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Issue: Archie's Holiday Fun Digest #9
Publication Date: December 2004
 
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
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Volume: none
Pages: ?
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76281646866400911
Price: $2.39 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
26 (15 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Nelson Ribeiro; Victor Gorelick
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: digest size (5" x 7")
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
teen
Mr. Weatherbee; Dilton Doily; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Christmas tree ornaments with Archie characters faces
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Miscellaneous
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Only They Could Appreciate It!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Kathleen Webb
Tim Kennedy
Al Milgrom
Carlos Antunes
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Betty & Veronica
Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jeeves; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Veronica shows Betty that the hassle of holiday shopping is half the fun.
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Miscellaneous
5
Confusion

Activity  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
Ethel Muggs
Word scramble. Ethel doesn't know what to get Jughead for Christmas.
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Miscellaneous
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Holiday Fashions

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Veronica
Veronica Lodge
Three holiday fashions.
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Miscellaneous
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Helpless Helpers

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Frank Doyle
Stan Goldberg
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Jughead
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hot Dog; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Jughead intends to play Santa (with Hot Dog as his reindeer) for the children at the local hospital. He ends up attracting all the neighborhood dogs.
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Miscellaneous
6
Christmas Scandal

Activity  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Sabrina Spellman
Decode the symbols to find out Sabrina's Christmas scandal.
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Miscellaneous
1
Open and Shut Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx
Jinx takes her gifts labeled "Do Not Open Until X-mas" to get an x-ray.
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Archie Comics Entertainment Presents an Exciting New Television Show Coming in 2005
Ad for an Archie TV series featuring actors' photos.
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Miscellaneous
1
Betty and Veronica's Christmas Fashions

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Miscellaneous
2
Appeal Zeal

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Ethel
Ethel Muggs
Ethel asks Santa for 52 dates.
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Miscellaneous
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Yule Fool

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Big Moose
Moose Mason; Jughead Jones
Moose dresses up as Santa.
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Holi-daze part 1 and 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Holly G!
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Cheryl Blossom
Cheryl Blossom; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Jason Blossom; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Clifford Blossom; Penelope Blossom; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Cheryl, Veronica, and Betty are all having competing Christmas parties on the same night.
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Miscellaneous
11
Holiday Style

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Dan Parent ?
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Subject Matter
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Miscellaneous
1
Hint, Hint

Activity  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Hot Dog
Hot Dog
Word scramble. Find out what Hot Dog wants for Christmas.
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Miscellaneous
1
X-Mess

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Dan Parent
Dan Parent
Rich Koslowski
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
During a school Christmas gift exchange, the tags to two of the gifts get mixed up and Mr. Weatherbee gets the gift Veronica intended for Archie.
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Miscellaneous
5
Well, Come!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx
Jinx is concerned about Santa finding her house in the snow.
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Miscellaneous
1
Christmas Chow!

Activity  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
Jughead
Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones
Word search.
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Miscellaneous
1
The Invasion of the Herbees part 1 and 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
The gang is excited about the new Herbee toy craze which starts to take over their lives.
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Miscellaneous
11
"Herbees" are a parody of the Furby toy.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Dan DeCarlo
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty
Betty Cooper; Santa Claus
Betty please!! It just isn't being done
Betty wants Archie for Christmas.
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Miscellaneous
1
Cheryl's Holiday Fashions

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
Cheryl Blossom
Cheryl Blossom
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Miscellaneous
1
A Night to Remember

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
George Gladir
Pat Kennedy
Jon D'Agostino
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Santa Claus; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton
Archie has a dream where he becomes one of Santa's elves and helps him deliver Christmas presents.
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Miscellaneous
6
Fantasy Frolic

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Santa Claus
After Christmas, Betty makes her Christmas list for next year.
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Miscellaneous
5
It's Their Miserable Lives! part 1 and 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Cheryl Blossom
Cheryl Blossom; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jason Blossom; Cedric; Jughead Jones; Clifford Blossom; Reggie Mantle; Cheryl's guardian angel
Cheryl invites Archie and his friends to her New Year's Eve party because of her New Year's resolution. Features a reprint of the story "Fall Guys" as a flashback within the main story. Cheryl's guardian angel shows her how her friends' lives will turn out in the future if she doesn't meddle with them.
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Miscellaneous
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Spoofs Revlon as "Revon", Glamour magazine as "Glamor-us", McCall's magazine as "Macole", YM magazine as "Young and Hip", Seventeen magazine as "Umpteen", Mademoiselle magazine as "Mam'zel", National Inquirer as "National Intruder", Haagen-Dazs as "Hagen does", Pizza Hut as "Pizza Condo", Hostess snacks as "Mostess Snacks", Hershey's chocolate as "Hess's Choco", and Kentucky Fried Chicken as "Colonel Chicken."
Editor's Notebook

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Victor Gorelick
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typeset
Subject Matter
Editor's Notebook
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Miscellaneous
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A Good Year!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx; Greg
Li'l Jinx drawn a calendar full of Decembers so that Christmas will come every month.
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Miscellaneous
1
New Year's Wishes

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Bill Golliher
Dan DeCarlo
Jon D'Agostino
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, teen
Sabrina
Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Harvey Kinkle; Salem
Sabrina learns that on New Year's Eve her power will automatically grant three wishes before midnight, but only to the person who is her true love.
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Miscellaneous
6
A girl's headband and the TV screen both say 1999 which was not corrected when the story was reprinted in this 2003/2004 digest.

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