(January 1976)
Archie,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 12 times a year, twice in Jan., Sept., Oct. and Dec. and once in March, April, June, and Aug.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
The Missing Link
Christmas Love-in / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica talks about her Christmas traditions with the staff of the Lodge mansion. Betty and Archie try ESP to bring Veronica's father and mother home for Christmas.
- Reprints
-
in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #325 (January 2022) - in Archie Showcase Digest (Archie, 2020 series) #16 - Archie's Christmas Stocking (January 2024)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; extrasensory perception
Merry Message
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Veronica forgot to mail her Christmas cards so her father hires a plane to fly a banner telling everyone "Merry Christmas."
- Keywords
- aerial advertising; Christmas; plane; sky banner
Christmas Tree Puzzle
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie has a secret message hidden in a Christmas tree.
A Christmas Story or What the Dickens???
Christmas Love-In / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- After refusing to join the gang in singing Christmas carols, Veronica is visited by a ghostly spirit and shown what's in store for her if she doesn't change her ways. A spoof of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #168 (January 1970)
-
- Keywords
- caroling; Christmas; ghost; Scrooge
Tree Spree
Christmas Love-In / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Veronica competes with Betty in a tree decorating contest.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #268 (January 2019)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas tree; horse; sleigh
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #268.
Archie Club News
Archie Club News / text article / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Reader reports from Kathy Smith (Springfield, OH) about Hanukkah and Kristene Murray (Mica Creek, BC, Canada) about her Archie Club.
The Rich in Spirit
Christmas Love-in / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Veronica and Betty go Christmas shopping. Veronica hires a kid to carry all her packages and do all her winter chores.
- Keywords
- Christmas shopping; shoveling snow
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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["Merry Christmas, Santa!!"]
Archie -
1.
The Missing Link
Christmas Love-in -
2.
Merry Message
Veronica -
3.
Christmas Tree Puzzle
Archie -
4.
A Christmas Story or What the Dickens???
Christmas Love-In -
5.
Tree Spree
Christmas Love-In -
6.
Archie Club News
Archie Club News -
7.
The Rich in Spirit
Christmas Love-in
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- Katy Hayhurst
- Kristin Kavanagh
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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