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Issue: Archie Giant Series Magazine #179
Publication Date: January 1971
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Issues: #179 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: 1970
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 30 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Cover title is Archie's Christmas Stocking.
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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
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
First Line: I've always said Archie was a card!
Synopsis: Archie presents himself to Betty and Veronica in a giant holiday card.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Later redrawn for the cover of Archie Comics Digest #52
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Giant Play Farm Animal Collection
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for toy farm animals from Colonial Studios.
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Just Be Claus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jingles
Synopsis: Betty explains to Jingles that Santa Claus is known by many names around the world.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #106 [Newsstand] published February 1991
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credits confirmed from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #104.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Galaxy of Speeds From Columbia
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for bicycles from Columbia Manufacturing Company; coupon for brochure.
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Guided Mistletoe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Big Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: Archie causes mayhem with mistletoe. Mr. Weatherbee makes him demonstrate its uses with Big Ethel.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #34 published February 1979
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
First Line: Amazing $1 Art Offer
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Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for art prints from Colonial Studios.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: How to 'break into' broadcasting
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Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for information from Career Academy.
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Winter Wonderland

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Smithers; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Archie enjoys the snow enthusiastically, inadvertently making trouble for others in the process. His father makes him shovel.
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From Content Item: FlagArchie #172 published April 1967
was Winter Wonderland [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
First Line: Polaris Nuclear Sub
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for play submarine from Honor House Products Co.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Frankenstein's monster
First Line: Monster size monsters
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Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for monster figures from Honor House Products.
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First Line: Big cash reward
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Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for catalog from The Coin Buyer.
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First Line: 10 Way Hair Piece
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Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for variable hairpiece from Beauty Aids Co.
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Snow Haul!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx poaches snow from Greg's yard to finish her snowman.
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Pages: 1
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Love's Labor Lost

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie's friends are annoyed when he goes non-commercial for Christmas, giving peace and brotherhood rather than material gifts. He finally gives in, but by then they have come to agree with his original impulse.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #34 published February 1979
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Pages: 6
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Get in the groove for a giant fun-in!
Synopsis: Promo, with order coupon, for current issues of Archie comics
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Pages: 1
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Food For Thought

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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Big Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: Big Ethel tries to get Jughead's attention through Christmas foods.
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
First Line: Skin Head Wig
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Twenty-one small ads for novelties from Honor House Products Corp.
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Tree Spree

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis: Reggie plants a classified ad saying that Archie will buy used Christmas trees at the Lodge estate.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #13.
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First Line: New Amazing Invention
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Magic Art Reproducer from Norton Products.
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First Line: Grow amazing live sea-monkeys
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for sea-monkeys from Sales Unlimited.
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It's Snow Fun

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie insists that others share his appreciation of the snow, but crashes into a frozen lake while driving on slippery roads with Veronica.
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Pages: 5
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A Drop In

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's dad
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx visualizes Santa coming.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #76 published February 1986
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Pages: 1
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Archie Giant Size Freakout

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Promo, with order coupon, for subscriptions to any or all of five Archie Giant titles
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Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper: Big Ethel Muggs; Mr. Weatherbee
First Line: Dear Archie and the gang
Synopsis: Letters from David Murphy; Karen Knutson; Diane Murphy; Denise Robedeau. Order coupon for membership
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Spot illustrations
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Christmas Present?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Big Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: The Archies try updating traditional Christmas songs, and get a very hostile response.
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From Content Item: FlagArchie Giant Series Magazine #158 published January 1969
was Christmas Present? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Credits from the printing in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #256.
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First Line: New Full Color Posters!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for posters from Posterland.
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Santa in Blue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Uncle Charley; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Andrews
Synopsis: Archie is reprimanded for speeding (20 mph in a 15 mph zone), but his friends refuse to believe his jalopy could go so fast. Mr. Andrews arranges with his police officer brother to get Archie a ticket for Christmas.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #28 published February 1978
In Content Item: FlagBetty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #11 published February 1989
as Santa in Blue [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #104.
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Letterer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Norman Rockwell
First Line: We're looking for people who like to draw
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for Famous Artists School.
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Out Cold!

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Subject Matter
Character(s): Jack Lewis; Nancy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad in the form of a comic story, with order coupon, for International Correspondence Schools.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: 50 Little Dolls With Clothes
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for rubber and plastic dolls from Palmer Jones Co.

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