Archie 80 Years of Christmas

(2021)

That Elf is Shelved! (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

Glenn Whitmore (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Feature Logo

Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews; Jingles; Sugarplum; Freddy; Valerie

Synopsis

Jingles trades places with Freddy, the 'Elf on a Shelf' in the Andrews house.

Reprints

• from Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #315 (January 2021)

Keywords

Christmas

You're Baking Me Crazy!! (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Glenn Whitmore (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Feature Logo

Betty and Veronica

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Simon Fondat; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Veronica tries to make a gingerbread house.

Reprints

• from Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #289 (January 2021)

Keywords

gingerbread house

Blast from the Past (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Glenn Whitmore (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Feature Logo

Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Pop Tate; Smithers

Synopsis

Archie and his friends recall how they each made a Christmas ornament for Pop Tate.

Reprints

• from World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #104 (December 2020)

Yule Tube (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Angelo De Cesare (credited as Angelo DeCesare)

Pencils

Pat Kennedy (credited); Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Glenn Whitmore (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Archie makes a video of Fred playing Santa Claus.

Reprints

• from Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #304 (January 2020)

It's the Thoughtlessness That Counts (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Francis Bonnet (credited)

Pencils

Bill Galvan (credited)

Inks

Ben Galvan (credited)

Colors

Glenn Whitmore (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Feature Logo

Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Vegas; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie gets the girls Christmas presents mixed up.

Reprints

• from World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #94 (January 2020)

Keywords

Christmas

Santa Sleighed (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

Glenn Whitmore (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Kevin Keller; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Santa Claus

Synopsis

Santa crashes on the Lodge mansion rooftop.

Reprints

• from Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #12 (December 2018)

Keywords

Christmas

Snow Problem! (Table of Contents: 7)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

J. Torres (credited)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

Digikore Studios (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Little Archie offers to help Little Betty and Little Veronica build a snowman, but they decline his offer because they thinks he's a klutz.

Reprints

• from Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #257 (February 2015)

An Old School Yule (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Hal Lifson (credited)

Pencils

Bill Galvan (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Phil Felix (credited)

Editing

Victor Gorelick (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis

Archie and the gang decide to do an old school Christmas and also throw a party to help the less fortunate.

Reprints

• from Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #223 (December 2011)

Keywords

Christmas

Christmas Cookies (Table of Contents: 9)

Little Jughead / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Miss Beazly; Dilton Doiley; Fangs Fogerty; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Jingles the Elf; Santa Claus

Synopsis

Jughead makes a batch of cookies that magically give everybody a dose of the Christmas spirit.

Reprints

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #148 (February 2004)

Keywords

Christmas; Santa's workshop

Jingles All the Way (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Vickie Williams ?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Hot Dog; Jingles; Mrs. Claus

Synopsis

Jingles is disappointed that he can't bring Christmas cheer to his friends in Riverdale. Instead he brings cheer to Mrs. Claus, who's always alone on Christmas Eve.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #543 (February 2004)

Keywords

Christmas; elf; holiday; North Pole

Indexer Notes

GCD record at Archie Double Digest # 245 credits Script Kathleen Webb; Pencils Stan Goldberg; Inks Jim Amash; Colors Barry Grossman; Letters Vickie Williams.

Holiday Style (Table of Contents: 11)

Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Dan Parent (credited)

Colors

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #39 (January 2000)

Keywords

candy cane

A Dreamy Teen Christmas (Table of Contents: 12)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica get to do their favorite thing - shop; but this time for Christmas donations for Riverdale's Festival of Trees.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #156 (February 2001)

Indexer Notes

Part 1, pages 1-5; Part 2, pages 6-11.

Holi-daze (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Holly Golightly (credited as Holly G!)

Pencils

Holly Golightly (credited as Holly G!)

Inks

John Lowe (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Cheryl Blossom; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Jason Blossom; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Clifford Blossom; Penelope Blossom; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Cheryl, Veronica, and Betty are all having competing Christmas parties on the same night.

Reprints

• from Cheryl Blossom (Archie, 1997 series) #28 (January 2000)

Keywords

blackout; caroling; Christmas party; hair salon; robot; sing; song; swan

Indexer Notes

Cheryl's hair and outfit idea from: Jessica Longs (Colorado Springs, CO).

Two-part story.

Mall Be Home for Christmas Part One (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Ethel Muggs; mall manager; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica is Christmas shopping at the mall. The rest of the gang have mall jobs to pay for Christmas presents. It starts snowing and the gang are trapped in the mall.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #13 (February 1995)

Keywords

blizzard; Christmas Eve; shopping

Mall Be Home for Christmas Part Two (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

mall manager; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs; Ethel's parents (cameo); Dilton Doiley; Dilton's parents (cameo); Veronica Lodge; Polly Cooper (cameo); Hal Cooper (cameo); Alice Cooper (cameo); Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews (cameo); Mary Andrews (cameo); Reggie's parents (cameo); Hiram Lodge (cameo); Hermione Lodge (cameo); Jughead's parents (cameo); Jellybean Jones (cameo)

Synopsis

The gang is snowed in due to a blizzard and spends Christmas Eve night in a mall.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #13 (February 1995)

Keywords

blizzard; Christmas tree; mall

A Jingle for Justice (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Alison Flood (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jingles; Santa Claus; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge

Synopsis

Jingles comes back to Riverdale to bring Christmas joy. Mr. Lodge's financial advisor is out to take all his money. But Jingles will fix that.

Reprints

• from Archie's Christmas Stocking (Archie, 1993 series) #1 ([January] 1994)

Keywords

Christmas; money; North Pole; punching bag

Shine a Little Light (Table of Contents: 17)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling (credited)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Uh-oh! Southe-side serpents approachin'!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie; Sue Stringly; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Sue Stringly shows Little Archie her perfect Christmas tree.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #607 (January 1990)

Keywords

Christmas; Christmas tree

Archie's Christmas Photo Album (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews

Synopsis

humorous Christmas photos

Reprints

• from Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #54 (February 1988)

Keywords

Christmas

Christmas Past, Present and Future (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Script

Joe Edwards (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Smithers; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica mistakenly believes that her father has gone broke and is selling their mansion, which leads her to reminisce with Betty about past Christmases.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #580 (January 1988)

Keywords

Christmas

Goof Spoof (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie and Me / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Chic Stone (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Svenson; Boots Springsong; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie believes the school Christmas party will be cancelled on account of a snow storm so he helps Mr. Weatherbee get the school plowed and shoveled, only he gets the day of the party mixed up.

Reprints

• from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #161 (February 1987)

Indexer Notes

The character, Boot Springsong is an homage to Bruce Springsteen.

With a Little Help from His Friends (Table of Contents: 21)

Sabrina Christmas Magic / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Jon D'Agostino

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Every Christmas Eve it's the same old story!

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Sabrina Spellman; Hilda Spellman; Zelda Spellman

Synopsis

Hilda and Zelda help Santa deliver presents without him knowing about their help.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #515 (January 1982)

Christmas List (Table of Contents: 22)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited as Bill Y.)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead go to the woods to cut and bring back a yule log.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #512 (December 1981)

Keywords

Christmas; fireplace; log; wood

The Christmas Ducks, or "Yule Quack Up Over This" (Table of Contents: 23)

Little Veronica / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling (credited)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

Bob Bolling (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bob Bolling (credited)

Genre

adventure; humor; children; teen

Characters

Little Veronica Lodge; Sue Stringly; Geraldine Grundy; Peggy Clark; Pop Feebly

Synopsis

When the children are asked to write about the one thing they want for Christmas, Sue Stringly writes that all she wants is a light on the old water tower. She explains to Veronica that ducks keep flying into the water tower and getting hurt, and that she's been tending to the injuries of the fallen ducks. When another duck goes down while Ronnie is visiting, Sue gets angry, and the two girls climb to the top of the tower with a flashlight, which Sue uses to warn the ducks.

Reprints

• from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #163 (February 1981)

Indexer Notes

Notable background gags in this story include: a street-corner Santa winking at an attractive woman; a house with the contradictory signs of "Peace" and "Beware of the Dog"; and the girlie magazines and calendar in Pop Feebly's shed.

Carry Tarry (Table of Contents: 24)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie starts carrying Veronica's Christmas packages but someone else finishes.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #265 (February 1980)

Keywords

Christmas

Christmas Togetherness (Table of Contents: 25)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Blowing a bundle this yuletide, buddy?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews

Synopsis

Archie needs a gift for his parents.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #488 (December 1979)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #11.

And a Zappy New Year (Table of Contents: 26)

Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oops! It's Della, the head witch!

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Sabrina Spellman; Della the Head Witch; Cousin Ambrose

Synopsis

Della wants to play pranks on people for Christmas but Ambrose and Sabrina change her mind.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #479 (January 1979)

Wisecracker (Table of Contents: 27)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews; un-named pretty girl; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

As Archie is leaving for Betty's to deliver his Christmas gift to her, his mom asks him to take something out to the trash can. As soon as Archie gets out the door, he gets distracted by a pretty girl and ends up throwing Betty's gift in the trash can instead of the garbage. He arrives at Betty's and hands her the trash, still unaware of what's happened.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #478 (January 1979)

Keywords

Christmas

Indexer Notes

There is no indication as to what variety of cookies Archie gives Betty, but knowing Archie's love of chocolate chip cookies, that's most likely what kind they are.

Credits from the credits printed in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #23.

Plastic Santa (Table of Contents: 28)

Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Betty and the gang teach Mr. Lodge who is stressed about business the true meaning of Christmas.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #230 (January 1975)

Keywords

Christmas; Christmas list; Christmas tree; fudge; popcorn; smell

Past and Present (Table of Contents: 29)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Hartley (credited)

Pencils

Al Hartley (credited)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Breaking under the weight of the gifts he's carrying for Veronica, Archie yearns for simpler times.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #192 (January 1972)

Indexer Notes

Art credits from http://www.joesinnott.com.
Script credit from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (2011 series) #315.

Archie and the Gang Make Their Christmas Wish (Table of Contents: 30)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Hartley (credited)

Pencils

Al Hartley (credited)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

The gang tells us what their Christmas wishes are.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Christmas

Party Pooper (Table of Contents: 31)

Mr. & Mrs. Andrews / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Vincent DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Archie pesters his father for permission to throw a Christmas party.

Reprints

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

Gift Tift (Table of Contents: 32)

Reggie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

John Rosenberger (credited)

Inks

John Rosenberger (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Santa Claus; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Veronica is in a rush to finish her last minute shopping.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #144 (January 1967)

Keywords

Christmas

Indexer Notes

Credits confirmed with the credits printed in Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #22. Victor Gorelick is also credited on this story in the digest but unclear what his role might have been.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Betty Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Betty, please!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Santa Claus

Synopsis

Santa won't give Betty Archie for Christmas.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #31 (January 1965)

Keywords

Christmas; Santa Claus

Black Book Bonanza (Table of Contents: 34)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

B-but, Moose! I'm not doing any work!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Moose thinks Archie is Santa's helper and is writing down who is naughty or nice in his little black book.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #20 (January 1963)

Go for Broke (Table of Contents: 35)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yuletide greetings, bubblebrain!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Reggie plays a prank on Archie that makes him drop and break a bottle of perfume that Archie was going to give to Veronica.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #20 (January 1963)

Keywords

prank

Not Even a Moose (Table of Contents: 36)

Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Bill Vigoda (credited)

Inks

Terry Szenics (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Terry Szenics (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh, no! Now I've seen everything!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Waldo 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

Veronica's Pin-Up Page (Table of Contents: 37)

Veronica / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #15 (January 1962)

Gift Rapped (Table of Contents: 38)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie tells Jughead he got both Betty and Veronica the same thing for Christmas.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #52 (February 1961)

Gift Collection (Table of Contents: 39)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Vigoda (credited)

Inks

Mario Acquaviva (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Mario Acquaviva (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is one day of school I love! The last day before Christmas!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy

Synopsis

Archie is in charge of collecting gifts for the Christmas grab bag.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Christmas

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #83.

More Pull Than Talent! (Table of Contents: 40)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tom Moore (credited)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Did you try out for the part in the Xmas play, Arch?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy

Synopsis

The boys all try out for the Christmas play.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Christmas

Santa's Surplus (Table of Contents: 41)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harry Lucey (credited)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Hector

Synopsis

Archie asks his little cousin Hector if he likes Christmas.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #39 (March 1959)

Keywords

Christmas; Santa Claus

Package Deal (Table of Contents: 42)

Archie / comic story / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Vigoda (credited) (signed as Bill Vigoda [stacked])

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie goes shopping with Veronica and has to carry all of her Christmas packages.

Reprints

• from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #98 (February 1959)

Keywords

Christmas; doll carriage; presents

Light Humor (Table of Contents: 43)

Moose / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Vigoda (credited)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Moose Mason; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Moose can't decide on a Christmas present for Archie.

Reprints

• from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #98 (February 1959)

Keywords

Christmas; presents

Deep Freeze (Table of Contents: 44)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Harry Lucey (credited)

Inks

Terry Szenics

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie wants to go ice-skating, but everyone wonders if Veronica will let him, making him feel hen-pecked.

Reprints

• from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #98 (February 1959)

Keywords

ice-skating

Tree To Get Ready (Table of Contents: 45)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Vigoda (credited)

Inks

Mario Acquaviva (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

?

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 decorations out of food, but Jughead promptly eats them.

Reprints

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

Dis-Missile (Table of Contents: 46)

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

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo (credited as Vince DeCarlo)

Feature Logo

Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica are handling the letters to Santa Claus.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #4 (1957)

Keywords

Christmas; gift; letters; present; toy; wish list

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #73.

Mush, Oscar! Mush! (Table of Contents: 47)

Archie's Dog Oscar / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Sahle (credited)

Pencils

Harry Sahle (credited)

Inks

Harry Sahle (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Oscar (Archie's dog); Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Oscar runs away from home after hearing that Archie will use him to pull a sled.

Reprints

• from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #12 (January-February 1945)

The Case of the Missing Mistletoe! (Table of Contents: 48)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Montana ?

Pencils

Bob Montana (credited)

Inks

Bob Montana (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Judy Price (introduction); Jughead Jones; Jerry Price (introduction)

Synopsis

Judy Price, a new girl in town, invites Archie to her Christmas party, but she doesn't tell him she has a twin sister, which leads to several mixups.

Reprints

• from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #1 (Winter 1942)