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Issue: Archie Giant Series Magazine #513
Publication Date: December 1981
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Issues: #513 of 332 Issues (390 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie Giant SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000698912
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Victor Gorelick (art director)
Disclose Notes: This is the second of two issues cover dated December, 1981. The title of this issue is Betty and Veronica Christmas Spectacular.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US; later Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: Perfect Bound; later Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inker(s): Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Jughead Jones
First Line: What the world needs this Christmas is peace and love!..
Synopsis: Betty reflects on the traditional aspects of Christmas, while Veronica laments the more modern aspects.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Bucolic Frolic

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Josie; Hostess
Character(s): Josie McCoy; Alan Mayberry; Alexandra Cabot; Valerie Brown
Synopsis: Josie uses Hostess Cupcakes to lure Alan away from Alexandra's picnic to her picnic.
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Pages: 1
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The Dog Who Saved the Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty & Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Smithers the butler; Gaston the chef; Hot Dog
Synopsis: Veronica gets a cursed doll for Christmas.
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In Issue: FlagArchie's Double Digest Magazine #70 published February 1994
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Pages: 6
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Betty and Veronica's Christmas Fashions

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inker(s): Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: No story; Betty and Veronica model fashion designs submitted by readers.
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The Man in the Red Suit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Veronica gets the urge to sculpt a Santa statue out of snow and thinks nothing of using a gallon of food coloring to achieve the proper effect.
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Pages: 6
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Eda Edwards [as Betty and Veronica]
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dear Betty & Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: My Younger Brother
Synopsis: "Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters.
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Pages: 1
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Pursuit of Pleasure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis: Through a charity she's working with, Veronica gets a letter to Santa from a poor child who neglects to put his address on the envelope. Using Betty's deductive skills, the girls track the child's mother down and provide the child with a merry Christmas.
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Pages: 5
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Days Daze

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx Holliday; Charley Hawse
Synopsis: Charley laments the wait until Christmas.
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Pages: 1
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Branch Line

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hal Cooper
Synopsis: The necessary pruning of the giant fir on the Lodge Estate has Mr. Lodge depressed over the upcoming holiday season. But Betty's father unintentionally gives her an inspiration as to how to cheer Mr. Lodge up.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from the printing of this story in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #44.

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