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Issue: Archie 80 Years of Christmas #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2021
 
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/20/2021
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Pages: 260
ISBN: 9781645769279
UPC/EAN: 978164576927950999
Price: $12.99 CAD
$9.99 USD
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Content Items: 49 (45 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: 5.25 in. x 7.5 in. [13.3 cm x 19.1 cm]
Paper Stock: bond
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: collected edition
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
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Miscellaneous
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That Elf is Shelved!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews; Jingles; Sugarplum; Freddy; Valerie
Jingles trades places with Freddy, the 'Elf on a Shelf' in the Andrews house.
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You're Baking Me Crazy!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Simon Fondat; Pop Tate
Veronica tries to make a gingerbread house.
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Blast from the Past

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Pop Tate; Smithers
Archie and his friends recall how they each made a Christmas ornament for Pop Tate.
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Yule Tube

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Archie makes a video of Fred playing Santa Claus.
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It's the Thoughtlessness That Counts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Vegas; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Archie gets the girls Christmas presents mixed up.
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Santa Sleighed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Kevin Keller; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Santa Claus
Santa crashes on the Lodge mansion rooftop.
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Snow Problem!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews
Little Archie offers to help Little Betty and Little Veronica build a snowman, but they decline his offer because they thinks he's a klutz.
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An Old School Yule

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
Archie and the gang decide to do an old school Christmas and also throw a party to help the less fortunate.
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Christmas Cookies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Miss Beazly; Dilton Doiley; Fangs Fogerty; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Jingles the Elf; Santa Claus
Jughead makes a batch of cookies that magically give everybody a dose of the Christmas spirit.
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Jingles All the Way

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Hot Dog; Jingles; Mrs. Claus
Jingles is disappointed that he can't bring Christmas cheer to his friends in Riverdale. Instead he brings cheer to Mrs. Claus, who's always alone on Christmas Eve.
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GCD record at Archie Double Digest # 245 credits Script Kathleen Webb; Pencils Stan Goldberg; Inks Jim Amash; Colors Barry Grossman; Letters Vickie Williams.
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Holiday Style

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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A Dreamy Teen Christmas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge
Betty and Veronica get to do their favorite thing - shop; but this time for Christmas donations for Riverdale's Festival of Trees.
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Part 1, pages 1-5; Part 2, pages 6-11.
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Holi-daze

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
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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Cheryl's hair and outfit idea from: Jessica Longs (Colorado Springs, CO).

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Mall Be Home for Christmas Part One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Ethel Muggs; mall manager; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Veronica is Christmas shopping at the mall. The rest of the gang have mall jobs to pay for Christmas presents. It starts snowing and the gang are trapped in the mall.
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Mall Be Home for Christmas Part Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
mall manager; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs; Ethel's parents (cameo); Dilton Doiley; Dilton's parents (cameo); Veronica Lodge; Polly Cooper (cameo); Hal Cooper (cameo); Alice Cooper (cameo); Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews (cameo); Mary Andrews (cameo); Reggie's parents (cameo); Hiram Lodge (cameo); Hermione Lodge (cameo); Jughead's parents (cameo); Jellybean Jones (cameo)
The gang is snowed in due to a blizzard and spends Christmas Eve night in a mall.
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A Jingle for Justice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Jingles; Santa Claus; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge
Jingles comes back to Riverdale to bring Christmas joy. Mr. Lodge's financial advisor is out to take all his money. But Jingles will fix that.
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Shine a Little Light

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Little Archie; Sue Stringly; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Uh-oh! Southe-side serpents approachin'!
Sue Stringly shows Little Archie her perfect Christmas tree.
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Archie's Christmas Photo Album

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews
humorous Christmas photos
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Christmas Past, Present and Future

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Smithers; Hiram Lodge
Veronica mistakenly believes that her father has gone broke and is selling their mansion, which leads her to reminisce with Betty about past Christmases.
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Goof Spoof

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Svenson; Boots Springsong; Jughead Jones
Archie believes the school Christmas party will be cancelled on account of a snow storm so he helps Mr. Weatherbee get the school plowed and shoveled, only he gets the day of the party mixed up.
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The character, Boot Springsong is an homage to Bruce Springsteen.
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With a Little Help from His Friends

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, teen
Sabrina Christmas Magic
Sabrina Spellman; Hilda Spellman; Zelda Spellman
Every Christmas Eve it's the same old story!
Hilda and Zelda help Santa deliver presents without him knowing about their help.
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Christmas List

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
Archie and Jughead go to the woods to cut and bring back a yule log.
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The Christmas Ducks, or "Yule Quack Up Over This"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens, humorous
Little Veronica Lodge; Sue Stringly; Geraldine Grundy; Peggy Clark; Pop Feebly
When the children are asked to write about the one thing they want for Christmas, Sue Stringly writes that all she wants is a light on the old water tower. She explains to Veronica that ducks keep flying into the water tower and getting hurt, and that she's been tending to the injuries of the fallen ducks. When another duck goes down while Ronnie is visiting, Sue gets angry, and the two girls climb to the top of the tower with a flashlight, which Sue uses to warn the ducks.
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Notable background gags in this story include: a street-corner Santa winking at an attractive woman; a house with the contradictory signs of "Peace" and "Beware of the Dog"; and the girlie magazines and calendar in Pop Feebly's shed.
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Carry Tarry

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Archie starts carrying Veronica's Christmas packages but someone else finishes.
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Christmas Togetherness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
Blowing a bundle this yuletide, buddy?
Archie needs a gift for his parents.
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Credits from the reprint in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #11.
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And a Zappy New Year

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, teen
Sabrina Spellman; Della the Head Witch; Cousin Ambrose
Oops! It's Della, the head witch!
Della wants to play pranks on people for Christmas but Ambrose and Sabrina change her mind.
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Wisecracker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews; un-named pretty girl; Betty Cooper
As Archie is leaving for Betty's to deliver his Christmas gift to her, his mom asks him to take something out to the trash can. As soon as Archie gets out the door, he gets distracted by a pretty girl and ends up throwing Betty's gift in the trash can instead of the garbage. He arrives at Betty's and hands her the trash, still unaware of what's happened.
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There is no indication as to what variety of cookies Archie gives Betty, but knowing Archie's love of chocolate chip cookies, that's most likely what kind they are.

Credits from the credits printed in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #23.
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Plastic Santa

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Betty and the gang teach Mr. Lodge who is stressed about business the true meaning of Christmas.
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Past and Present

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Breaking under the weight of the gifts he's carrying for Veronica, Archie yearns for simpler times.
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6
Art credits from http://www.joesinnott.com.
Script credit from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (2011 series) #315.
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Archie and the Gang Make Their Christmas Wish

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
The gang tells us what their Christmas wishes are.
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Party Pooper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Mr. & Mrs. Andrews
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Archie pesters his father for permission to throw a Christmas party.
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Gift Tift

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Santa Claus; Archie Andrews
Veronica is in a rush to finish her last minute shopping.
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Credits confirmed with the credits printed in Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #22. Victor Gorelick is also credited on this story in the digest but unclear what his role might have been.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Santa Claus
Betty, please!
Santa won't give Betty Archie for Christmas.
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Black Book Bonanza

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
B-but, Moose! I'm not doing any work!
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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Go for Broke

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Yuletide greetings, bubblebrain!
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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Not Even a Moose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Waldo Weatherbee
Oh, no! Now I've seen everything!
When Archie plays Santa for a school charity drive, Moose thinks he's really Santa Claus, and Archie takes advantage of this to let Midge sit on his lap. Reggie tries to convince Moose that if he pulls Santa's beard, he'll find it's just Archie.
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Veronica's Pin-Up Page

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
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Gift Rapped

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Archie tells Jughead he got both Betty and Veronica the same thing for Christmas.
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Gift Collection

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
This is one day of school I love! The last day before Christmas!
Archie is in charge of collecting gifts for the Christmas grab bag.
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Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #83.
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More Pull Than Talent!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy
Did you try out for the part in the Xmas play, Arch?
The boys all try out for the Christmas play.
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Santa's Surplus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Hector
Archie asks his little cousin Hector if he likes Christmas.
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Package Deal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Archie goes shopping with Veronica and has to carry all of her Christmas packages.
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Light Humor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Moose Mason; Betty Cooper
Moose can't decide on a Christmas present for Archie.
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Deep Freeze

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Archie wants to go ice-skating, but everyone wonders if Veronica will let him, making him feel hen-pecked.
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6
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Tree To Get Ready

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump
Archie breaks the Christmas tree decorations, so the gang makes decorations out of food, but Jughead promptly eats them.
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4
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Dis-Missile

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Betty and Veronica are handling the letters to Santa Claus.
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6
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #73.
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Mush, Oscar! Mush!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Archie's Dog Oscar
Oscar (Archie's dog); Archie Andrews
Oscar runs away from home after hearing that Archie will use him to pull a sled.
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4
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The Case of the Missing Mistletoe!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews; Judy Price (introduction); Jughead Jones; Jerry Price (introduction)
Judy Price, a new girl in town, invites Archie to her Christmas party, but she doesn't tell him she has a twin sister, which leads to several mixups.
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