(January 2008)
Archie,
1987 Series
- Price
- 3.69 USD
- Pages
- 196
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- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 071896469509 56
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I decided to keep my holiday shopping light this year...
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Smithers; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Holiday on the High Seas
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
-
in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #22 (January 2013) - in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #84 (January 2019)
- in Archie Showcase Digest (Archie, 2020 series) #9 (September 2022)
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Smart Cookie!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Roz; Li'l Jinx; Jinx's dad
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #78 (September 1974)
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Gentlemen Prefer
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Miss Grundy; Kimberly
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica are determined to make Archie express his preference between them. Archie is just as determined to dodge the question.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #8 (February 1988)
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Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #218, writing is credited to Frank Doyle.
Hang Loose
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie get detention on the Friday before Christmas vacation for excess celebration. So Betty and Veronica try to sneak some cookies to them past Mr. Weatherbee.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #453 (December 1976)
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Veronica's in a Shopping Dilemma
Veronica / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #27 (February 1990)
-
Indexer Notes
Discover the mystery phrase.
He Who Laughs Last
Sabrina's Silly Singles / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina; Aunt Hilda
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #6 (July 1972)
-
Slipped Disc
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cousin Leroy
- Synopsis
- Veronica needs Betty's help to babysit her cousin Leroy.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #114 (August 1997)
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Fun Time
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Pop Tate puts some mistletoe over the front door of his shop.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #133 (February 1969)
-
- Keywords
- mistletoe
Moose on the Loose
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pete Perkins
- Synopsis
- When Moose and Midge split up, Betty and Veronica decide to pretend to flirt with Moose until Midge takes him back.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #71 (January 2003)
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The Spirit of Christmas
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Floyd Clayton; Hiram Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Ethel Muggs; Nancy Woods
- Synopsis
- Veronica conspires to get Betty hired at a place other than the fast food stand Archie is working at.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #96 (February 1996)
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Gullible Gift
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; auctioneer; Mr. Kelly (locksmith)
- Synopsis
- Betty bids $10 for a locked trunk at an auction, then finds out that the contents are worthless. The locksmith, however, gives her $1500 for the trunk, suggesting to Archie and Jughead that at Christmas good things happen to good people.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #593 (January 1989)
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- Keywords
- Auction; Christmas; holiday
Indexer Notes
GCD record at Archie's Super Comics Digest (2012 series) #2 credits Rudy Lapick (inks), Barry Grossman (colors), and Bill Yoshida (letters).
Book Report
Charley / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #127 (June 1981)
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School Fashion
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- fashion; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #27 (January 1998)
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Think Big
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's father
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx debates what to get her dad for a Christmas present.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #169 (January 1970)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Which Watch is Which?
Sabrina / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Harvey
- Synopsis
- Sabrina's watch is constantly causing her to be late, so Aunt Hilda suggests that she should use a "witch watch" instead.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #6 (July 1972)
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Indexer Notes
This story, an attempt to create a market for Sabrina merchandise, concludes with a pitch to readers to write in say whether they would like to see a Sabrina watch manufactured.
When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #221, writing is credited to George Gladir and inks are credited to Jon D'Agostino.
School Daze!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx Holliday; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Charley is walking to school half asleep and drops down when Jinx tells him it's Saturday.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Jinx Giant Laughout (Archie, 1971 series) #40 (May 1973)
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Happy Holidays
Little Sabrina / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
That Cute Little Witch Little Sabrina- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Little Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda
- Synopsis
- Little Sabrina goes Christmas caroling.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1985 series) #34 (January 1989)
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- Keywords
- caroling; Christmas
Getting the Spirit
Little Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Smithers the butler; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Little Veronica is inspired by a dream to be more charitable at Christmas.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #228 (December 2014), #299 (February 2022)
- in Archie Showcase Digest (Archie, 2020 series) #14
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Night Before Christmas
Little Sabrina / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Santa Claus just landed on our roof!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Little Sabrina; Hilda Spellman; Zelda Spellman
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #607 (January 1990)
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Here Comes Jingles
Little Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Feature Logo
Little Betty- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Santa Claus; Jingles the elf; Spotty
- Synopsis
- All Little Betty wants for Christmas is an Archie doll.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1985 series) #34 (January 1989)
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- Keywords
- Christmas; North Pole; Santa's workshop
For the Birds
Little Sabrina / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor ?
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor
- Inks
- Dexter Taylor
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Little Sabrina; Little Jughead Jones; Aunt Zelda; Aunt Hilda; Salem
- Synopsis
- On a cold winter day, Little Sabrina and her aunts whip up some tasty magical treats and a luxurious birdhouse for the birds outside, but Little Jughead eats all the treats himself.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #105 (April 1976)
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- Keywords
- birds; snow; winter
More Fashions with Veronica
illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #19 (February 1992)
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Indexer Notes
Fashion page
Secondhand Sitter
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Alison Flood
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Melanie
- Synopsis
- Betty is called away from her baby-sitting job, leaving Veronica in charge.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #118 (December 1997)
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Indexer Notes
Inker credit changed based on the credits printed in B&V Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #230.
Veronica's Christmas Card
Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica's Christmas card shows her posing in a Santa outfit amid doll replicas of her friends.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #180 (January 1971)
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A Very Merry Christmas
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Caramel; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty tells Ethel how much the holiday season has her jumpy and frazzled.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #34 (February 1996)
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- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas tree; mistletoe
Back Problems
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Charley's lack of studying comes back to bite him, along with a biting comment from Li'l Jinx.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #288 (April 1974)
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Fit to Be Tied
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica decides to take turns dating Archie and Reggie. Archie works so hard to spy on their date, he isn't fit for his.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #70 (May 1974)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #65.
Out of Print
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie James; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown; Alexander Cabot III; Alan Mayberry
- Synopsis
- Alexander gets a print shop for his birthday.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #302 (June 1975)
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Indexer Notes
Though Josie's last name has varied between "James" and "McCoy" depending on the writer and the era, in this story she is identified as "Josie James". In some reprintings of this story the last name is McCoy.
Cold Comfort
Josie / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Alexander Cabot III; Alexander Cabot II
- Synopsis
- During a particularly cold winter, Alex whisks the whole gang off to the Cabot family's desert resort. Josie and Pepper like being away from the cold, but there's one disadvantage: in warm weather, Melody doesn't need to cover up, and with Melody in bathing suits, no one's paying any attention to them.
- Reprints
- from Josie (Archie, 1965 series) #18 (February 1966)
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Indexer Notes
This story uses a new design for Alex's father. DeCarlo later reverted to the old design.
Gift-Rapped
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Josie and the Pussycats
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie and the Pussycats [Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Smith]; Alexandra Cabot; Alex Cabot III
- Synopsis
- Alexandra only wants designer wrapped presents under her Christmas tree.
- Reprints
- from Laugh (Archie, 1987 series) #12 (February 1989)
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- Keywords
- Christmas; gift; present; tree
New Sport
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wheeee
- 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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A Special Gift
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Separately Betty and Veronica tail Archie at a mall department store to pick up an idea of what to buy him for Christmas.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #96 (February 1996)
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Indexer Notes
The credits printed in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #206 have Writer: Frank Doyle and Inker: Rudy Lapick.
Open and Shut Case
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
Li'l Jinx- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx Holliday
- Synopsis
- Jinx refuses to let a little thing like a "Do Not Open Until X-mas" label put her curiosity in check.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #453 (December 1976)
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- Keywords
- Christmas; gift; present; x-ray
Checking Up
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Charley has a question about an upcoming test.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #38 (February 1975)
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A Couple Of Problems
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Mrs. Jones the librarian; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle (dream sequence only)
- Synopsis
- While in the library, Betty imagines herself and Archie as great literary couples such as Romeo and Juliet, Tarzan and Jane, Samson and Delilah, and Antony and Cleopatra.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #51 (July 1997)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the printed credits in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #207.
Modern Smart
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Jinx adjusts her snowman to have a more impressionist feel.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #168 (January 1970)
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Ice Pond-ering
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Jinx and Charley go ice fishing.
- Reprints
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #231 (March 2013)
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- Keywords
- ice fishing
The Knit Pickers
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica decide to knit Archie some Christmas gifts.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #382 (February 1982)
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Indexer Notes
No inker is credited in the story. The digest reprint credits Mike Esposito.
Nifty Gifty
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- 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) which is reprinted
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #121 (February 1968)
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Great Fate
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- ? [as Kennedy] (credited)
- Inks
- Ken Selig (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- All the salespeople at the mall make a big deal over Veronica when she arrives but the children make a big deal over their hero Betty.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #231 (April 2015), #292 (May 2021)
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Table of Contents
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0.
["I decided to keep my holiday shopping light this year..."]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Holiday on the High Seas
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Smart Cookie!
Li'l Jinx -
3.
Gentlemen Prefer
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Hang Loose
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Veronica's in a Shopping Dilemma
Veronica -
6.
He Who Laughs Last
Sabrina's Silly Singles -
7.
Slipped Disc
Betty and Veronica -
8.
Fun Time
Betty and Veronica -
9.
Moose on the Loose
Betty and Veronica -
10.
The Spirit of Christmas
Betty and Veronica -
11.
Gullible Gift
Betty and Veronica -
12.
Book Report
Charley -
13.
School Fashion
Betty and Veronica -
14.
Think Big
Li'l Jinx -
15.
Which Watch is Which?
Sabrina -
16.
School Daze!
Li'l Jinx -
17.
Happy Holidays
Little Sabrina -
18.
Getting the Spirit
Little Veronica -
19.
Night Before Christmas
Little Sabrina -
20.
Here Comes Jingles
Little Betty -
21.
For the Birds
Little Sabrina -
22.
More Fashions with Veronica
-
23.
Secondhand Sitter
Betty and Veronica -
24.
Veronica's Christmas Card
Veronica -
25.
A Very Merry Christmas
Betty -
26.
Back Problems
Li'l Jinx -
27.
Fit to Be Tied
Reggie -
28.
Out of Print
Josie -
29.
Cold Comfort
Josie -
30.
Gift-Rapped
Josie -
31.
New Sport
Li'l Jinx -
32.
A Special Gift
Betty and Veronica -
33.
Open and Shut Case
Li'l Jinx -
34.
Checking Up
Li'l Jinx -
35.
A Couple Of Problems
Betty -
36.
Modern Smart
Li'l Jinx -
37.
Ice Pond-ering
Li'l Jinx -
38.
The Knit Pickers
Betty and Veronica -
39.
Nifty Gifty
Betty -
40.
Great Fate
Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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