(January 1971)
Archie,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- 12 times a year
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie knows the spirit of Christmas is giving!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas tree
Indexer Notes
Later redrawn for the cover of Archie Comics Digest #70
If the Spirit Moves You
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sheldon, if you don't behave yourself, Santa's not going to come to our house for Christmas!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Sheldon; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Rodney; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- The gang doesn't believe in Santa Claus and thinks it's a cruel prank the older generation is playing on the younger generation.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #28 (February 1978) - in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #17 (February 1990)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #315 (January 2021)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; Santa Claus
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (2011 series) #315.
New Sport
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wheeee
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Russ; Greg
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx comes up with a new sport.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #219 (December 1973)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #76 (February 1986)
- in Archie's Holiday Fun Digest (Archie, 1997 series) #1 (February 1997)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #108 (February 2007)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #156 (January 2008)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #266 (February 2019), #278 (April 2020)
-
More Chore
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I want you to trim the tree, Jughead!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Gladys Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead's mother has chores for him to do.
- Keywords
- Christmas tree
Trail's End!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah! How lovely! How lovely, lovely, lovely is the footprint of my love!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Archie sees a trail of dainty footprints in the snow, accompanied by bigger footprints, and becomes convinced that the prints are those of Veronica and Reggie.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #172 (April 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Archie, The human race in the last century has allowed its productions and scattering of wastes...
Indexer Notes
Letters from Fran Scaringi (1st prize), Bryn Burns (2nd prize), Donna Paluta (3rd prize), and Louise Swetnam (4th prize), plus instructions on joining the Archie Club.
Winter Wonderland
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tiny powder puffs...soft as a baby's cheek!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Joey; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty and Archie are marveling at the wonder of winter while the local children pelt them with snowballs.
- Reprints
Party Smarty
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No! I won't do it! Absolutely not!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Svenson; Miss Beazly; Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee doesn't want to be Santa Claus this year for the school party so the teachers get Coach Kleats to do it instead.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #315 (January 2021)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; Santa Claus
Indexer Notes
Script, Pencil and Ink credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (2011 series) #315. Some sources credit Bill Yoshida with letters but the letters are by Al Hartley.
Go Power
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You got a bike for Christmas? Man, you're nowhere! You have no mobility without four wheels and a high power mill under your hood!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie has a car, Jughead a bicycle. Who's faster?
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #144 (January 1967)
-
- Keywords
- bicycle
[no title indexed]
Archie's Game and Magic Trick Page / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can you cut out these pieces and put them together to form a circle that's also a square?
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
[no title indexed]
Archie Pin-Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ronnie, put the ladder back, please!!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie is building a snow sculpture of Betty.
Holiday Note
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How's this, Jug...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie is trying to write a new Christmas song.
Sweet Talk
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm prepared for Santa Claus this year!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Gigi
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx and Gigi argue over who has been nicer.
Out on a Limb
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come on, gang...we're going to look at everyone's Christmas tree!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Ethel Muggs; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- The gang travels from house to house looking at everybody's Christmas trees.
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas tree
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Archie knows the spirit of Christmas is giving!"]
Archie -
1.
If the Spirit Moves You
Archie -
2.
New Sport
Li'l Jinx -
3.
More Chore
Jughead -
4.
Surprise Package
Archie -
5.
Trail's End!
Archie -
6.
["Dear Archie, The human race in the last century has allowed its productions and scattering of wastes..."]
Archie Club News -
7.
Winter Wonderland
Archie -
8.
Party Smarty
Archie -
9.
Go Power
Jughead -
10.
["Can you cut out these pieces and put them together to form a circle that's also a square?"]
Archie's Game and Magic Trick Page -
11.
["Ronnie, put the ladder back, please!!"]
Archie Pin-Up -
12.
Holiday Note
Archie -
13.
Sweet Talk
Li'l Jinx -
14.
Out on a Limb
Archie
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