(December 2003)
Archie,
1997 Series
- Price
- 2.39 USD; 2.89 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
- 071896468663 08
- Editing
- Nelson Ribeiro; Victor Gorelick
Here We Come A-Caroling
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
Cheryl Blossom's Fashions
Cheryl Blossom / illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom
- Synopsis
- Christmas themed fashion spread.
- Keywords
- bells; boughs of holly; candy cane; Christmas
The Holiday Spirit
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- 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)
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- Keywords
- Christmas; dinner; meal
Santa's Little Helper
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- 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)
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- Keywords
- Christmas; cleaning; dish washing; dream; gift; laundry; leotard; nightmare; present; vacuuming; wish list
Spectacular Christmas Fashions
illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Moose Mason; Nancy Woods; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Fashion spread
- Reprints
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #223 (December 2011)
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- Keywords
- Christmas
One-of-a-Kind
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- 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)
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- Keywords
- angel; Christmas; gift; ornament; present
Root of the Problem
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- 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)
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- Keywords
- Christmas party
Not Even a Moose
Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- 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)
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- Keywords
- Christmas; Santa Claus
'Tis the Season part 1 and 2
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- 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)
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- 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
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- 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)
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- Keywords
- advertisement; Christmas; dream; holiday; nap; nightmare; tanning bed; TV commercial
Tree to Get Ready
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- 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)
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- Keywords
- Christmas; ornaments
Nifty Gifty
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- 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)
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- Keywords
- cheap; Christmas; gift; present
A Caroling We Will Go part 1 and 2
Archie & Friends / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- 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)
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- Keywords
- caroling; Christmas; music; singing; song
Indexer Notes
Reindeer is misspelled as "reigndeer."
References "American Idol" and "Home Depot."
Treed
Archie / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- 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)
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- Keywords
- Christmas; forest; snow; tree; woods; wrapping paper
In My Father's House
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- 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)
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- Keywords
- Christmas
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- 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)
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- Keywords
- cheeseburger; Christmas; Santa
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Our new Santa isn't attracting many kids! But we're sure getting a lot of teen boys!"]
Archie -
1.
Here We Come A-Caroling
Archie -
2.
Cheryl Blossom's Fashions
Cheryl Blossom -
3.
The Holiday Spirit
Archie -
4.
Santa's Little Helper
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Spectacular Christmas Fashions
-
6.
One-of-a-Kind
Betty -
7.
Root of the Problem
Sabrina -
8.
Not Even a Moose
Archie -
9.
'Tis the Season part 1 and 2
Cheryl Blossom -
10.
The Dirty Dozen
Betty and Veronica -
11.
Tree to Get Ready
Archie -
12.
Nifty Gifty
Archie -
13.
A Caroling We Will Go part 1 and 2
Archie & Friends -
14.
Treed
Archie -
15.
Editor's Notebook
Editor's Notebook -
16.
In My Father's House
Betty and Veronica -
17.
["To All Our Super Fans...Merry Christmas"]
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Peter Croome
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Kristin Kavanagh
- Katy Hayhurst
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