The Best of Archie Christmas Comics

(2020)

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

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The Best of Archie Christmas Comics

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

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Featuring the talents of:

Characters

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

Indexer Notes

Includes indicia at bottom of first page.

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foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

Dan Parent

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The holidays come to Riverdale!

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

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credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bob White (signed as Bob White)

Inks

Bob White (signed as Bob White)

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The Best of Archie Christmas Comics: the 1950s-1960s.

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee

Holiday Horror (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Bob White (credited)

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What's wrong with your dad, Ronnie?... He get coal in his Christmas stocking?

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge is given a crystal Christmas present that he hates, so Archie tries to "accidently" break it for him.

Reprints

• from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #98 (February 1959)

Keywords

black eyes; Christmas; Christmas tree; mail carrier; present; sculpture; ski poles

Package Deal (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Vigoda (credited) (signed as bill vigoda)

Inks

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Letters

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Hi, Lambie Pie!

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie goes shopping with Veronica and has to carry all of her Christmas packages.

Reprints

• from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #98 (February 1959)

Keywords

Christmas; doll carriage; presents

Light Humor (Table of Contents: 8)

Moose / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Vigoda (credited) (signed as bill vigoda)

Inks

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Letters

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Hi, Moosie! Working on your Xmas gift list?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Moose Mason

Synopsis

Moose can't decide on a Christmas present for Archie.

Reprints

• from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #98 (February 1959)

Keywords

Christmas; presents

Pin Problem (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Vigoda (credited) (signed as bill vigoda)

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$13.40 in cash plus $3.65 left over from my Saturday night "date fund", plus 70¢ in pennies---

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie agonizes over the cost of a Christmas present for his mother.

Reprints

• from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #98 (February 1959)

Keywords

Christmas; Christmas tree; diamond pin; jewelry; present

Out on a Limb! (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Bill Vigoda (credited)

Inks

Bill Vigoda (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Perfect! Just the right seasonal touch for in front of the school! So much more tasteful than having all eight reindeer!

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis

Archie helps put up Christmas decorations for Mr. Weatherbee at the school but accidentally breaks the metal deer he is supposed to put in the schoolyard.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #10 (January 1961)

Keywords

Christmas

Beyond Belief (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Vigoda (credited)

Inks

Bill Vigoda (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Terry Szenics (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is the place!

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Clyde Levine

Synopsis

Veronica wants Archie to play Santa Claus so he tries to get his Santa suit altered.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #10 (January 1961)

Keywords

Christmas

Picture Frame (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Vincent DeCarlo (credited as Vince DeCarlo)

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I never want to see you again! I never want to speak to you again! I never want to hear of you again!

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Archie gets Betty and Veronica to frame pictures of himself but delivers one to Veronica's house that has Betty's name on it.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #20 (January 1963)

Just Be Claus (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Say, Moose! Big Moose! We want to talk to you!

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason

Synopsis

Thanks to one too many hits in the head during football practice, Moose is suffering from intermittent memory loss. When Moose temporarily forgets who Midge is, Reggie tries to make time with her while Moose is busy playing Santa Claus .

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #31 (January 1965)

Keywords

Christmas; Santa Claus

Santa Mantle (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There he goes! This is it! He's on his way to buy Veronica's Christmas gift!

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Reggie is determined to buy Veronica a more expensive version of everything Archie gets for her.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #31 (January 1965)

Keywords

Christmas

Engage the Enemy (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Vincent DeCarlo (credited as Vince DeCarlo)

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Why, Archiekins, you sly old rascal! What are you doing?

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Veronica goes on the war path when she mistakenly assumes Archie is giving Betty an engagement ring for Christmas.

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #202 (February 1967)

Christmas Present? (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Samm Schwartz (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

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Jingle bells, jingle bells jingle all the way!

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Ethel Muggs; Mr. Murry

Synopsis

The boys don't want to sing the same old Christmas carols with the girls, so they go off on their own, but the people of Riverdale don't respond well to their modern lyrics.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #158 (January 1969)

Keywords

Christmas; Christmas carols

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The Best of Archie Christmas Comics: the 1970s-1980s.

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

The Yule Fool (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Harry Lucey (credited)

Inks

Marty Epp (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

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Real!... It's got to be the real thing! The tradition goes back hundreds of years! It's no time for nonsense!

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Archie wants to cut down a real tree for Christmas, while Reggie and Veronica prefer the greater convenience of store-bought artificial trees.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #197 (February 1970)

Price Control (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Harry Lucey (credited)

Inks

Harry Lucey (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Archie! This is beautiful! You made it yourself?

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie makes a hand-made pendant for Jughead for Christmas and it's such a hit that everybody wants one.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #240 (December 1975)

Keywords

Christmas gift; coin; jewelry store; pendent; present

Shopworn (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

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"Tippany's"? You're out of your tree, Arch! You can't even afford to breathe the air in this place!

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Mrs. Gotrocks

Synopsis

Archie pretends to be rich while shopping at a jewelry store for Veronica's Christmas present.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #240 (December 1975)

Keywords

Christmas shopping; gift; jewelry; present

Indexer Notes

Spoofs Tiffany's jewelry store as "Tippany's".

A Bird in the Hand (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie's Christmas Stocking / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (sourced)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh! Oh! Omigosh! Wow! Eeyahoo! Oh man! It boggles the mind!

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Archie's Christmas Stocking

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Archie wants to get Veronica something unique for Christmas - a partridge in a pear tree.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #452 (December 1976)

Indexer Notes

This reprint incorrectly identifies the source as Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #242. The correct source is Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #452.

Give Till It Hurts (Table of Contents: 22)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited as Jimmy DeCarlo)

Colors

Barry Grossman (sourced)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's my own Christmas tradition! Every year Betty helps me -- and one boy of my choice!

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Betty and Veronica

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Iron Man Ironski

Synopsis

Feigning a back injury, Reggie watches Betty and Veronica put up the Lodge Christmas tree. So Veronica gets him a "special" gift in return.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #453 (December 1976)

Keywords

Christmas; Christmas tree

The Quack (Table of Contents: 23)

Archie's Christmas Stocking / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Betty, I brought a duck for our Christmas dinner!

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Archie's Christmas Stocking

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper; Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Oswald (first appearance; a duck)

Synopsis

Archie brings home a live duck for Christmas dinner.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #464 (December 1977)

Keywords

Christmas; duck

Cheap But Classy (Table of Contents: 24)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We're agreed, then? Nothing over five dollars for Archie this year!

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Betty and Veronica

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica agree to not spend more than five dollars on a gift for Archie, but they both find that to be more difficult than it sounds.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #465 (December 1977)

Number One (Table of Contents: 25)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh, wow! What an honor! You and me, selected to do this year's ice sculpture for the Christmas pageant!

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Betty and Veronica

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Geraldine Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica get chosen to make an ice sculpture for the school.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #465 (December 1977)

The Outsiders (Table of Contents: 26)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Not just a Christmas party, Betty, but a costume Christmas party!! Won't that be wonderful?

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Betty and Veronica

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle (cameo); Moose Mason

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica decide to throw a Christmas costume party, but wait until the last minute to get their costumes.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #465 (December 1977)

Keywords

Christmas party; costume party

Note-Worthy (Table of Contents: 27)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What do you think of it? It's Ronnie's Christmas present! A box of beautiful stationery!

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Olga; Sam

Synopsis

Archie buys Veronica a stationary set and writes romantic things on several pages throughout the pack.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #476 (December 1978)

Two for Tree (Table of Contents: 28)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey! That was some snow, wasn't it?

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Tony

Synopsis

Because of a snowstorm, Archie and Jughead go on skis to get a Christmas tree for Veronica.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #476 (December 1978)

Keywords

Christmas tree

From the Heart (Table of Contents: 29)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Do you know what it is, Daddy? It's just terribly, terribly unfair!

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Betty and Veronica

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; un-named "La Snobbe Shoppe" owner

Synopsis

Veronica and her dad discuss how Archie always likes Betty's (cheaper) gifts better than Veronica's gift. Veronica is unable to bring herself to buy anything in Betty's price range, and promptly buys a diamond-studded platinum knife ("for spreading caviar") at La Snobbe Shoppe. Veronica then stops by Betty's and convinces her to switch gifts, so she ends up giving Archie the more expensive gift.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #477 (December 1978)

Keywords

Christmas

Pursuit of Pleasure (Table of Contents: 30)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited as Jimmy DeCarlo)

Colors

Barry Grossman (sourced)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tragedy? What tragedy?

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Betty and Veronica Christmas Spectacular

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Nick Brown

Synopsis

Through a charity she's working with, Veronica gets a letter to Santa from a poor child who neglects to put his address on the envelope. Using Betty's deductive skills, the girls track the child's mother down and provide the child with a merry Christmas.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #513 (December 1981)

Keywords

Christmas

The Man in the Red Suit (Table of Contents: 31)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (sourced)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (sourced)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Betty, what say we celebrate Christmas by making a Santa Claus snowman?

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Betty and Veronica Christmas Spectacular

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Martha

Synopsis

Veronica gets the urge to sculpt a Santa statue out of snow and thinks nothing of using a gallon of food coloring to achieve the proper effect.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #513 (December 1981)

Christmas Scents (Table of Contents: 32)

Archie's Christmas Stocking / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Archie, I've brought in this old aluminum Christmas tree! Would you mind assembling it in the hall?

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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

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #524 (January 1983)

Keywords

Christmas; Christmas tree

Plain Red Wrapper (Table of Contents: 33)

Archie's Christmas Stocking / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited as Jimmy DeCarlo)

Colors

Barry Grossman (sourced)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

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!

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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

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #524 (January 1983)

Keywords

Christmas

Lip Service (Table of Contents: 34)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (sourced)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ronnie and her family always decorate their place so beautifully at Christmas!

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Betty and Veronica

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Smithers

Synopsis

Veronica uses mistletoe to kiss Archie at different places in her house.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #525 (January 1983)

Keywords

Christmas; kiss; mistletoe; umbrella

The Rise and Fall (Table of Contents: 35)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited as Jimmy De Carlo)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Okay! We're all agreed, then! We'll all attend the big party at the community center!

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Betty and Veronica

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Gaston; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Smithers

Synopsis

Gaston bakes a giant Christmas cake for the community center that doesn't fit through the door.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #525 (January 1983)

Keywords

baking; cake; Christmas

The Scary Season (Table of Contents: 36)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited as Jimmy De Carlo)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, dear, are you bubbling over, as you usually are at this time of year?

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Betty and Veronica

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Betty's gloom around the holidays is spreading to her friends.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #525 (January 1983)

Keywords

Christmas; sad

Party Puzzle (Table of Contents: 37)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (sourced)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey! It's our Christmas tree! Our Christmas tree!

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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

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #535 (January 1984)

Keywords

Christmas

Happy Holidays (Table of Contents: 38)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tsk! Will you look at that poor kid? He's scrounging through trash cans!

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Betty and Veronica

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica help the down on their luck Holiday family.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #536 (January 1984)

Keywords

Christmas

Haven of the Heart (Table of Contents: 39)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

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Must you go out in this, Betty? The storm is getting pretty heavy!

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Betty and Veronica

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Alice Cooper; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Betty rescues a puppy from the blizzard.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #536 (January 1984)

Merry Mayhem (Table of Contents: 40)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited as Jimmy De Carlo)

Colors

Barry Grossman (sourced)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

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Well, do you think we have everything?

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Betty and Veronica

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica drop their packages and leave them behind after getting attacked by boys throwing snowballs. The boys deliver the packages to the house after seeing an address on one of them.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #536 (January 1984)

Keywords

Christmas; snowballs

The Surprised Party (Table of Contents: 41)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

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Sigh! Christmas is a great time of year - but not for everyone!

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Betty and Veronica

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Dilton tells Betty and Veronica it's not easy for people who have their birthday three days before Christmas. They decide to throw him a surprise party to cheer him up.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #536 (January 1984)

Aloha Santa (Table of Contents: 42)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (sourced)

Letters

Bill Yoshida ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What in the ever-loving, blue-eyed world is that?

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Smithers

Synopsis

Veronica throws a Hawaiian style Christmas party at her house.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #546 (January 1985)

Keywords

Christmas; luau

The Outsider (Table of Contents: 43)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Samm Schwartz (credited)

Inks

Samm Schwartz (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (sourced)

Letters

Samm Schwartz (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh, boy! A party!

Genre

humor; animal; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Hot Dog; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Santa Claus

Synopsis

Nobody appreciates Hot Dog unwrapping the Christmas presents or singing along to the music.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #546 (January 1985)

Keywords

Christmas

The Little Darlings (Table of Contents: 44)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited as Jimmy De Carlo)

Colors

Barry Grossman (sourced)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Cora, Betty Cooper will be working with us in the toy department for the holiday season!

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Betty and Veronica

Genre

humor; children; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Geraldine Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Cora; Emmylou Baxter; Tommy Baxter; Jimmy Baxter; Mrs. Baxter

Synopsis

Veronica fills in for Santa Claus at her father's department store and then Betty plays Santa at the Christmas party for the orphanage.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #547 (January 1985)

Festive Foul Up (Table of Contents: 45)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Archie, my boy, it's the Christmas season! Don't you think this old school of ours ought to have a more festive air?

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee gives Archie some money for decorations for the school's hallways.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #567 (January 1987)

Keywords

Christmas decorations; mistletoe; wreath

The Silent Giver (Table of Contents: 46)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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That tears it!! That just ruins my whole day!!

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mrs. Hanley

Synopsis

When the gang thinks Jughead is nothing but a scrooge during the holidays, Archie comes to his best friend's defense. Archie helps Jughead bring in some groceries and chop some wood for a lonely elderly woman.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #567 (January 1987)

Keywords

Christmas

Holiday Havoc! (Table of Contents: 47)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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"Methinks the day is shot," said he mournfully, gazing through his snow-encrusted window...

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Gaston; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Smithers

Synopsis

Archie comes over to the Lodge home to help Veronica wrap presents, but manages to tick off everyone in the house instead.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #567 (January 1987)

Keywords

Christmas; clumsy; gift

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 48)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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The Best of Archie Christmas Comics: the 1990s-2000s.

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

She's Makin' a List (Table of Contents: 49)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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!"

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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

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #605 (January 1990)

Keywords

Christmas

Ho-Ho-Humm (Table of Contents: 50)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Harold Smith (credited as Hal Smith)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Ho! Ho! Ho! What do you want for Christmas, little boy?

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Harold; Mr. Smithers

Synopsis

Archie plays Santa Claus at a department store for extra cash for the Christmas party.

Reprints

• from Archie's Holiday Fun Digest (Archie, 1997 series) #1 (February 1997)

Keywords

Christmas; kiss; Santa

Mr. Cool (Table of Contents: 51)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look at Mr. Cool!

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Archie is smug having bought Veronica and Betty's Christmas presents months ago. But they already have them and he has to buy new presents.

Reprints

• from Archie's Holiday Fun Digest (Archie, 1997 series) #4 (January 2000)

Keywords

Christmas; gift; present; shopping

Stocking Stuffers (Table of Contents: 52)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

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Looking at those stockings Pop hung up reminds me of when I was a kid!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate

Synopsis

While at Pop's, the gang remembers some of their favorite stocking stuffers.

Reprints

• from Archie's Holiday Fun Digest (Archie, 1997 series) #11 (December 2006)

Keywords

Christmas

All Aboard! (Table of Contents: 53)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Bill Galvan (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Glenn Whitmore (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wow! You guys have outdone yourselves again this year! Your village is stupendous!

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Smithers

Synopsis

Archie tries to find a toy train to complete his father's Christmas village.

Reprints

• from World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #73 (December 2017)

Keywords

Christmas; toy train

Wreath Wrath! (Table of Contents: 54)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Angelo De Cesare (credited as Angelo DeCesare)

Pencils

Pat Kennedy (credited); Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Glenn Whitmore (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Stop!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Vegas; Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis

Archie finds and repairs a giant inflatable Santa in an effort to get Mr. Weatherbee in the Christmas spirit.

Reprints

• from World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #84 (January 2019)

Keywords

Christmas spirit; Santa Claus

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

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The Best of Archie Christmas Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)