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Issue: Archie Giant Series Magazine #20
Publication Date: January 1963
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Issues: #20 of 332 Issues (437 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
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: 10/25/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In5
reprinted 4 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagArchie's Christmas Stocking #1 published January 1994 as Picture Frame [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Archie's Christmas Stocking

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Santa Claus
First Line: Here are the keys, son! It's all yours! ...Complete with sugar plums!
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Pages: 1
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Boxed In

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
First Line: This is a Christmas list?
Synopsis: Archie decides to wrap himself in a big box for Veronica's Christmas present.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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R Is for Rooked

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Gaston; Reggie Mantle
First Line: G-Greater love hath n-no man!
Synopsis: Archie sends Jughead over to Veronica's house to find out what she's getting him for Christmas.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Oh, I forgot to tell you...Archie just stepped out for a coke!
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Pages: 1
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Escape

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
First Line: I like a white Christmas as much as the next guy, but this is ridiculous!
Synopsis: This Christmas, Mr. Lodge is going away on a vacation so Archie won't ruin the holiday for him. Unfortunately, Veronica has forgotten to reserve her father's plane ticket, and when Archie tries to make the reservation, he winds up getting Mr. Lodge shipped to Alaska.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #3 published December 1973
as Escape [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagArchie's Classic Christmas Stories #1 published January 2002
as Escape [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Hot and Cold!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx Holliday; Greg
First Line: Brrrr... winter is no fun!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Veronica's Christmas Card
Character(s): Veronica Lodge
First Line: Merry Xmas One and All
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Pages: 1
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Season's Greetings to You All

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty's Christmas Card
Character(s): Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Betty poses in a sexy Christmas outfit while painting a card of Christmas cheer.
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Pages: 1
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Monster Monopoly

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
First Line: Man, I really dig monster movies!
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead make a monster snowman.
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Pages: 2
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The Hard Way

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: Hey! Watch my next stunt!
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Pages: 1
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Picture Frame

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: I never want to see you again! I never want to speak to you again! I never want to hear of you again!
Synopsis: Archie gets Betty and Veronica to frame pictures of himself but delivers one to Veronica's house that has Betty's name on it.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credits from reprint in The Best of Archie Christmas Comics (Archie, 2020 series).
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Go for Broke

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Yuletide greetings, bubblebrain!
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.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #294.
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The Return of Jingles

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jingles; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Santa Claus; Jangles; Jeeves
First Line: It's that time of year again, ol buddy!
Synopsis: Archie and his friends get another Christmas visit from Jingles, Santa's delinquent brownie. This time around, two of Jingles' fellow brownies, Jangles and Jeeves, make an unauthorized visit, and the three magical creatures get into a pier six brawl over who gets Riverdale as his territory.
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In Content Item: FlagJughead with Archie Digest #6 published January 1975
as The Return of Jingles [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagArchie's Classic Christmas Stories #1 published January 2002
as The Return Of Jingles [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Willing Spirit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
First Line: Archie Andrews, you are out of your head!!
Synopsis: Archie tells Reggie he's giving Veronica to him for Christmas.
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Pages: 5
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Black Book Bonanza

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
First Line: B-but, Moose! I'm not doing any work!
Synopsis: Moose thinks Archie is Santa's helper and is writing down who is naughty or nice in his little black book.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #12.
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Christmas Fashions for Betty and Veronica

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Linda Verrone; Josie Dumont
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, informational, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Pages: 2

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