archie Mystery Bundle] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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Christmas Present Tense (Table of Contents: 13)

The New Archies / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; children

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Eugene; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Amani

Synopsis

The guys try to help Eugene pick out a Christmas present for Amani while the girls try to help Amani get a present for Eugene.

Reprints

• from The New Archies (Archie, 1987 series) #3 (February 1988)

Keywords

Christmas; Santa Claus

The Write Way (Table of Contents: 14)

The New Archies / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards (credited)

Pencils

Joe Edwards (credited)

Inks

Joe Edwards (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

children

Characters

Eugene; Amani

Synopsis

Amani forgot her tutoring session with Eugene.

Reprints

• from The New Archies Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1988 series) #5 (March 1989)

[Marvel Comics Digest #3] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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The Voting Game (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy

Synopsis

Archie and Reggie are running for class president. Reggie runs a negative campaign but Jughead comes up with posters to counter every move Reggie makes.

Reprints

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #194 (February 2009)

[Collect the Classics] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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Job Jibe (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Archie is working for Mr. Lodge, but seems to have no chance of advancement.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #233 (June 1977)

[20% off all Archie Comics] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Midtown Comics / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Archie's Image Fashions (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #355 (March 1988)

Indexer Notes

Archie with four fashion designs.

[Betty and Veronica by Rachel Antonoff] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Rachel Antonoff / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Archie Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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Golly Archie---Everytime we have a date we stay in and watch T.V.!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Archie and Betty watch TV but Betty would rather have gone to a movie.

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #305 (August 1976)

[Double Digest Bundle Pack] (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

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Grid Skid (Table of Contents: 24)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Coach tries to motivate Archie.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #229 (February 1977)

Keywords

football

Archie's Robot! (Table of Contents: 25)

Archie and Me / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards (credited)

Pencils

Joe Edwards (credited)

Inks

Mario Acquaviva (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Mario Acquaviva (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Professor Flutesnoot; Miss Grundy

Synopsis

Archie decides to prove his worth to Mr. Weatherbee by building a great science project: a robot.

Reprints

• from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #14 (April 1967)

Keywords

robot

Bubble-Trouble (Table of Contents: 26)

Archie and Me / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards (credited)

Pencils

Joe Edwards (credited)

Inks

Mario Acquaviva (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Mario Acquaviva (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Mr. Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Coach Kleats; Miss Geraldine Grundy; Mr. Svenson

Synopsis

Archie steps into the role of detective.

Reprints

• from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #15 (June 1967)

Team Esteem (Table of Contents: 27)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats; Miss Grundy

Synopsis

Archie and Reggie are both glory-hounds on the football field. That's until they see the girls' volleyball team play and recognize the value of teamwork.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #98 (December 1981)

Keywords

football; volleyball

Docudramarama (Table of Contents: 28)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Samm Schwartz (credited)

Inks

Samm Schwartz (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Samm Schwartz

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead follow Mr. Lodge around shooting a documentary film.

Reprints

• from Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #59 (December 1988)

The Inferior Decorators (Table of Contents: 29)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Chic Stone (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

The day before Veronica's living room is due to be re-decorated, Archie gets Mr. Lodge's permission to throw a "graffiti party," where everyone is free to paint messages that will be covered up by the new paint job.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #260 (March 1977)

Keywords

graffiti

Indexer Notes

One of the messages on the wall is "Rudy Loves Mary," referring to inker Rudy Lapick and his wife. Other names include "Vic" (art director Victor Gorelick) and "Barry Baby" (colorist Barry Grossman).

Artful Dodgeballers (Table of Contents: 30)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Coach Clayton; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Nancy Woods

Synopsis

Archie, Jughead and Reggie remember a dodgeball game they played as kids.

Reprints

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #165 (December 2005)

Keywords

dodgeball

Cool Collectibles (Table of Contents: 31)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

After cleaning out the garage and finding some items that were collectibles, Archie and Fred buy up a bunch of items they think will be collectible in the future.

I Spy (Table of Contents: 32)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Golliher (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge has a security system installed so he can tell when Archie is in the house. Archie uses the system to capture burglars in the Lodge mansion.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #529 (January 2003)

Rubber Romp (Table of Contents: 33)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie is taking an inner tube to school to give a talk on his tubing trip.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #271 (March 1989) [Scripts and inks have different credits on the original story.]

Head Games! (Table of Contents: 34)

Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews

Reprints

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #146 (November 2003)

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the letters to figure out what Archie is thinking.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

Archie Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Archie, let's make this a fun date!

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #270 (April 1978)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Buddy System (Table of Contents: 36)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Ken Selig (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs

Synopsis

Fred and Mary look at photographs of Archie and Jughead as children and their life-long friendship.

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #179 (January 2003)

Come Blow Your Horn (Table of Contents: 37)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Boldman (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Smithers

Synopsis

Archie causes chaos at Veronica's house when he and Jughead start messing with Mr. Lodge's alphorn.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #569 (November 2006)

Jingle Belles (Table of Contents: 38)

Archie / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Santa Claus; Jingles; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Jingles is sent to Riverdale by Santa Claus to spread the Christmas spirit.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #617 (January 1991)

Keywords

Christmas; Christmas Tree

Indexer Notes

Story is in four parts

[Graphic Novel Super Store] (Table of Contents: 39) (Expand) /

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A Bone to Pick (Table of Contents: 40)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Pencils

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Teresa Davidson (credited)

Genre

children

Characters

Little Archie; Fred Andrews; Santa Claus; Spotty; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Little Archie lends Santa Claus the new leash he bought for Spotty so Santa can repair his sleigh.

Keywords

Christmas

Expectations (Table of Contents: 41)

Little Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

Dexter Taylor

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

children

Characters

Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Archie

Synopsis

Fred and Mary buy a Christmas wreath, and Little Archie comes home with one also.

Reprints

• in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #11 (January 2021)

Keywords

Christmas; Christmas wreath

Christmas Laffs (Table of Contents: 42)

Little Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Dexter Taylor

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Colors

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Genre

children

Characters

Little Archie; Spotty; Little Jughead; Little Reggie; Little Veronica; Mr. Weatherbee

Indexer Notes

Three gags. First gag is about Miss Grundy giving the children a present.

Coachie (Table of Contents: 43)

One of Little Archie's Teachers / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Genre

children

Characters

Little Archie; Little Jughead; Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Kleats

Synopsis

Coach Kleats tries to make a basketball shot.

Reprints

• from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #43 (Summer 1967)

Keywords

basketball

[All New Classic Archie] (Table of Contents: 44) (Expand) /

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Wool Pull (Table of Contents: 45)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Archie tries to flatter his parents but Fred knows it is report card day.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #503 (January 2001)

[Subscribe Today!] (Table of Contents: 46) (Expand) /

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Prize Proof (Table of Contents: 47)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Jughead has a portable vacuum.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #283 (January 1982)

[Subscribe Today!] (Table of Contents: 48) (Expand) /

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Favorite Christmas Things!! (Table of Contents: 49)

Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews

Reprints

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #105 (February 1999)

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the words puzzle.

[Subscribe Today!] (Table of Contents: 50) (Expand) /

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A Caroling We Will Go (Table of Contents: 51)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Golliher (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Leroy (Veronica's cousin)

Synopsis

Betty organizes a Christmas caroling group for charity. Veronica and Reggie create a rival singing group using high tech equipment hoping to become famous.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #27 (February 1998)

Keywords

caroling; Christmas; music; singing; song

[Build Your Own Comics Double Digests Subscription!] (Table of Contents: 52) (Expand) /

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[Try these new Archie comics digests!] (Table of Contents: 53) (Expand) /

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[Read it all on the Archie App.] (Table of Contents: 54) (Expand) /

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[Riverdale] (Table of Contents: 55) (Expand) /

CW / advertisement / 1 page (report information)