Archie Giant Series Magazine #478

(January 1979)

The Christmas Caper, Part 1 (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie's Christmas Love-In / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Uriah Scourge; un-named Santa; un-named robber

Synopsis

It's the holiday season, and Archie is working at Uriah Scourge's jewelry store to earn some extra money. Archie's boss bears a striking resemblance to Mr. Scrooge from A Christmas Carol. He won't let Archie have time off, and is a skinflint - even donning an old ratty sweater so he can get a free meal at the local rescue mission. When he returns, he chases carolers away from his store. As Archie and his boss are closing up shop for the night, an un-named man walks into the store, flashes a gun and demands money.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #76 (February 1986)
• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #23 (February 1991)

Keywords

Charles Dickens; Christmas

Indexer Notes

This is a two-part story, but because it is not continuous (there are a couple of ads and a Li'l Jinx comic in between), the two parts are being indexed separately.

The End (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

Barry Grossman ?

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday

Synopsis

Li'l Jinx is writing a letter to Santa, but can't decide which ending she likes best.

Reprints

• in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #17 (February 1986)

Keywords

Christmas lists

Get the Message Maze (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

Barry Grossman ?

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Readers must trace their way through a maze, writing down each letter as they come to it, in order to reveal a message that Archie has for them.

Keywords

puzzles

The Christmas Caper, Part 2 (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie's Christmas Love-In / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Uriah Scourge; un-named crook; Officer Bronson; un-named carolers

Synopsis

The crook is now running out of the jewelry store, money in hand, as Archie's boss yells at him to stop the man (or the money will come out of Archie's paycheck). Archie chases after the man, and points him out to a nearby police officer. Finding himself cornered, the crook dashes off, knocking over the mall Santa. Shortly thereafter, he is captured by the officer, but conveniently acts innocent, having ditched the money.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #76 (February 1986)
• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #23 (February 1991)

Keywords

Christmas

Wisecracker (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie's Christmas Love-In / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren

Pencils

Dick Malmgren

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews; un-named pretty girl; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

As Archie is leaving for Betty's to deliver his Christmas gift to her, his mom asks him to take something out to the trash can. As soon as Archie gets out the door, he gets distracted by a pretty girl and ends up throwing Betty's gift in the trash can instead of the garbage. He arrives at Betty's and hands her the trash, still unaware of what's happened.

Reprints

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #105 (February 1999), #148 (February 2004)
• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #23 (January 2013)
• in Archie 80 Years of Christmas (Archie, 2021 series) (2021)

Keywords

Christmas; Christmas gifts

Indexer Notes

There is no indication as to what variety of cookies Archie gives Betty, but knowing Archie's love of chocolate chip cookies, that's most likely what kind they are.

Credits from the credits printed in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #23.

Archie Club News (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie Club News / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

various (illustrations)

Inks

various (illustrations)

Colors

? (illustrations)

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Archie Club News

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mr. Waldo Weatherbee; Miss Geraldine Grundy

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Nicole Montonye (Tucson's "Citizen Advocacy Project) and Susan Carney (Milford, Connecticut's Oyster Festival).

Be an Archie Club Member (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[Think Small] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Dilton / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

3 for $1.00 Checklist (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Archie Christmas Specials (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Your Gain is My Lost (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie's Christmas Love-In / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; un-named waitress

Synopsis

Veronica is going Christmas shopping and drags Archie along to carry her packages. They stop for lunch, then it's back to shopping. After they finish shopping, they head to the nearest bus stop. While waiting on the bus, Veronica decides to check her weight, and, after noticing that she's gained three pounds, decides that she and Archie can walk home so she can lose the three pounds from the lunch that Archie made her have (even though Archie didn't have anything to do with this).

Keywords

Christmas; Christmas shopping

Josie Discovers Pie Appeal (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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