(December 1977)

Archie, 1954 Series
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Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Published 12 times a year : twice in January, September, October and December and once in March, April, June and August.
On-sale Date
1977-11-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Giant Series
Barcode
0271000698912
Editing
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Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #150.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Betty, this Christmas I hope to give you what you really want!
Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper

The Santa Syndrome (Table of Contents: 1)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ho, ho, ho, Smithers
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hubert Smithers
Synopsis
Betty laughs like Santa without being aware of it.
Reprints

Wrap Rap (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Who rang the doorbell, Li'l Jinx?
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis
Jinx gets a package in the mail that should have been marked as fragile.
Reprints

Number One (Table of Contents: 3)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, wow! What an honor! You and me, selected to do this year's ice sculpture for the Christmas pageant!
Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Geraldine Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica get chosen to make an ice sculpture for the school.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #278.

Cheap But Classy (Table of Contents: 4)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We're agreed, then? Nothing over five dollars for Archie this year!
Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica agree to not spend more than five dollars on a gift for Archie, but they both find that to be more difficult than it sounds.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #278.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Betty and Veronica's Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wow! Veronica...All these presents!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

The Outsiders (Table of Contents: 7)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Not just a Christmas party, Betty, but a costume Christmas party!! Won't that be wonderful?
Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle (cameo); Moose Mason
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica decide to throw a Christmas costume party, but wait until the last minute to get their costumes.
Reprints
Keywords
Christmas party; costume party

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #278.

Score (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Betty, this Christmas I hope to give you what you really want!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. The Santa Syndrome
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. Wrap Rap
    Li'l Jinx
  4. 3. Number One
    Betty and Veronica
  5. 4. Cheap But Classy
    Betty and Veronica
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Dear Betty and Veronica
  7. 6. ["Wow! Veronica...All these presents!"]
    Betty and Veronica's Pin Up
  8. 7. The Outsiders
    Betty and Veronica
  9. 8. Score
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Josie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • John
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Joey Sayer