Archie Giant Series Magazine #20

(January 1963)

Boxed In (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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This is a Christmas list?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie decides to wrap himself in a big box for Veronica's Christmas present.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #3 (December 1973)

R Is for Rooked (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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G-Greater love hath n-no man!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Gaston; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Archie sends Jughead over to Veronica's house to find out what she's getting him for Christmas.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #3 (December 1973)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Veronica's Pin-Up Page / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Oh, I forgot to tell you...Archie just stepped out for a coke!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Reprints

• in Archie... Archie Andrews Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #48 (February 1987)

Escape (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

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Dan DeCarlo

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Vincent DeCarlo

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I like a white Christmas as much as the next guy, but this is ridiculous!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

This Christmas, Mr. Lodge is going away on a vacation so Archie won't ruin the holiday for him. Unfortunately, Veronica has forgotten to reserve her father's plane ticket, and when Archie tries to make the reservation, he winds up getting Mr. Lodge shipped to Alaska.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #3 (December 1973)
• in Archie's Classic Christmas Stories (Archie, 2002 series) #1 (2002)

Keywords

Christmas

Hot and Cold! (Table of Contents: 5)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Brrrr... winter is no fun!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx Holliday; Greg

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #3 (December 1973)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

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Veronica's Christmas Card (Table of Contents: 7)

Veronica / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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humor; teen

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Veronica Lodge

Betty's Christmas Card (Table of Contents: 8)

Betty / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

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Rudy Lapick

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Vincent DeCarlo

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Betty poses in a sexy Christmas outfit while painting a card of Christmas cheer.

Keywords

Christmas

Monster Monopoly (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Man, I really dig monster movies!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead make a monster snowman.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #3 (December 1973)

The Hard Way (Table of Contents: 10)

Shrimpy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Hey! Watch my next stunt!

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humor; children

Picture Frame (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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I never want to see you again!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Archie gets Betty and Veronica to frame pictures of himself but delivers one to Veronica's house that has Betty's name on it.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #3 (December 1973)
• in Archie's Christmas Stocking (Archie, 1993 series) #1 ([January] 1994)
• in Archie's Holiday Fun Digest (Archie, 1997 series) #4 (January 2000)
• in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #273 (December 2016)

Go for Broke (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

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Rudy Lapick

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Vincent DeCarlo

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Yuletide greetings, bubblebrain!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Reggie plays a prank on Archie that makes him drop and break a bottle of perfume that Archie was going to give to Veronica.

Reprints

• in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #6 (January 1975)
• in Archie's Christmas Stocking (Archie, 1993 series) #3 (1995)
• in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #294 (January 2019)

Keywords

prank

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #294.

The Return of Jingles (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

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Dan DeCarlo

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Vincent DeCarlo

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It's that time of year again, ol buddy!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jingles; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Santa Claus; Jangles; Jeeves

Synopsis

Archie and his friends get another Christmas visit from Jingles, Santa's delinquent brownie. This time around, two of Jingles' fellow brownies, Jangles and Jeeves, make an unauthorized visit, and the three magical creatures get into a pier six brawl over who gets Riverdale as his territory.

Reprints

• in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #6 (January 1975)
• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #70 (February 1985)
• in Archie's Classic Christmas Stories (Archie, 2002 series) #1 (2002)
• in Archie's Favorite Christmas Comics (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)

Keywords

Christmas

The Willing Spirit (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Archie Andrews, you are out of your head!!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Archie tells Reggie he's giving Veronica to him for Christmas.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #3 (December 1973)

Black Book Bonanza (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

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Dan DeCarlo

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Rudy Lapick

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Vincent DeCarlo

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B-but, Moose! I'm not doing any work!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Moose thinks Archie is Santa's helper and is writing down who is naughty or nice in his little black book.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #3 (December 1973)
• in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #12 (December 2018)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #12.

Christmas Fashions for Betty and Veronica (Table of Contents: 16)

Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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humor; fashion; teen

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge