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Issue: Archie Giant Series Magazine #31
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/29/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.35 CAD
$0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Canadian price is from the indicia. On-sale date from 1964 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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee
Me, Santa Claus? Gosh! Whatever gave you the idea that I'd make a good Santa?
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Miscellaneous
1
Later redrawn for the cover of Archie Comics Digest #88
Santa Mantle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
There he goes! This is it! He's on his way to buy Veronica's Christmas gift!
Reggie is determined to buy Veronica a more expensive version of everything Archie gets for her.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Comics Digest #52 published February 1982
FlagArchie Giant Series Magazine #167 published January 1970
as Santa Mantle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagArchie Comics Digest #16 published February 1976
as Santa Mantle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Color credits from The Best of Archie Christmas Comics (Archie, 2020 series).
Christmas Fashions For Betty and Veronica

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
informational, teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
The girls model winter fashions.
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Miscellaneous
2
Exchange Student

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats
Archie buys Veronica a bottle of perfume for Christmas, but accidentally gets it spilled all over him before he can give it to her. When Veronica smells him, she thinks he's been with some other girl.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Comics Digest #52 published February 1982
FlagArchie Giant Series Magazine #167 published January 1970
as Exchange Student [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Gift Wrapped!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx wraps gifts.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Giant Series Magazine #167 published January 1970
as Gift Wrapped! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJughead with Archie Digest #6 published January 1975
as Gift Wrapped! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Mr. Weatherbee's Dilemma

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Archie Andrews
Archie's screw-ups almost ruin Christmas for Mr. Weatherbee and have him saying "Bah, humbug," until he gets a special gift from his students.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Comics Digest #3 published December 1973
as Mr. Weatherbee's Dilemma [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
You're spending all your money on my Christmas presents...
Betty gets revenge on Archie for only buying presents for Veronica.
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Miscellaneous
1
Man's Best Friend

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Jughead tells Archie that he's planning to buy a transistor radio for himself, to make sure he'll get what he wants for Christmas. Archie decides to buy the same thing for himself, but everyone else winds up buying him the same thing.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Comics Digest #52 published February 1982
FlagArchie Giant Series Magazine #167 published January 1970
as Man's Best Friend [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJughead with Archie Digest #6 published January 1975
as Man's Best Friend [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBetty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #11 published February 1989
as Man's Best Friend [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (illustrations)
? (illustrations)
? (illustrations)
typeset
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Miscellaneous
2
letters from: Peggy Domengeaux, Colette Kennett, June Miller;
page also includes membership application for the Archie Club
Just Be Claus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Coach Kleats; Midge Klump
Say, Moose! Big Moose! We want to talk to you!
Thanks to one too many hits in the head during football practice, Moose is suffering from intermittent memory loss. When Moose temporarily forgets who Midge is, Reggie tries to make time with her while Moose is busy playing Santa Claus .
Reprinting
FlagArchie Comics Digest #28 published February 1978
FlagArchie Comics Digest #52 published February 1982
FlagArchie Giant Series Magazine #167 published January 1970
as Just Be Claus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBetty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #11 published February 1989
as Just Be Claus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Color credits from The Best of Archie Christmas Comics (Archie, 2020 series).
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Santa Claus
Betty, please!
Santa won't give Betty Archie for Christmas.
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Miscellaneous
1
Well Suited

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge
Archie asks Mr. Lodge to play Santa Claus.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Comics Digest #3 published December 1973
as Well Suited [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Christmas Pin-Up
Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Geraldine Grundy
Gosh, Big Ethel!
Ethel has her own theories about why Veronica is raising more money for the charity drive than she is.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Comics Digest #58 published February 1983
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Archie, stop!
Archie's overdoing the mistletoe bit.
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Miscellaneous
1
Spell of Spells

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Jingles
After being humiliated by Jingles, Reggie takes up black magic and starts casting spells on the pudgy brownie. Archie has to work a little magic of his own to stop Reggie from destroying Jingles.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Comics Digest #28 published February 1978
 
Miscellaneous
11

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