Archie Giant Series Magazine
#605
[Direct]
(January 1990)
Archie,
1954 Series
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 13 times a year: once in July and Nov., three times in Jan. and Sept., and five times in Oct.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Santa, take another peek! I'm sure I'm on that list somewhere!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Santa Claus; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
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Looking for Christmas
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Rich Margopoulos
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aaghh! This string of lights is shot!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Hubert Smithers; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie's parents are fighting over how much money Christmas is costing them. He goes to all his friends for advice.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #132 (February 1995) - in Archie's Holiday Fun Digest (Archie, 1997 series) #5 (January 2001)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #73 (December 2017)
-
- Keywords
- caroling; Christmas; money troubles
Making Brownie Points
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, men! Are we all here and ready to dig in?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Santa Claus; Jingles the Elf; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Two children steal Veronica's Christmas gifts, but Jingles finds the culprits.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #132 (February 1995)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #34 (January 2014)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
She's Makin' a List
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Kathleen Webb (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Hy Eisman (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So this is your Christmas list, huh? "One box of Divine chocolates... a diamond bracelet... leather designer handbag... silk scarf from Bon Bons... and a good wristwatch!"
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Veronica gives Archie a Christmas list but he can't afford anything on the list.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Super Comics Digest (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2012 series) #2 (2012)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #83 (December 2018)
- in The Best of Archie Christmas Comics (Archie, 2020 series) (2020)
- in Archie & Friends (Archie, 2019 series) #12 - Christmas Calamity (January 2022)
- in Archie Showcase Digest (Archie, 2020 series) #9 (September 2022)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
A No Santa Clause!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Okay! Everything is all arranged for our annual Christmas party!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Archie gets stuck being Santa for the annual Christmas party when none of the other guys volunteer.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Christmas Stocking (Archie, 1993 series) #2 (1994)
- in Archie's Holiday Fun Digest (Archie, 1997 series) #4 (January 2000)
- in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #23 (January 2017)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Santa, take another peek! I'm sure I'm on that list somewhere!"]
Archie -
1.
Looking for Christmas
Archie -
2.
Sugar Bear and Bird Brain
Sugar Bear; Post Super Golden Crisp -
3.
Making Brownie Points
Archie -
4.
She's Makin' a List
Archie -
5.
Archie's Club News
Archie Club -
6.
A No Santa Clause!
Archie
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