(January 1976)
Archie,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- twice in January, September, October and December, once in March, April, June and August
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
[Heavy Air Traffic]
Sabrina / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Aunt Hilda; Salem Saberhagen; Santa Claus; Sabrina Spellman
Hugo Man of a Thousand Faces at the Monster Rally
Kenner Toys / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Some party! Blyah! Vere iz everybody?
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for the Hugo Man of a Thousand Faces hand puppet from Kenner.
Inside front cover.
Equal Rights
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Decisions, decisions, decisions! I never can make up my mind where things look best!
- Feature Logo
Sabrina- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Aunt Hilda; Cousin Ambrose; Harvey Kinkle; Sabrina Spellman
- Synopsis
- Harvey spots Sabrina magically manipulating Christmas tree ornaments and assumes the house has a poltergeist.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Super Values Products / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Amazing $1 offer
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for t-shirt iron-on transfers from Super Values.
Cold and Hot
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's so cold, Li'l Jinx! Do you want to go sledding with me, Li'l Jinx!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Charlie wants to go sledding, but Jinx has a better idea.
- Reprints
-
in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #17 (February 1990)
-
Togetherness
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Humph! This snow doesn't hold together! It's no good for snowballs!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Jinx proves a point.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #17 (February 1990)
-
[no title indexed]
Sea-Monkeys / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you don't go crazy over new super sea-monkeys we'll tear up your unpaid bill
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for sea-monkeys from Transcience Corporation.
[no title indexed]
Merlite Industries / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Imagine making up to $100.00 in a single hour... operating a 'business' you can carry in your pocket!
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for the Merlite Industries jewelry sales kit.
Using the Old Noodle
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oops!... Help!... Will somebody give me a hand? Everything's slipping!
- Feature Logo
- Sabrina
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Aunt Hilda; Harvey Kinkle; Sabrina Spellman
- Synopsis
- When Sabrina attempts to make a Christmas dinner by hand, Hilda interferes and attempts to conjure one up through witchcraft.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #72 (January 1995)
- in Archie's Holiday Fun Digest (Archie, 1997 series) #6 (December 2001)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #248 (December 2016)
-
[no title indexed]
Conover House / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Amazing! Long nail formula builds glamorous longer nails in minutes!
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for fingernail care system from Conover House.
Hot Stuff
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here you are my friends, have some Christmas candy, brotherhood and understanding is the true meaning of holidays!
- Feature Logo
- Sabrina
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Aunt Hilda; Harvey Kinkle; Sabrina Spellman
- Synopsis
- Hilda attempts to sabotage Harvey's Christmas cheer with a bowl of Christmas candy laced with hot peppers.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Jeri of Hollywood Photos / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jeri of Hollywood exclusive sets of '16'
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for celebrity photographs and posters from Jeri of Hollywood.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page
- Feature Logo
Archie Club News- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Roberta Dahlby (1st prize, $6.00) and Wendy Hauch (2nd prize - $4.00).
Includes order form for the Archie Club.
[no title indexed]
Archie Comics Digest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Think small and order the biggest Archie comic ever!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #16.
[no title indexed]
Archie Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pick a winner every time!
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for 22 different Archie quarter comics.
[no title indexed]
Engravaplates Social Security Cards / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Make excellent extra cash... with no real 'selling'... just showing this sample which we give you... free!
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for the Engravaplates metal plates sales kit.
[no title indexed]
Roberta's / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hawaiian 'good luck' ti plant
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Hawaiian ti plants from Roberta's.
Truth Time
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No! Wah! It's a big put-on! There is no Santa Claus!
- Feature Logo
- Sabrina
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman
- Synopsis
- Sabrina tries to convince a disillusioned child that there really is magic to Christmas.
- Reprints
- in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #66 (February 1990)
- in Archie's Holiday Fun Digest (Archie, 1997 series) #6 (December 2001)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #268 (January 2019)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; mall; Santa Claus
[no title indexed]
U. S. School of Music Lessons / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The secret of teaching yourself music
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for music lessons from the U.S. School of Music.
[Derry Daring, the Action Girl of Today]
Ideal Toys / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Derry Daring is camped outside of town in her pop-top camper when she gets the news that she's needed in town.
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for the Derry Daring action figure from Ideal Toys.
Inside back cover.
Archie's New Girl
Archie; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo ?; Rudy Lapick ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't worry about Gwen, Ronnie! You're still Archie's best girl!
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Gwen
- Synopsis
- Veronica lures Archie back from the grasp of another girl with the aid of Jughead and Hostess Fruit Pies.
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for apple, cherry and lemon Hostess Fruit Pies.
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Heavy Air Traffic]
Sabrina -
1.
Hugo Man of a Thousand Faces at the Monster Rally
Kenner Toys -
2.
Equal Rights
Sabrina -
3.
["Amazing $1 offer"]
Super Values Products -
4.
Cold and Hot
Li'l Jinx -
5.
Togetherness
Li'l Jinx -
6.
["If you don't go crazy over new super sea-monkeys we'll tear up your unpaid bill"]
Sea-Monkeys -
7.
["Imagine making up to $100.00 in a single hour... operating a 'business' you can carry in your pocket!"]
Merlite Industries -
8.
Using the Old Noodle
Sabrina -
9.
["Amazing! Long nail formula builds glamorous longer nails in minutes!"]
Conover House -
10.
Hot Stuff
Sabrina -
11.
["Jeri of Hollywood exclusive sets of '16'"]
Jeri of Hollywood Photos -
12.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
13.
["Think small and order the biggest Archie comic ever!"]
Archie Comics Digest -
14.
["Pick a winner every time!"]
Archie Comics -
15.
["Make excellent extra cash... with no real 'selling'... just showing this sample which we give you... free!"]
Engravaplates Social Security Cards -
16.
["Hawaiian 'good luck' ti plant"]
Roberta's -
17.
Truth Time
Sabrina -
18.
["The secret of teaching yourself music"]
U. S. School of Music Lessons -
19.
[Derry Daring, the Action Girl of Today]
Ideal Toys -
20.
Archie's New Girl
Archie; Hostess Fruit Pies
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