(January 1984)
Archie,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 11 times a year: once in March, twice in Sept. and Oct. and three times in Jan. 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
- Victor Gorelick (editor)
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If we just wait here, gang, we're bound to see him!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Santa Claus
- Reprints
in 
Party Puzzle
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey! It's our Christmas tree! Our Christmas tree!
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Jolly Jim John
- Synopsis
- Reggie helps a group of children complete a 3000 piece puzzle to win a Christmas party from Jolly Jim John.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #94 (February 1989) - 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
Aid Parade
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Daddy, enjoy yourself! It's the yule season!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge can't enjoy himself because of his business problems.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #94 (February 1989)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #286 (January 2021)
-
Hunch Crunch
Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's fun trying to guess what's inside our presents!
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda
- Synopsis
- Sabrina asks Aunt Hilda if she can guess what Cousin Ambrose got her for Christmas.
For the Present
Archie / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Help Archie find the way to his Christmas present without getting anybody else's!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #2 (February 1987)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #256 (January 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Maze puzzle.
The Poor Tycoon
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, how about it? Have we touched all bases? Handled all our Christmas projects?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- The gang tries to decide what underpriviliged person, or group, they should do something nice for Christmas.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #94 (February 1989)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #112 (February 1994)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #148 (February 2004)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #246 (January 2014)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
Credits from later reprint.
One Last Gift
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, if it isn't number one son! I wonder who he's shopping for, and isn't that a silly question?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Sam Hargreave; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mr. Andrews underestimates his son's gift-giving priorities.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #94 (February 1989)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #112 (February 1994)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #23 (January 2013)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
Credits from a later reprint.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Good morning, children!
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Letters from Ryan Petersen, and Angel Lawson.
Blow the Man Down
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Duh! You got some nice gifts for Christmas, Jughead!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hot Dog; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Moose thinks it was dumb of Jughead to buy a dog whistle for Hot Dog.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #94 (February 1989)
-
The Kissing Santa
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Me? You want me to play Santa at your party!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Dilton Doily; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Reggie locks Archie in a tool shed so he can play Santa Claus at Veronica's party.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #94 (February 1989)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #112 (February 1994)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #148 (February 2004)
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #22 (January 2013)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #105 (February 2021)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; Santa Claus
Indexer Notes
Extra credits from Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #22.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["If we just wait here, gang, we're bound to see him!"]
Archie -
1.
[Johnson Smith Company]
Johnson Smith & Co. -
2.
Party Puzzle
Archie -
3.
Aid Parade
Mr. Lodge -
4.
["Unscramble the fun and discover why everyone's scrambling for new pink lemonade Bubble Yum."]
Bubble Yum -
5.
Hunch Crunch
Sabrina -
6.
["$1.80 value for $1.00!"]
-
7.
For the Present
Archie -
8.
["Dominate others with fantastic brute strength!"]
-
9.
The Poor Tycoon
Archie -
10.
["Don't you deserve the best!?"]
-
11.
["Go for the glow!"]
-
12.
One Last Gift
Archie -
13.
["100 little dolls all for $5.00"]
The 100 Doll Company -
14.
["Good morning, children!"]
Archie Club News -
15.
Blow the Man Down
Jughead -
16.
["Reward $3,000.00 for this penny!"]
Best Values Co. -
17.
The Kissing Santa
Archie -
18.
["1001 free presents!"]
-
19.
["Kool-Aid Man video game"]
-
20.
["Bump 'n Jump video game"]
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