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Issue: Archie Giant Series Magazine #158
Publication Date: January 1969
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Issues: #158 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: 10/29/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1969 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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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
First Line: I hope Betty and Ronnie like my presents!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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When You Gotta Glow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Veronica offers Archie some Christmas lights that her family isn't using any more, but they turn out to be more trouble then they're worth.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAn Archie Special Edition, Christmas and Archie #1 published January 1975
as When You Gotta Glow [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #40 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1980
as When You Gotta Glow [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: script and art credits from reprint
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Christmas Present?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Mr. Murry
First Line: Jingle bells, jingle bells jingle all the way!
Synopsis: The boys don't want to sing the same old Christmas carols with the girls, so they go off on their own, but the people of Riverdale don't respond well to their modern lyrics.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagArchie Giant Series Magazine #179 published January 1971
as Christmas Present? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in The Best of Archie's Christmas Comics (Archie, 2020 series).
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The Tree

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Veronica brings home a scrawny Christmas tree as a joke, but her father decides that he likes it better and doesn't want a nicer one.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #40 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1980
as The Tree [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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A Good Year!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx drawn a calendar full of Decembers so that Christmas will come every month.
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Pages: 1
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It's Not the Thought, It's the Gift

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie asks his dad for money to buy a nice present for his mom, but when Veronica assumes the gift is meant for her, Archie feels trapped into giving it to her. Surprisingly, things work out for everyone.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Season of Magic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jingles; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Jingles, the brownie from Santa's Workshop, returns to make mischief in Riverdale, but he's scared into leaving when he encounters multiple Santas.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #223 published December 2011
as Season of Magic [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: script and art credits from reprint
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Old Stand-By

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo)
Synopsis: Archie tries his best to come up with a novel gift for Jughead, but none of his ideas work out.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #46 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1981
In Content Item: FlagAn Archie Special Edition, Christmas and Archie #1 published January 1975
as Old Stand-By [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: letters submitted by Valerie Roberts; Tony Kreitzer; Pam Keys; Cynthia Baugher; Jody Kim Morris; Daniel Edelman
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Christmas Gifts for Archie and the Gang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Humorous suggested gifts for Archie and his friends.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #40 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1980
as Christmas Gifts for Archie and the Gang [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Present

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Midge wants Archie's help in choosing a gift for Moose, which gets Archie in trouble with both Moose and Veronica.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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R.S.V.P. - E. S. P.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx learns that Santa Claus must be a mind reader to be able to give children all the right gifts, so she tries to thank him through telepathy.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAn Archie Special Edition, Christmas and Archie #1 published January 1975
as R.S.V.P.- E.S.P. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Just Like Before

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee wants to catch the teen who hit him with a snowball.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAn Archie Special Edition, Christmas and Archie #1 published January 1975
as Just Like Before [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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