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Issue: Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #223
Publication Date: December 2011
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Issues: #223 of 143 Issues (191 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: The Archie LibraryView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/26/2011
Volume: none
Pages: 164
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 72262746951923
Price: $3.99 USD
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Content Items: 53 (26 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Four Color
Dimensions: Digest
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Ongoing Series
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
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Feature(s): Allposters.com
First Line: Archie Wall Art now available
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An Old School Yule

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: 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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First Line: Archie Meets KISS
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First Line: Archie Comics Digital Universe
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Christmas in Riverdale!

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The Holidaze!

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Character(s): Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews; Nancy Woods; Betty Cooper; Tomoko; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: All Jughead wants to do on his Christmas vacation is relax but everybody else has plans for him.
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Pop's Day Off

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Character(s): Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie and the gang decide to run the restaurant for a day so Pop Tate can have a day off to do his holiday shopping.
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Wait Right Here

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Betty doesn't appear rich enough to buy anything.
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First Line: Archie the Married Life
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Wow. It's nice and warm in your house, Reggie!
Synopsis: Reggie ran out of money so is giving Jughead an old football for Christmas.
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Purchase Prize

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Jacques; Jason (Veronica's chauffeur)
Synopsis: With Veronica sick in bed, Betty does her Christmas shopping for her and bargains all the shop-keepers down.
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The Great Tree Spree

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom; H.M. Bugg
Synopsis: H.M. Bugg has been buying up all the Christmas trees in Riverdale and making toothpicks out of them.
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First Line: Life with Archie Magazine
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Out on a Limb

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: Archie helps put up Christmas decorations for Mr. Weatherbee at the school but accidentally breaks the metal deer he is supposed to put in the schoolyard.
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Spectacular Christmas Fashions

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Moose Mason; Nancy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge
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First Line: Archie Christmas Classics
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First Line: Sabrina the Animated Series Graphic Novel
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Tree-Mendous

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Character(s): Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Harvey
Synopsis: Aunt Hilda wants to use magic to get her Christmas tree done immediately but Sabrina and Harvey want to go cut one down the old fashioned way.
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Power Struggle

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Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Jingles; Hilda Spellman; Cousin Ambrose
Synopsis: Sabrina and Jingles get in a magic contest, trying to out do each other.
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Snow Job

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Feature(s): Harvey
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Synopsis: Aunt Hilda gets Harvey a Christmas present that he can use at her house.
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Yule Yowl

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Character(s): Aunt Hilda (cameo); Aunt Zelda (cameo); Sabrina (cameo); Salem; Rufus
Synopsis: Salem at Christmas.
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First Line: The Best of Sabrina the Teenage Witch
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First Line: The original seven Archie Will You Marry Me issues
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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
First Line: Daddy misses his favorite album: Christmas Bells!
Synopsis: Archie plays Christmas music for Mr. Lodge.
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Christmas Togetherness

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Archie wants to buy his parents a Christmas present that will help bring them closer together.
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Run for the Hills

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Smithers
Synopsis: Archie is coming to the Lodge mansion to deliver Christmas gifts but Mr. Lodge and Veronica are worried he will break something.
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Feature(s): Little Archie and Friends
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Shine a Little Light

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Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Sue Stringly; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Sue Stringly shows Little Archie her perfect Christmas tree.
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A Children's Story

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Santa Claus; un-named kids
Synopsis: An alternate-universe Santa Claus from "Planet Peewee," a planet populated almost entirely by children, crash-lands his spaceship on Little Archie's roof.
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A Christmas Report

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Character(s): Little Archie; Pop Tate; Spotty; Mr. O'Malley; Mr. Adams; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: While delivering papers, Archie discovers that a fake Santa Claus is robbing the newspaper office.
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First Line: The Archie Babies
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First Line: Archie's Weird Mysteries
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A Sure Thing

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Feature(s): Veronica
Character(s): Veronica Lodge
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Stamp Scamp

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ethel
Character(s): Ethel; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Ethel is waiting for a Christmas card from Jughead.
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From Content Item: FlagArchie Giant Series Magazine #216 published December 1973
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Brain Campaign

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dilton Doiley
Character(s): Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Dilton should not play Santa Claus.
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Season of Magic

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Jingles the brownie; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Jingles the brownie visits Archie and Jughead and torments Reggie Mantle.
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First Line: The Best of Archie Comics
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First Line: Archie Cyber Adventures
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The Magic Circle

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Archie gets a job making Christmas wreaths.
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From Content Item: FlagArchie Giant Series Magazine #464 published December 1977
was The Magic Circle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Santa's Yelper

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Santa Claus; Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton
Synopsis: Jughead helps Santa deliver presents around Riverdale. Santa uses him to eat all the treats so Santa doesn't have to.
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First Line: Obama and Palin in Riverdale
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First Line: Comic Book Fairs
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Some Things Never Change

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sugar Plum Fairy; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: The Sugar Plum Fairy tries to get Betty and Veronica in the Christmas mood.
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Dreamland Drama

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Santa Claus
Synopsis: With Santa's workshop having gone high-tech and Santa-robots out delivering toys, there isn't anything for Santa to do so he drops by for a chat with Archie.
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Kissing Game

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Valerie; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Archie can't find the right place to hang the mistletoe for his Christmas party.
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First Line: Subscribe Today
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Feature(s): Everything's Archie
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Feature(s): Popfunk
First Line: The coolest Archie shirts around!
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"The Empire of Gut and Bone"

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Feature(s): Scholastic Books
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