(December 1974)

Archie, 1954 Series
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Price
0.35 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Published 3 times in January, once in March, April, June, November and twice in August, September, October and December.
On-sale Date
1974
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Giant Series
Editing
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[Do Not Open Before Christmas] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Letters
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Keywords
Christmas; Christmas presents; Christmas tree

Brownie Points (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey! It's good 'ol Jingles
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Jingles
Synopsis
Jingles, the Santa Brownie, is mad about cheaply made toys.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #11.

Modern Smart (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx Holliday
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Here-Comes Santa Claus (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
You know what I think, Archie! I think the cold weather has shriveled up your brain!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hubert Smithers
Synopsis
Archie dresses up as Santa and had Hot Dog pull him in a sleigh so he can deliver a present to Veronica.
Reprints

Yule Pun Fun (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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?
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?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Do you want to go to eat?
Genre
humor

Santa Claus Maze (Table of Contents: 5)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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?
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Mad Lad (Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look! Jug is standingunder the misletoe!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs
Reprints

Burnt Offering (Table of Contents: 7)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Malmgren
Pencils
Dick Malmgren
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No! No! No! I refuse to go!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Jughead doesn't want to eat Christmas dinner at Veronica's house because her cooking is so bad.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie 2014 series) #17

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

Archie Pin Up / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's tough to buy anything for the girl who has everything!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie tries to decide what to get Veronica for Christmas.
Reprints
Keywords
Christmas

Season in the Sun (Table of Contents: 9)

Pop Tate / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
Samm Schwartz

First Line of Dialogue or Text
That's it kids! See you after New Year's Day!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Pop Tate goes on vacation to Florida.
Reprints
Keywords
beach; Christmas; plane

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #13.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page (report information)

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Splendid Spirit (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Those carols really make me feel the spirit of Christmas!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Geraldine Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis
The Christmas spirit makes people less selfish.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Do Not Open Before Christmas]
    Archie
  2. 1. Brownie Points
    Archie
  3. 2. Modern Smart
    Li'l Jinx
  4. 3. Here-Comes Santa Claus
    Archie
  5. 4. Yule Pun Fun
  6. 5. Santa Claus Maze
  7. 6. Mad Lad
    Jughead
  8. 7. Burnt Offering
    Jughead
  9. 8. ["It's tough to buy anything for the girl who has everything!"]
    Archie Pin Up
  10. 9. Season in the Sun
    Pop Tate
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  12. 11. Splendid Spirit
    Archie
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