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Issue: Archie Giant Series Magazine #217
Publication Date: January 1974
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Issues: #217 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: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Copyright © 1973 by Close-Up, Inc.
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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: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: I know Betty believes it's better to give than to receive... but this is ridiculous!
Synopsis: Veronica objects to the gifts Betty is giving Archie.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Christmas Season with Betty & Veronica

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Synopsis: Betty and Archie each sacrifice something precious to them in order to buy gifts for each other.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #34 published February 1979
In Content Item: FlagBetty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #17 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1986
as Christmas Season with Betty & Veronica [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This plot is very similar to the O. Henry short story "The Gift of the Magi".
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That Covers It!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx Holliday; Hap Holliday
Synopsis: Jinx loves the idea of snow; Hap, not so much.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Bee and the Bird

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Principal Waldo Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Julius (a turkey)
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee wins a turkey in a holiday raffle. Then he finds out it's a live turkey.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #76 published February 1986with Mr. Weatherbee logo
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Useless Gifts

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee, Hot Dog; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Puzzle where the contestant must match the gift to the person who needs it least.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Tree Triumph

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Betty manages to outdo Veronica's earrings, with a little help from the Christmas tree.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Reggie is skating on thin ice!!
Synopsis: Veronica spots Archie flirting with another girl at the skating pond.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews
First Line: Hi, Mr. Andrews!
Synopsis: Betty offers a barter with Mr. Andrews for Archie's availability as a dance partner.
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In Content Item: FlagBetty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #17 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1986
as [untitled] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Nifty Gifty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Betty gives Archie a suggestion box for Christmas, complete with a suggestion in it.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #76 published February 1986
In Content Item: FlagBetty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #207 [Direct Edition] published January 2013
as Nifty Gifty [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: "Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters.
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
First Line: --Er, Ronnie, do you have to wear all that jewelry
Synopsis: Veronica's jangling jewelry is interfering with Archie's enjoyment of the skating rink.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Helpless Helpers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hot Dog (a dog); Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Jughead intends to play Santa (with Hot Dog as his reindeer) for the children at the local hospital, despite the derision everyone in the gang is giving him.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #34 published February 1979
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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In My Father's House

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge lectures Veronica on being grateful for their family's advantage, particularly around the holidays.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Mr. Lodge claims in his lecture that the Lodge family wasn't always well off, an assertion that flies in the face of most Lodge family appearances before and after this story.

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