(January 1967)
Archie,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- seven times yearly: January, August, September, October, and December and Semi-monthly in June.
- On-sale Date
- 1966-10-31
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- Richard H. Goldwater
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Christmas Stocking / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Any special request, Mr. Lodge?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Singing Christmas Carols.
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
Later redrawn for the cover of Archie Comics Digest #46
Just Be Claus
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Big Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Big Moose is hit by a snowball, but only Santa is around.
- Reprints
-
from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #31 (January 1965)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
[no title indexed]
Christmas Pin-Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie!!! I thought you came here to decorate the tree!!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Keywords
- Christmas
Go Power
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle: Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie has a car, Jughead a bicycle. Who's faster?
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #181 (January 1971)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #16 (February 1976)
-
The Christmas Crush
The Man from R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E. / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- humor; spy; teen
- Characters
- P.O.P [Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge]; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- C.R.U.S.H. doesn't take Christmas off, and they bring a poisoned Christmas tree into Lodge Industries.
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
Part I, pages 1-5; part II, pages 6-10
Snow Go
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's dad
- Synopsis
- When it snows hard, schools are closed.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #16 (February 1976)
- in Little Archie Comics Digest Annual Magazine (Archie, 1979 series) #10 (1982)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Reports and letters from Barbara Kiehne, Ardis Johnson, Jim Stephenson, Rebecca Tuttle, and Marko Friedel.
[no title indexed]
Veronica Pin Up Page / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I didn't know you meant this…
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Fun on the ski-trail.
The Gift
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Reggie is not into Christmas gift exchange.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #16 (February 1976)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
A child calls Reggie "Uncle Reggie" in this story.
[no title indexed]
Betty's Ski Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty!! How could you…
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Handlebar Happiness
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty enjoys her bicycle.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #180 (January 1971)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #34 (February 1979)
-
[no title indexed]
Betty's Christmas Card / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ho! Ho! Ho! Hi Betty!
- Characters
- Santa Claus; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Santa got confused over Betty's gift.
- Keywords
- Christmas
Gift Tift
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Santa Claus; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica is in a rush to finish her last minute shopping.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #22 (February 1977)
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #22 (January 2013)
- in Archie 80 Years of Christmas (Archie, 2021 series) (2021)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
Credits confirmed with the credits printed in Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #22. Victor Gorelick is also credited on this story in the digest but unclear what his role might have been.
Merry Xmas
Veronica's Christmas Card / illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Keywords
- Christmas
[no title indexed]
Archie Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ronnie, put the ladder back, please!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty was chosen Miss Snow Queen.
Season's Greetings
Archie's Christmas Card / illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Keywords
- Christmas
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Any special request, Mr. Lodge?"]
Archie's Christmas Stocking -
1.
Just Be Claus
Archie -
2.
["Archie!!! I thought you came here to decorate the tree!!"]
Christmas Pin-Up -
3.
Go Power
Jughead -
4.
Early & Late!
Li'l Jinx -
5.
The Christmas Crush
The Man from R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E. -
6.
Snow Go
Li'l Jinx -
7.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
8.
["I didn't know you meant this…"]
Veronica Pin Up Page -
9.
The Gift
Reggie -
10.
["Betty!! How could you…"]
Betty's Ski Pin Up -
11.
Handlebar Happiness
Betty -
12.
["Ho! Ho! Ho! Hi Betty!"]
Betty's Christmas Card -
13.
Gift Tift
Archie -
14.
Merry Xmas
Veronica's Christmas Card -
15.
["Ronnie, put the ladder back, please!"]
Archie Pin Up -
16.
Season's Greetings
Archie's Christmas Card -
17.
Christmas Fashions
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Coates
- Katy Hayhurst
- Edgar Loftin
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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