(January 1971)
Archie,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- 12 times a year
- On-sale Date
- 1970
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Cover title is Archie's Christmas Stocking.
Keywords Christmas
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've always said Archie was a card!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie presents himself to Betty and Veronica in a giant holiday card.
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
Later redrawn for the cover of Archie Comics Digest #52
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Giant Play Farm Animal Collection
- Synopsis
- Ad, with order coupon, for toy farm animals from Colonial Studios
- Keywords
- farm
Just Be Claus
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jingles
- Synopsis
- Betty explains to Jingles that Santa Claus is known by many names around the world.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #22 (February 1977), #106 (February 1991) - in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #104 (December 2020)
- in Archie Showcase Digest (Archie, 2020 series) #11
- in World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #21 (February 2023)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; elf; Santa Claus
Indexer Notes
Credits confirmed from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #104.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Galaxy of Speeds From Columbia
- Synopsis
- Ad for bicycles from Columbia Manufacturing Company; coupon for brochure
- Keywords
- bicycle
Guided Mistletoe
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Big Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Archie causes mayhem with mistletoe. Mr. Weatherbee makes him demonstrate its uses with Big Ethel.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #34 (February 1979)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; mistletoe
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Amazing $1 Art Offer
- Synopsis
- Ad, with order coupon, for art prints from Colonial Studios
- Keywords
- dog
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How to 'break into' broadcasting
- Synopsis
- Ad, with order coupon, for information from Career Academy
Winter Wonderland
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Smithers; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie enjoys the snow enthusiastically, inadvertently making trouble for others in the process. His father makes him shovel.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #172 (April 1967)
-
- Keywords
- snow
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Polaris Nuclear Sub
- Synopsis
- Ad, with order coupon, for play submarine from Honor House Prod. Co.
- Keywords
- submarine
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Monster size monsters
- Characters
- Frankenstein's monster
- Synopsis
- Ad, with order coupon, for monster figures from Honor House
- Keywords
- Frankenstein
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Big cash reward
- Synopsis
- Ad, with order coupon, for catalog from The Coin Buyer
- Keywords
- coin collecting; numismatics
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 10 Way Hair Piece
- Synopsis
- Ad, with order coupon, for variable hairpiece from Beauty Aids Co.
Snow Haul!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx poaches snow from Greg's yard to finish her snowman.
- Keywords
- snowman
Love's Labor Lost
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie's friends are annoyed when he goes non-commercial for Christmas, giving peace and brotherhood rather than material gifts. He finally gives in, but by then they have come to agree with his original impulse.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #34 (February 1979)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; gift
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get in the groove for a giant fun-in!
- Synopsis
- Promo, with order coupon, for current issues of Archie comics
Food For Thought
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Big Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Big Ethel tries to get Jughead's attention through Christmas foods.
- Keywords
- Christmas
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Skin Head Wig
- Synopsis
- Twenty-one small ads for novelties from Honor House Prod. Corp.
- Keywords
- joy buzzer; x-ray specs
Tree Spree
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie plants a classified ad saying that Archie will buy used Christmas trees at the Lodge estate.
- Reprints
- in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #13 (February 2018 [February 2019])
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas tree
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #13.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- New Amazing Invention
- Synopsis
- Ad for Magic Art Reproducer from Norton Products
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Grow amazing live sea-monkeys
- Synopsis
- Ad, with order coupon, for sea-monkeys from Sales Unlimited
It's Snow Fun
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie insists that others share his appreciation of the snow, but crashes into a frozen lake while driving on slippery roads with Veronica.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #9 (March 1977)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #15 (March 1985)
-
- Keywords
- snow
A Drop In
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's dad
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx visualizes Santa coming.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #219 (December 1973)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #22 (February 1977), #76 (February 1986)
- in Archie's Holiday Fun Digest (Archie, 1997 series) #1 (February 1997)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; Santa Claus; superstition
Archie Giant Size Freakout
Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Promo, with order coupon, for subscriptions to any or all of five Archie Giant titles
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Archie and the gang
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper: Big Ethel Muggs; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Letters from David Murphy; Karen Knutson; Diane Murphy; Denise Robedeau. Order coupon for membership
Indexer Notes
Spot illustrations
Christmas Present?
Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Big Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- The Archies try updating traditional Christmas songs, and get a very hostile response.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #158 (January 1969)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas carols
Indexer Notes
Credits from the printing in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #256.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- New Full Color Posters!
- Synopsis
- Ad, with order coupon, for posters from Posterland
Santa in Blue
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Uncle Charley; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie is reprimanded for speeding (20 mph in a 15 mph zone), but his friends refuse to believe his jalopy could go so fast. Mr. Andrews arranges with his police officer brother to get Archie a ticket for Christmas.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #28 (February 1978)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #11 (February 1989)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #104 (December 2020)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; police
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #104.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We're looking for people who like to draw
- Characters
- Norman Rockwell
- Synopsis
- Ad, with order coupon, for Famous Artists School
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I've always said Archie was a card!"]
Archie -
1.
["Giant Play Farm Animal Collection"]
-
2.
Just Be Claus
Archie -
3.
["Galaxy of Speeds From Columbia"]
-
4.
Guided Mistletoe
Archie -
5.
["Amazing $1 Art Offer"]
-
6.
["How to 'break into' broadcasting"]
-
7.
Winter Wonderland
Archie -
8.
["Polaris Nuclear Sub"]
-
9.
["Monster size monsters"]
-
10.
["Big cash reward"]
-
11.
["10 Way Hair Piece"]
-
12.
Snow Haul!
Li'l Jinx -
13.
Love's Labor Lost
Archie -
14.
["Get in the groove for a giant fun-in!"]
-
15.
Food For Thought
Jughead -
16.
["Skin Head Wig"]
-
17.
Tree Spree
Archie -
18.
["New Amazing Invention"]
-
19.
["Grow amazing live sea-monkeys"]
-
20.
It's Snow Fun
Archie -
21.
A Drop In
Li'l Jinx -
22.
Archie Giant Size Freakout
Archie -
23.
["Dear Archie and the gang"]
Archie Club News -
24.
Christmas Present?
Archie -
25.
["New Full Color Posters!"]
-
26.
Santa in Blue
Archie -
27.
["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
-
28.
Out Cold!
-
29.
["50 Little Dolls With Clothes"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Merlin Haas
- Kirk House
- Lou Mazzella
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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