(January 2000)
Archie,
1997 Series
- Price
- 1.99 USD; 2.39 CAD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- once a year
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 762816468664 00411
- Editing
- Nelson Ribeiro (editor); Victor Gorelick (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
Keywords Christmas
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An Old Fashioned Christmas
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead, dressed up as Santa and his reindeer, get a flat tire on the way to the Lodges' Christmas party. They stop to use the phone at an orphaned children's home and decide to celebrate there instead.
- Reprints
-
in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #2 (January 2018)
-
- Keywords
- children; Christmas; flat tire; gift; present; reindeer; Santa Claus
Preparation Elevation
Leroy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen; children
- Characters
- Leroy
- Synopsis
- Leroy moves his welcome mat up on the roof so Santa knows to stop at his house.
- Keywords
- Christmas; ladder; roof; welcome mat
All I Want for Xmas Is... Part 1 and 2
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Jingles; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Jingles the magic Christmas elf comes to Riverdale to visit the gang. He shows the kids his new computer that keeps track of everyone's wishes. But he falls asleep while inputing wishes, and the gang get their wishes swapped.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Christmas; computer; elf; gift; present; wish list
The Gambler
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The gang imposes spending limits for their Christmas presents to each other, much to Veronica's dismay.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #606 (January 1990)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; credit card; gambling; gift; present
Fresh Idea!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie wants a fresh cut Christmas tree. They venture out into the country to a Christmas tree farm.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Christmas Stocking (Archie, 1993 series) #1 ([January] 1994)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas tree
Yule Wail
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie crashes into Mr. Weatherbee while both of them are carrying Christmas presents and ends up taking one of Mr. Weatherbee's gifts with him. He goes over to his house to return it and wrecks more havoc while trying to help Mr. Weatherbee who has a cold.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- accident; caroling; Christmas gift; cold; illness; present
On the Ball
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren (sourced)
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren (sourced)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Svenson
- Synopsis
- Reggie gets mad at Archie for telling on him when he was throwing snowballs on school grounds. He makes a giant snowball meant for Archie but it lands on Mr. Weatherbee instead.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #91 (April 1977)
-
- Keywords
- roof; snowball
Indexer Notes
No credits listed in this digest.
Hanging Hang-Up
Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Hilda Spellman
- Synopsis
- Hilda solves the problem Sabrina has with reaching the top of the Christmas tree.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #65 (February 1981)
-
- Keywords
- broom; Christmas tree
Photo Fun
Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Hilda Spellman
- Synopsis
- Sabrina and Hilda look at a photo album from past winters.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #65 (February 1981)
-
- Keywords
- snow; witch
Dis-missile
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (sourced)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (sourced)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Vincent DeCarlo (sourced)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Ms. Grundy; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- Riverdale High has a toy repair project. Betty and Veronica are handling the letters to Santa so they know who gets what toy, but they find some joke letters from Archie, Jughead and Reggie.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Christmas; gift; letters; present; toy; wish list
Indexer Notes
No credits listed in this digest.
Christmas Cheer Up!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Caryn Antoniuk
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie's dad is having a hard time getting into the Christmas spirit. Archie takes him Christmas shopping at the mall.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Christmas Stocking (Archie, 1993 series) #1 ([January] 1994)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; lights; shopping; tree
Letter Perfect
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's father
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx has finished a letter, but needs to know one thing to send it.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #141 (February 1967)
-
- Keywords
- letter to Santa; mail box; north pole
Picture Frame
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (sourced)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (sourced)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Vincent DeCarlo (sourced)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica have a fight and break up and Archie thinks he's going to save money on Christmas gifts by sending them each a picture of himself.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #20 (January 1963)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; gift; photo; picture frame; present
Indexer Notes
No credits listed in this digest.
A No Santa Clause
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Archie gets stuck being Santa for the annual Christmas party when none of the other guys volunteer.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #605 (January 1990)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas party; kiss; lap; Santa Claus
Doggone
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Kathleen Webb (sourced)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (sourced)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hot Dog; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty and Archie play frisbee in the snow. Hot Dog steals their frisbee.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #138 (March 1984) [Original story has the credits of Gladir and DeCarlo Jr.]
-
- Keywords
- frisbee; hot chocolate; snow
Indexer Notes
No credits listed in this digest.
Dance Fever
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (sourced)
- Pencils
- Henry Scarpelli (sourced)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Both Betty and Veronica want to go with Archie to the winter formal. They stay out all day snowmobiling with him, hoping to impress him. The girls both end up getting sick.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #35 (March 1989)
-
- Keywords
- cold; dance; ill; snow; snowmobile
Indexer Notes
No credits listed in this digest.
Santa Paws
Hot Dog / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- word scramble
- Keywords
- Christmas
Slide Ride
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead wants to find an easy slope to ski down.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #24 (May 1974)
-
- Keywords
- ski; slide; slope
Present Tense
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica and Archie work temporary jobs to earn money to buy Christmas presents for each other.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #40 (February 1995)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; doughnut; gift; ice cream; job; present; weight gain
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- XMAS-1D
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Sabrina Spellman
- Synopsis
- Pin up of Betty and Veronica holding up a snow globe with Archie inside. Sabrina is in the form of a stuffed toy bear on the shelf.
- Keywords
- Santa; snow globe; toy
Mr. Cool
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look at Mr. Cool!
- Feature Logo
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
- Keywords
- Christmas; gift; present; shopping
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I told you not to pick Archie as your mall Santa!"]
Archie -
1.
An Old Fashioned Christmas
Archie -
2.
Preparation Elevation
Leroy -
3.
All I Want for Xmas Is... Part 1 and 2
Archie and the Gang -
4.
The Gambler
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Fresh Idea!
Archie -
6.
Yule Wail
Archie -
7.
On the Ball
Archie -
8.
Hanging Hang-Up
Sabrina -
9.
Photo Fun
Sabrina -
10.
Dis-missile
Betty and Veronica -
11.
Christmas Cheer Up!
Archie -
12.
[no title indexed]
Editor's Notebook -
13.
Letter Perfect
Li'l Jinx -
14.
Picture Frame
Archie -
15.
A No Santa Clause
Archie -
16.
Doggone
Betty -
17.
Dance Fever
Betty and Veronica -
18.
Santa Paws
Hot Dog -
19.
Slide Ride
Jughead -
20.
Present Tense
Veronica -
21.
["XMAS-1D"]
Betty and Veronica -
22.
Mr. Cool
Archie
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