Archie Comics Digest
#40
[Newsstand]
(February 1980)
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Barcode
- 0271000699402
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
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When You Gotta Glow
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica offers Archie some Christmas lights that her family isn't using any more, but they turn out to be more trouble then they're worth.
- Reprints
-
from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #158 (January 1969)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My uncle is visiting us!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie's uncle is a china watcher.
The Protector
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jingles; Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Trying to prove that he's not just a "delinquent brownie," Jingles tells Betty and Veronica that he will protect them from all harm.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #159 (January 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Snooze Cruise
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Jughead takes a tour of the neighborhood in a hammock without even waking up.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #228 (May 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this index.
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do you see Archie's car yet, Juggie?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Reggie, Veronica and Jughead are looking for Archie's car.
Yule Never Believe It
Archie / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie claims that nothing bad can happen to him during the Christmas season. Reggie repeatedly tries to prove him wrong by hitting him with a snowball, and repeatedly misses. But Archie's friends all start to think he's pushing his luck.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #190 (December 1971)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Archie Christmas Shopping
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #253 (February 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
Unscramble the mystery phrase to discover what the sales girl asked Archie.
[no title indexed]
Big Moose Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How did you sprain your hand, Moose?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Moose hurt his hand thinking he was bionic.
Christmas Hero
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Harvey; Cousin Ambrose; Aunt Zelda
- Synopsis
- Hilda discovers a book that gives her a reason to celebrate the Christmas holidays.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #17 (February 1974)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed on this digest.
The Santa Switch
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica believe that Santa Claus is a woman.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #204 (February 1973)
-
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mr. Weatherbee, I like to go to hospital to visit Lars!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Svenson
- Synopsis
- Svenson's brother is in the hospital.
Yuletide-Turn
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Jughead is wearing a Christmas wreath on his head, but he learns it's made of mistletoe when all the girls want to kiss him.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #153 (February 1968)
-
- Keywords
- mistletoe
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #176, no credits are listed in this digest.
Snow Fort
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Gigi; Greg; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx and Gigi build a snow fort.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #206 (December 1972)
-
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy, I feel like seeing a good movie!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead and Archie try to find a movie they haven't seen.
Fair Exchange
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Andy
- Synopsis
- Archie is buying Veronica's Christmas present but Reggie plays a practical joke on him.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #203 (December 1972)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #264, no credits listed in this digest.
Incident in a Snow Bank
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica laughs at a little girl stuck in a snowbank, but Betty and Archie think she might actually be in trouble.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #208 (April 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Sooner Than You Think!
Mr. Weatherbee / activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #63 (December 1978)
-
Indexer Notes
Unscramble the message puzzle dealing with Mr. Weatherbee's weight loss.
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I put up the sign you vanted, Mr. Weatherbee!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Svenson
- Synopsis
- Svenson hangs a sign that says "Think".
Animal Crackers
Sabrina / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Waldo Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily
- Synopsis
- Sabrina shows us what the Archie gang would be like as animals. In the animal kingdom, everyone is having fun at Christmas, until Dilton the Owl reminds them that Christmas should be more than just a "make-believe time."
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #196 (June 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Another example of a typical Christian-comics message in Hartley's stories: Dilton argues that the theory of evolution only applies to the pre-Christian world: "It used to be survival of the fittest, but the miracle of Christmas changed all that!"
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits are listed in this digest.
Canine Convert
Hot Dog / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Hot Dog; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Gaston; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- While pulling a sled full of presents for Jughead, Hot Dog learns the true meaning of Christmas.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #203 (December 1972)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #17, no credits listed in this digest.
Christmas Gifts for Archie and the Gang
Archie / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Humorous suggested gifts for Archie and his friends.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #158 (January 1969)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
[no title indexed]
Big Moose Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm trying to get a basketball team together...
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Moose tells Reggie he should get Max for his basketball team.
Dogging It
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie cheats to win a dogsled race.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #62 (May 1973)
-
- Keywords
- dogsled
The Tree
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica brings home a scrawny Christmas tree as a joke, but her father decides that he likes it better and doesn't want a nicer one.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #158 (January 1969)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Christmas
Teach-In / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Various Christmas related facts.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #203 (December 1972)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; mistletoe; pinata; yule log
Dear Santa
Li'l Jinx / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- children
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx's letter to Santa Claus.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Jinx Giant Laughout (Archie, 1971 series) #39 (February 1973)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Pop Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm hungry!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Fred is on a diet.
Card Shark
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- humor; religious; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Dilton Doily; Ethel Muggs; Sabrina Spellman; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Miss Haggly; Mr. Svenson
- Synopsis
- After hearing Dilton complain that all the store-bought, mass-produced Christmas cards are too impersonal, Sabrina uses her magic powers to give each of her friends the ability to create their own personalized Christmas cards. Thanks to Sabrina's magic, a miracle happens and we see cards that represent each character's view of Christmas.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #190 (December 1971)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas cards
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Puzzlers
Li'l Jinx / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #206 (December 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
A crossword puzzle and a color in the dots picture.
[no title indexed]
Archie Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's buggin' you, Arch?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie doesn't know what to get Veronica for Christmas.
The Greatest Gift
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie goes out in a blizzard to deliver some Christmas ribbon to Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #203 (December 1972)
-
- Keywords
- blizzard; Christmas
Indexer Notes
Pencil and Ink credits from the printing in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #53.
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Table of Contents
-
0.
["I had no idea a big drag could be so much fun!"]
Archie -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
When You Gotta Glow
Archie -
3.
["My uncle is visiting us!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
4.
The Protector
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Snooze Cruise
Jughead -
6.
["Do you see Archie's car yet, Juggie?"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
7.
Yule Never Believe It
Archie -
8.
Archie Christmas Shopping
Archie -
9.
["How did you sprain your hand, Moose?"]
Big Moose Gag Bag -
10.
Christmas Hero
Sabrina -
11.
The Santa Switch
Betty and Veronica -
12.
["Mr. Weatherbee, I like to go to hospital to visit Lars!"]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
13.
Yuletide-Turn
Jughead -
14.
Snow Fort
Li'l Jinx -
15.
["Boy, I feel like seeing a good movie!"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
16.
Fair Exchange
Archie -
17.
Incident in a Snow Bank
Betty and Veronica -
18.
Sooner Than You Think!
Mr. Weatherbee -
19.
["I put up the sign you vanted, Mr. Weatherbee!"]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
20.
Animal Crackers
Sabrina -
21.
Canine Convert
Hot Dog -
22.
Christmas Gifts for Archie and the Gang
Archie -
23.
["I'm trying to get a basketball team together..."]
Big Moose Gag Bag -
24.
Dogging It
Reggie -
25.
The Tree
Mr. Lodge -
26.
Christmas
Teach-In -
27.
Dear Santa
Li'l Jinx -
28.
["I'm hungry!"]
Archie's Pop Gag Bag -
29.
Card Shark
Archie and the Gang -
30.
Puzzlers
Li'l Jinx -
31.
["What's buggin' you, Arch?"]
Archie Gag Bag -
32.
The Greatest Gift
Archie -
33.
Archie's Christmas Card
Archie -
34.
[Laugh Comics Digest #27]
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35.
[no title indexed]
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36.
[Jughead with Archie Digest #37]
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- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
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