Archie's Holiday Fun Digest #8

(December 2003)

Here We Come A-Caroling (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Greg Crosby

Pencils

Tim Kennedy

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

The gang sing Christmas Carols around town and end up at the children's hospital.

Reprints

• in Archie's Favorite Christmas Comics (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
• in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #246 (January 2014)

Keywords

caroling; Christmas

Cheryl Blossom's Fashions (Table of Contents: 2)

Cheryl Blossom / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis

Christmas themed fashion spread.

Keywords

bells; boughs of holly; candy cane; Christmas

The Holiday Spirit (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren

Pencils

Dick Malmgren

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Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Betty has cooked Archie a meal for Christmas and Jughead crashes the party.

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #287 (February 1975)
• in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #246 (January 2014)

Keywords

Christmas; dinner; meal

Santa's Little Helper (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica writes a huge Christmas list and has a nightmare where she has to do chores.

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #287 (February 1975)

Keywords

Christmas; cleaning; dish washing; dream; gift; laundry; leotard; nightmare; present; vacuuming; wish list

Spectacular Christmas Fashions (Table of Contents: 5)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Moose Mason; Nancy Woods; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump

Synopsis

Fashion spread

Reprints

• in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #223 (December 2011)

Keywords

Christmas

One-of-a-Kind (Table of Contents: 6)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Barbara Slate

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason

Synopsis

In an effort to compete with Veronica's expensive gifts for Archie, Betty sets out to make a unique gift crafted from her own imagination that will capture Archie's heart and get her an invitation to the Christmas dance.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #46 (February 1997)

Keywords

angel; Christmas; gift; ornament; present

Root of the Problem (Table of Contents: 7)

Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Golliher

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

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Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Sabrina Spellman; Zelda Spellman; Hilda Spellman

Synopsis

Sabrina's aunts won't plan ahead for Christmas because they use their magic to do everything at the last minute. Sabrina tricks them into losing their powers so that they have to do everything like mortals.

Reprints

• from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1997 series) #10 (February 1998)

Keywords

Christmas party

Not Even a Moose (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Bill Vigoda

Inks

Terry Szenics

Colors

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Letters

Terry Szenics

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis

When Archie plays Santa for a school charity drive, Moose thinks he's really Santa Claus, and Archie takes advantage of this to let Midge sit on his lap. Reggie tries to convince Moose that if he pulls Santa's beard, he'll find it's just Archie.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Christmas; Santa Claus

'Tis the Season part 1 and 2 (Table of Contents: 9)

Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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humor; satire-parody; teen

Characters

Cheryl Blossom; Jason Blossom; Clifford Blossom; Betty Cooper; Cedric; Penelope Blossom

Synopsis

Mr. Blossom decides that Cheryl and Jason must each give something up in order to give each other a Christmas present.

Reprints

• from Cheryl Blossom (Archie, 1997 series) #9 (February 1998)

Keywords

Christmas; gift; present

Indexer Notes

A parody of "The Gift of the Magi."

Jason is watching "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" on TV.

The Dirty Dozen (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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Dan DeCarlo

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy

Synopsis

After watching a commercial, Veronica dreams that there's a special offer to take away Christmas and replace it with twelve assorted holidays of equal value.

Reprints

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #230 (February 1975)

Keywords

advertisement; Christmas; dream; holiday; nap; nightmare; tanning bed; TV commercial

Tree to Get Ready (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Bill Vigoda

Inks

Mario Acquaviva

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Mario Acquaviva

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Archie breaks the Christmas tree decorations, so the gang makes new decorations out of food. But Jughead promptly eats them.

Reprints

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #40 (January 1959)

Keywords

Christmas; ornaments

Nifty Gifty (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Nanci Tsetsekas

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie doesn't know what to get Veronica for Christmas and enlists Betty's help.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #18 (April 1990)

Keywords

cheap; Christmas; gift; present

A Caroling We Will Go part 1 and 2 (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Leroy (Veronica's cousin)

Synopsis

Betty organizes a Christmas caroling group for charity. Veronica and Reggie create a rival singing group using high tech equipment hoping to become famous.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #27 (February 1998)

Keywords

caroling; Christmas; music; singing; song

Indexer Notes

Reindeer is misspelled as "reigndeer."

References "American Idol" and "Home Depot."

Treed (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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humor; teen

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Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge; Jingles

Synopsis

After Reggie ties Archie up as a prank, Jingles appears to help Archie get revenge.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #150 (January 1968)

Keywords

Christmas; forest; snow; tree; woods; wrapping paper

Editor's Notebook (Table of Contents: 15)

Editor's Notebook / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Victor Gorelick

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In My Father's House (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

Al Hartley

Pencils

Al Hartley

Inks

Joe Sinnott

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge lectures Veronica on being grateful for their family's advantage, particularly around the holidays.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #217 (February 1974)

Keywords

Christmas

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

To All Our Super Fans...Merry Christmas

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Dilton Doiley

Synopsis

Christmas portrait of the gang. Jughead is dressed as Santa Claus.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #468 (February 1998)

Keywords

cheeseburger; Christmas; Santa