(January 1981)
Archie,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 12 times a year, twice in Jan., Sept., Oct., and Dec. and once in March, April, June, and Aug.
- On-sale Date
- 1980-11-11
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Barcode
- 0271000698101
Issue Notes
On sale date from the Comic Reader #185.
Blockhead
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Hilda Spellman
- Synopsis
- Sabrina enters an outdoor Christmas decoration contest. Hilda decorates the backyard with her own spooky decorations.
- Keywords
- Christmas tree; Santa Claus; snowman
Wanted
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Hap Holliday; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx writes two Christmas wish lists.
- Reprints
Archie Club News
Archie Club News / letters page / 0.5 page
- Script
- Wendy Fesmire; Rodney Lee
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Readers send in reports.
Indexer Notes
Features reports from: Wendy Fesmire (Hutto, TX) about a heatwave and Rodney Lee (Vancouver, Canada) about horses.
Holiday Happenings
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Hilda Spellman; Alphonso (Sabrina's neighbor)
- Synopsis
- Sabrina's neighbor Alphonso tries to bring the Christmas spirit into the Spellman residence but Hilda uses her magic to mess up his plans.
- Keywords
- Christmas tree; gift; painting; present; Santa Claus
Indexer Notes
Probably a different story than the one in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine #6 (February 1988) as Cousin Ambrose and Aunt Zelda are not in this story.
The Gift of Giving
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
Tragic Magic
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Hilda Spellman; Horace B. Rotten (Hilda's cousin); Zelda Spellman; Cousin Ambrose; Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Horace B. Rotten, Hilda's cousin, stops by for Christmas to wreck havoc.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Holiday Fun Digest (Archie, 1997 series) #3 (February 1999) - in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #248 (December 2016)
-
- Keywords
- candy; Christmas; gift; mouse; present; snow; snowflake; stocking
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Aunt Hilda! Guess what we got you for Christmas?"]
Sabrina -
1.
Blockhead
Sabrina -
2.
Wanted
Li'l Jinx -
3.
Archie Club News
Archie Club News -
4.
Holiday Happenings
Sabrina -
5.
The Gift of Giving
Sabrina -
6.
Tragic Magic
Sabrina -
7.
[Attack of the Ice Creatures]
Hostess Fruit Pies; Josie
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