(January 1983)
Archie,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 10 times a year: twice in Jan., Sept., Oct., 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
- Barcode
- 0271000698701
- Editing
- Richard H. Goldwater (editor)
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Thank goodness some things about Christmas never change!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Santa Claus
Plain Red Wrapper
Archie's Christmas Stocking / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited as Saburo)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now listen up, folks! What we have here is - we have two (count 'em) two Christmas yarns in the same story!
- Feature Logo
Archie's Christmas Stocking- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Officer Clancy
- Synopsis
- Officer Clancy wears Archie's Santa suit to Veronica's party.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #88 (February 1988) - in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #70 (February 1994)
- in The Best of Archie Christmas Comics (Archie, 2020 series) (2020)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #94 (January 2020)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
It Takes One!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What do you want for Christmas, little girl?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx asks Santa for one thing of everything in toy store for Christmas.
- Reprints
- in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #54 (February 1988)
- in Archie's Holiday Fun Digest (Archie, 1997 series) #6 (December 2001)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #258 (January 2018)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; Santa; wish list
Archie - Christmas Maze
Archie / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie wants to wish all his readers a "Merry Christmas."
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #2 (February 1987)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #148 (February 2004)
- in Archie's Super Comics Digest (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2012 series) #2 (2012)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #304 (January 2020)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas wreath; maze
Indexer Notes
A maze inside a Christmas wreath.
Christmas Scents
Archie's Christmas Stocking / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, I've brought in this old aluminum Christmas tree! Would you mind assembling it in the hall?
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Christmas Stocking
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead get a Christmas tree for the school hallway.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #6 (February 1988)
- in The Best of Archie Christmas Comics (Archie, 2020 series) (2020)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #94 (January 2020)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas tree
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #94.
Burst Your Bubble
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What the heck is going on out there?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie is selling candy at school to raise money to buy Christmas gifts for hospitalized kids.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #6 (February 1988)
- 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)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm writing in to tell you how I made money last summer.
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Letters from Terry Roberts, and John Pilmaier.
Tree Travail
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty, your mother and I are snowed in at your Aunt Kitty's! We probably won't be able to drive back until late tomorrow!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty's parents are stuck at her aunt Kitty's so Betty has to find a Christmas tree for only $10.
- Reprints
- in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #54 (February 1988)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #265 (January 2019)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas tree
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #265.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Thank goodness some things about Christmas never change!"]
Archie -
1.
["Look like a big league player."]
Cracker Jack -
2.
Plain Red Wrapper
Archie's Christmas Stocking -
3.
["Life Savers circle of flavors!"]
Life Savers -
4.
It Takes One!
Li'l Jinx -
5.
Archie - Christmas Maze
Archie -
6.
["Reward $3,000.00 for this penny!"]
Best Values Coins and Currency -
7.
Christmas Scents
Archie's Christmas Stocking -
8.
["100 little dolls all for $5.00"]
100 Little Dolls -
9.
["Now Bubble Yum is Super Yum"]
Bubble Yum -
10.
Burst Your Bubble
Archie -
11.
["New for this Christmas... a letter from Santa mailed to your child! Only $1.00"]
-
12.
["I'm writing in to tell you how I made money last summer."]
Archie Club News -
13.
["It's far out! The Archie Comics Digest #58 in full color!"]
-
14.
["$1.80 value for $1.00!"]
-
15.
[Johnson Smith Company]
Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog -
16.
Tree Travail
Archie -
17.
Snake Hunt
Josie; Magic Snake Puzzle -
18.
["A golden opportunity to get free MPC kits is here."]
MPC Model Kit -
19.
["Amazing new life forms are taking over Atari!"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Joey Sayer
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