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Issue: Archie Giant Series Magazine #196
Publication Date: June 1972
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Issues: #196 of 332 Issues (502 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: 84
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: A "double giant" issue running 84 pages (rather than the usual 52 of "giant" issues at this time).
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Feature(s): Sabrina's Christmas Magic
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Cousin Ambrose; Aunt Zelda
First Line: No matter how hard we try to conjure things up we can't match the magic of Christmas!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Hidden Claus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Santa Claus; Aku
Synopsis: After Aunt Hilda tells her that Santa Claus isn't real, Sabrina sets off around the world in search of Santa. When she arrives at the North Pole, she meets the real Santa Claus, whose workshop has shut down due to the world's "lack of faith."
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: One of many examples of Al Hartley working religious messages into his mainstream comics stories.
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Sabrina's Wrap Session

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Sabrina offers tips on how to wrap presents in a personalized way.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Sweet Words

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx Holliday; Hap Holliday
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Hot Dog With Relish

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Hot Dog; Ethel Muggs; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Sabrina turns Hot Dog into a human: a long-haired hippie wearing peace symbols. Ethel promptly falls in love with him.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #52 published February 1982
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Aunt Hilda's Beauty Secrets

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Character(s): Aunt Hilda
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Spell of the Season

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Feature(s): Sabrina's Xmas Magic
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Della; Harvey Kinkle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: After Della and Aunt Hilda read her the riot act over getting the goody-goody Christmas spirit, Sabrina resolves to do her duty as a witch and resist doing good deeds for people at Christmas. But when she's taken hostage by two bank robbers, she sees the opportunity to do good by doing evil.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #46 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1981with Sabrina logo
In Content Item: FlagBetty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #11 published February 1989
as The Spell of the Season [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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What Does Christmas Mean To You?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Hot Dog; Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Everyone says what's most important about Christmas. They all have materialistic answers except Betty, who says "It's not just a holiday -- it's a holy day!"
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Pages: 2
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Sabrina's Instant Christmas Decorations

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman
Synopsis: Sabrina teaches the reader how to make some Christmas decorations.
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Pages: 1
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Sabrina Answers Questions About Christmas

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman
Synopsis: Some facts about Christmas, including the fact that some of its traditions originate in Pagan rites.
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Pages: 2
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Picture That!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx Holliday; Gigi
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mission Possible

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda
Synopsis: Sabrina and Aunt Hilda join the Salvation Army and use their magic to get more donations and food for the Sisters. But they learn that there's something the Salvation Army provides poor people that witchcraft can't: "God's love."
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Pages: 6
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Popcorn Poopsie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Sabrina's recipe for popcorn balls.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #58 published February 1983
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Animal Crackers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Waldo Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily
Synopsis: Sabrina shows us what the Archie gang would be like as animals. In the animal kingdom, everyone is having fun at Christmas, until Dilton the Owl reminds them that Christmas should be more than just a "make-believe time."
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #40 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1980
as Animal Crackers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Another example of a typical Christian-comics message in Hartley's stories: Dilton argues that the theory of evolution only applies to the pre-Christian world: "It used to be survival of the fittest, but the miracle of Christmas changed all that!"
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Sabrina Keeps in Christmas Trim

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman
Synopsis: Sabrina demonstrates various exercises.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #58 published February 1983
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Sabrina's Witch Wisher!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy; Miss Haggly; Mr. Svenson; Dilton Doily
Synopsis: All Sabrina's friends make Christmas wishes, capped by Dilton's wish for mankind to become more religious.
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Pages: 2
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A Tree Named Obadiah

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Feature(s): Sabrina's Christmas Magic
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers; Chuck Clayton; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Cousin Ambrose; Della; Obadiah
Synopsis: Veronica's new Christmas tree is possessed by a spirit that only Sabrina can see: Obadiah, a powerful warlock who was confined to the tree as punishment for showing off his magic to humans.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The line "She talks to the trees!" and Sabrina's response, "but they don't listen to me," are quoted from the hit song "I Talk To the Trees" from PAINT YOUR WAGON.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Feature(s): Sabrina Pin-Up
First Line: I tried to use my magic to trim the tree ---
Synopsis: Sabrina's magic causes Mr. Weatherbee to switch decorations with a tree.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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