Little Archie Comics Digest Magazine #34 [Newsstand]

(January 1989)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Thanks But No Thanks (Table of Contents: 2)

Little Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor (credited)

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Dexter Taylor (credited)

Inks

Hy Eisman (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Hy Eisman (credited)

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Little Veronica

Genre

humor; children; teen

Characters

Little Veronica; Little Betty; Little Archie; Little Jughead; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Smithers; Gaston; Little Reggie; Fred Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis

Mr Lodge takes his family to Paris for Thanksgiving, but they fly home after Little Veronica misses spending Thanksgiving with her friends.

Keywords

Eiffel Tower; Paris; Thanksgiving

[Surprise Ending!] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Turkey Daze (Table of Contents: 4)

Little Ambrose [Archie Comics] / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Little Archie's Picked-On Pal Little Ambrose

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Ambrose

Synopsis

Little Ambrose raises a turkey from a chick only to be unable to kill it for Thanksgiving dinner.

Keywords

Thanksgiving; turkey

[Betty and Veronica Double Digest Subscription Offer] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

The Big Feast (Table of Contents: 6)

Little Sabrina / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor ?

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Dexter Taylor

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Dexter Taylor

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Barry Grossman

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Dexter Taylor

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That Cute Little Witch Little Sabrina

Genre

humor; children; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Little Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Zelda; Aunt Hilda; Merlin

Synopsis

Aunt Zelda doesn't really understand Thanksgiving customs.

Reprints

• from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #114 (January 1977)

Keywords

Thanksgiving; turkeys

Some Song (Table of Contents: 7)

Little Archie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Dexter Taylor

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

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Little Archie

Genre

children

Characters

Fangs Fogerty; Waldo Weatherbee; Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Professor Flutesnoot; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Fangs learns his first song on the trumpet.

Reprints

• from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #105 (April 1976)

Keywords

trumpet

Indexer Notes

Original Feature of this story was Fangs Fogarty.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

public service announcement / 2 pages (report information)

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Reading is... FUN!

Characters

Shield; The Fox; The Web; Black Hood; The Fly; Steel Sterling; Archie Andrews; Hangman; Fly Girl; The Comet; The Jaguar

The Painting (Table of Contents: 9)

Little Betty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor

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Dexter Taylor

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Dexter Taylor

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Barry Grossman

Letters

Dexter Taylor

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Little Betty

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Betty; Little Archie

Synopsis

Little Archie asks Little Betty to pose for him in her cheerleader uniform.

Reprints

• in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #147 (January 2007), #219 (February 2014)

Cake Bake (Table of Contents: 10)

Little Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Dexter Taylor

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Little Jughead

Genre

children

Characters

Little Jughead; Miss Grundy; Fangs Fogerty; Little Reggie; Little Betty; Little Veronica; Mr Weatherbee

Synopsis

Little Jughead works the school bake sale with Fangs Fogerty.

Keywords

bake sale

[Jump Back] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Trix Cereal / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Katy Keene Fan Club] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

Eager Beavers (Table of Contents: 13)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor

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Dexter Taylor

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Little Archie

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie; Little Jughead; Fred Andrews; Spotty; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Little Archie and Little Jughead try to sail their toy boats in the bathtub and flood the house.

The Music Birds (Table of Contents: 14)

Little Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor

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Dexter Taylor

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Barry Grossman

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Eat as much as you want! There's enough for everyone!

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That Cute Little Witch Little Sabrina

Genre

humor; children; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Little Sabrina; Hilda Spellman; Zelda Spellman

Synopsis

Sabrina turns herself into a bird to help a love-sick bird get back with his girlfriend.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #534 (January 1984)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Dog Gone (Table of Contents: 15)

Little Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Little Archie

Genre

children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Little Archie has a job feeding dogs.

Reprints

• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #88 (November 2004)
• in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #244 (November 2013)

Mix-Up with a Punch (Table of Contents: 16)

Little Jughead / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Jim DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

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Little Jughead

Genre

children

Characters

Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Little Jughead gives Little Betty the idea to make a meal and invite Little Archie over.

Reprints

• from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #64 (March 1971)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #16, no credits listed in this digest.

All in a Night (Table of Contents: 17)

Hot Dog Jr. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Little Jughead's Dog Hot Dog Jr.

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Hot Dog Jr; Little Jughead; Forsythe Jones

Synopsis

Hot Dog Jr sleeps thru a burglar.

[Archie's Double Digest Subscription Offer] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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

The Giant of Riverdale (Table of Contents: 19)

Little Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor

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Dexter Taylor

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Dexter Taylor ?

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Barry Grossman

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Hey! Look at that, Little Archie!

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Little Archie

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Reggie Mantle; Little Archie Andrews; Little Dilton Doiley; Little Jughead Jones; Priscilla; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Dilton creates a formula that makes him tall but his girlfriend Priscilla preferred him when he was smaller.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #534 (January 1984)

A Troubled Happening (Table of Contents: 20)

Little Reggie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Dexter Taylor

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

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Little Reggie

Genre

children

Characters

Little Jughead Jones; Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Professor Flutesnoot; Waldo Weatherbee; Little Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Little Reggie and Little Archie join the school band to be near Little Veronica.

Reprints

• from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #64 (March 1971)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #1, no credits listed in this issue.

The Big Hero (Table of Contents: 21)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor

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Dexter Taylor

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Barry Grossman

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Golly! Little Archie's team is playing Fangs Fogarty's team for the neighborhood championship!

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Little Archie

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Fangs Fogarty; Little Dilton Doiley; Little Sabrina Spellman; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis

Little Archie saves Reggie and Fangs from the river.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #534 (January 1984)

Keywords

football

More 'n' More (Table of Contents: 22)

Hot Dog Jr. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

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Little Jughead's Dog Hot Dog Jr.

Genre

children; humor

Characters

Little Jughead Jones; Little Archie Andrews; Hot Dog; Miss Beazly; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy

Synopsis

Hot Dog goes to school with Little Jughead and ends up getting food from Miss Beazly, Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy.

Reprints

• in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #16 (December 2015)

Fizz Out (Table of Contents: 23)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

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Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Gigi

Synopsis

Li'l Jinx gets her allowance and invites Gigi to get a soda. It's snowing and when they get to the soda shop they order hot chocolate instead.

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #263 (February 1973)

[Archie's Checklis] (Table of Contents: 24) (Expand) /

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

Music Maker (Table of Contents: 25)

Little Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Little Archie

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie; Little Jughead; Spotty

Synopsis

Spotty hides when Little Archie and Little Jughead play musical instruments.

A Vote Goat! (Table of Contents: 26)

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

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

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Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Gigi

Synopsis

Li'l Jinx was voted most popular girl in school.

Reprints

• from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #54 (February 1973)

A Sob Story (Table of Contents: 27)

Little Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Little Archie [skinny 'Little']

Genre

children

Characters

Little Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Jughead Jones

Synopsis

The kids have an onion peeling contest.

Reprints

• from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #64 (March 1971)

Picture That! (Table of Contents: 28)

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

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

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Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Gigi

Synopsis

Jinx has hit her finger with a hammer.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #196 (June 1972)

Ballet High (Table of Contents: 29)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Joe Edwards

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Hi, Li'l Jinx! Can you come out to play?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Gaga; Greg

Synopsis

Jinx shows Gaga the ancillary benefits of learning ballet.

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #227 (February 1970)

Seasons Greetings (Table of Contents: 30)

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

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

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Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse; Greg; Rocky; Chuck

Synopsis

Li'l Jinx wishes her friends a Merry Christmas in order to get presents from them.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #57 (January 1967)

Snow Bawl (Table of Contents: 31)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Dexter Taylor

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Dexter Taylor

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Little Archie

Genre

children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Fangs Fogarty; Professor Flutesnoot; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Unnamed Riverdale kids

Synopsis

To get it out of their system, Mr. Weatherbee allows the kids to have a snowball fight with the boys against the girls and when he joins the boys team they get a surprise when the girls unveil their secret weapon.

Reprints

• from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #104 (March 1976)

Indexer Notes

No credits given for story. Art is identified as Dexter Taylor's by his distinctive style.

[Katy Keen Subscription Offer] (Table of Contents: 32) (Expand) /

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

Don't Disturb! (Table of Contents: 33)

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

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

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Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday; Greg

Synopsis

Li'l Jinx builds a snowman in the house.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #195 (January 1972)

My Best Friend (Table of Contents: 34)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Rod Ollerenshaw

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Little Archie

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; Santa Claus (cameo)

Synopsis

Archie learns to treat Spotty better and then the two of them deliver papers with Little Archie dressed as Santa and Spotty dressed as a reindeer.

Reprints

• in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #264 (January 2016)

Keywords

Christmas

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #264, no credits listed in this digest.

[Archie Fan Club] (Table of Contents: 35) (Expand) /

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

Well, Come! (Table of Contents: 36)

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

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

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Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx

Synopsis

Jinx is concerned about Santa finding her house in the snow.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #24 (February 1973)

Happy Holidays (Table of Contents: 37)

Little Sabrina / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Dexter Taylor

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Dexter Taylor

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That Cute Little Witch Little Sabrina

Genre

children; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Little Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda

Synopsis

Little Sabrina goes Christmas caroling.

Reprints

• in Archie 1000 Page Comics Gala (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
• in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #238 (December 2015)

Keywords

caroling; Christmas

[Personalized 'Sew-On' Patches] (Table of Contents: 38) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

What Do You Get Someone Who Has Everything? (Table of Contents: 39)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

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Joe Edwards

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I'm finished buying all the Christmas gifts on my list - except one!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Charley Hawse; Mort; Greg; Li'l Jinx; Russ; Roz; Gigi

Synopsis

Li'l Jinx and her friends get Gigi a pair of ice skates for Christmas.

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #370 (February 1981)

Keywords

Christmas; snow

Cold Comfort (Table of Contents: 40)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Samm Schwartz

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Samm Schwartz

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Samm Schwartz

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Little Archie

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Little Archie and his friends build an igloo.

Reprints

• from Little Archie Giant Comics (Archie, 1957 series) #10 (Spring 1959)

Keywords

igloo

[Discount 32 Page Comic Subscriptions] (Table of Contents: 41) (Expand) /

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

Here Comes Jingles (Table of Contents: 42)

Little Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor (signed as DEXTER TAYLOR)

Pencils

Dexter Taylor (signed as DEXTER TAYLOR)

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Rod Ollerenshaw

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Little Betty

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Santa Claus; Jingles the elf; Spotty

Synopsis

All Little Betty wants for Christmas is an Archie doll.

Reprints

• in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #235 (January 2013)

Keywords

Christmas; North Pole; Santa's workshop

Health Education (Table of Contents: 43)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

PSA by The American Foundation for Aids Research.

Ding-a-Ling (Table of Contents: 44)

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

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

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Letters

Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Zzzzz

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday

Synopsis

Jinx wakes up her dad on New Year's Eve

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #195 (January 1972)

[Subscribe and save $1.75] (Table of Contents: 45) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

[Cocoa Pebbles BMX Bike Race] (Table of Contents: 47) (Expand) /

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