(February 1986)
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- 1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly in Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct., and Dec.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 0271000699476
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "Archie Comics Digest Magazine."
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, Archie, here's your gift from me to you!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Keywords
- Christmas tree
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Archie Giant Series Magazine #3
Yule Love It
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joe Edwards
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman; Lisa Goldwater
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate; Mr. Weatherbee; Prof. Flutesnoot; Miss Grundy; Mr. Svenson; Miss Haggly
- Synopsis
- Archie promises Mr. Weatherbee that the Archies will perform for the faculty Christmas party.
- Reprints
-
in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #23 (February 1991)
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New Sport
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Russ; Greg
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx comes up with a new sport.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #181 (January 1971)
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Cheap But Classy
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; 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)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #278, no credits listed in this digest.
Dipsy Doodles
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Artist Jughead is freezing cold, so he paints a fireplace.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #41 (July 1959)
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Quick Change Artist
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Floyd Clayton
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead horse around in the snow on the way to school, and arrive with their clothes soaking wet.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #262 (June 1977)
-
Snow How
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse; Greg
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx is excited to ski until she sees her friends on crutches.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #219 (December 1973)
-
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica's Pin Up / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Reggie is skating on thin ice, and so is Archie!
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #217 (February 1974)
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Tie Score
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle ?
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee requires the male students to wear jackets and ties for class picture day, so Jughead, perhaps as a form of protest, spends the day getting his tie caught in things to demonstrate how deadly they are.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #302 (July 1980)
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Season's Greetings
Moose / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Reggie kisses Midge in front of Moose claiming that it's in the Christmas spirit but Moose gets even with his present to Reggie.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #454 (January 1977)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; mistletoe
Indexer Notes
Frank Doyle and Dan Decarlo, Jr. are credited in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #76.
Eye See!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx makes the Christmas tree lights blink with her eyes.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #467 (January 1978)
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Christmas Gifts We'd Like to Give
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Hot Dog; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Christmas gifts that Betty and Veronica would like give to their family and friends.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #466 (January 1978)
-
The American Way
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie has trouble getting his car to start after leaving it out on a cold winter night, so he and Jughead come up with a way to keep it warm.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #291 (April 1980)
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Small Change
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Cousin Ambrose; Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Santa Claus; Santa's helper (unnamed)
- Synopsis
- When one of Santa's helpers shows up to check on Sabrina, Ambrose tries to 'zap' him to normal size.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #467 (January 1978)
-
A Drop In
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx visualizes Santa coming.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #179 (January 1971)
-
Memory Lane Refrain
Sabrina / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina; Aunt Hilda
- Synopsis
- Santa Claus's money pot reminds Hilda of a witch's brew.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #467 (January 1978)
-
The Christmas Caper
Archie / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Uriah Scourge
- Synopsis
- It's the holiday season, and Archie is working at Uriah Scourge's jewelry store to earn some extra money. Archie's boss bears a striking resemblance to Mr. Scrooge from A Christmas Carol. He won't let Archie have time off, and is a skinflint - even donning an old ratty sweater so he can get a free meal at the local rescue mission. When he returns, he chases carolers away from his store. As Archie and his boss are closing up shop for the night, an un-named man walks into the store, flashes a gun and demands money.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #478 (January 1979), #478 (January 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
This is a two-part story, but it is uninterrupted and continuously numbered.
Wise Surmise
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Why do some martial artists wear black belts and others wear brown belts?
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #34 (July 1973)
-
Cool Rule
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy explains to Jughead why he needs to turn in his composition.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #34 (July 1973)
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Cold Facts
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Russ; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Russ tries to explain to Jinx that no two snowflakes are the same.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #219 (December 1973)
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Cover Up
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Veronica goes to great pains to make fun of the mohair vest Jughead is wearing. So Jughead exacts a little revenge.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #286 (March 1979)
-
Dandy Dude
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- The gang show off their new ski fashions.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #110 (March 1967)
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The Worry Wart
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Jughead worried unnecessarily about the history exam.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #34 (July 1973)
-
Season in the Snow
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina; Cousin Ambrose; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Sabrina keeps finding herself covered in snow.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #467 (January 1978)
-
[no title indexed]
Veronica Pin Up Page / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica and Archie talk skiing while skiing.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #100 (April 1964)
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From the Heart
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- 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)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #278, no credits listed in this digest.
Rap Session
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica is annoyed by Jughead's incessant drumming.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #291 (April 1980)
-
Cold Strike
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats; Coach Clayton; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Coach Kleats and Coach Clayton discover that Jughead is a great pitcher-of snowballs.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #285 (February 1979)
-
The Long and Short of It
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx ponders department store lines at Christmas.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #466 (January 1978)
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The Bee and the Bird
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee wins a turkey in a holiday raffle. Then he finds out it's a live turkey.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #217 (February 1974)
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It's a Wrap
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie doesn't want to wear a scarf that his mother made for him, but is compelled by his father to do so.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #293 (June 1980)
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Yule Yochs
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Three two-panel gags. First gag - Betty believes that it's better to give than to receive, so she gives Archie a gift certificate good for a dozen kisses from her. Second gag - Veronica is out shopping and says she wants to get something for Archie, so Betty asks how much she wants for him. Third gag - Veronica admires her bowling ball-shaped gift, saying that she's always wanted a bowling ball. Betty whispers to Jughead that she thinks she used too much wrapping paper on the golf ball.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #477 (December 1978)
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The Outsiders
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley
- 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
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #278, no credits listed in this digest.
Snow Go Go
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx makes sure Santa Claus can find her house.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #121 (February 1968)
-
Super Santa
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie destroys Archie's snowman.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #464 (December 1977)
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Indexer Notes
In Archie Comics Digest (1973 series) #76, Archie is featured instead of Archie's Christmas Stocking.
Nifty Gifty
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty gives Archie a suggestion box for Christmas, complete with a suggestion in it.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #217 (February 1974)
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Christmas Spirit!
Mr. Svenson / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Svenson; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Miss Haggly; Coach Kleats; Professor Flutesnoot; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Mr. Svenson is sad because he has no one to spend Christmas with, but the word gets around the school and he ends up getting too many invites.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Oh, Archie, here's your gift from me to you!"]
Archie -
1.
Yule Love It
Archie -
2.
New Sport
Li'l Jinx -
3.
Cheap But Classy
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Dipsy Doodles
Jughead -
5.
Quick Change Artist
Archie -
6.
Snow How
Li'l Jinx -
7.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica's Pin Up -
8.
Tie Score
Jughead -
9.
Season's Greetings
Moose -
10.
Eye See!
Li'l Jinx -
11.
Christmas Gifts We'd Like to Give
Betty and Veronica -
12.
The American Way
Archie -
13.
Small Change
Sabrina -
14.
A Drop In
Li'l Jinx -
15.
Memory Lane Refrain
Sabrina -
16.
The Christmas Caper
Archie -
17.
Wise Surmise
Jughead -
18.
Cool Rule
Jughead -
19.
Cold Facts
Li'l Jinx -
20.
Cover Up
Jughead -
21.
Dandy Dude
Archie -
22.
The Worry Wart
Jughead -
23.
Season in the Snow
Sabrina -
24.
[no title indexed]
Veronica Pin Up Page -
25.
From the Heart
Betty and Veronica -
26.
Rap Session
Archie -
27.
Cold Strike
Jughead -
28.
The Long and Short of It
Li'l Jinx -
29.
The Bee and the Bird
Betty and Veronica -
30.
It's a Wrap
Archie -
31.
Yule Yochs
Betty and Veronica -
32.
The Outsiders
Betty and Veronica -
33.
Snow Go Go
Li'l Jinx -
34.
Super Santa
Archie -
35.
Nifty Gifty
Betty -
36.
Christmas Spirit!
Mr. Svenson
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- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Scott Marshall
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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