Issue | #205 |
Published | January 1973 |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | Richard Goldwater |
Characters | Archie Andrews; Santa Claus |
Genre | teen; humor |
Pencils | Stan Goldberg |
Inks | Jon D'Agostino |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Characters | Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Santa Claus |
Synopsis | After seeing how greedy everyone is about presents, Archie has a dream where he convinces Santa Claus to give the gift of love and peace at Christmas time. |
Genre | teen; humor |
Script | Dick Malmgren |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Rudy Lapick |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Characters | Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason |
Synopsis | Stuck on a country road during a blizzard, the gang takes refuge in a manger where three angels appear to teach them the true religious meaning of Christmas. |
Genre | teen; humor; religious |
Script | Al Hartley |
Pencils | Al Hartley |
Inks | Joe Sinnott |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Characters | Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Ethel Muggs; Geraldine Grundy; Miss Beazly; Waldo Weatherbee; Miss Haggly; Professor Flutesnoot; Mr. Svensen |
Synopsis | A twig of mistletoe falls into Miss Beazly's soup, making it an aphrodisiac that causes anyone who tastes it to become passionate and loving. Soon everyone is trying to get the romantic thrills induced by the soup. But when it runs out, Betty explains to Ethel that God can give her a high that she can't get from any artificial stimulant. |
Genre | teen; humor; religious |
Script | Al Hartley |
Pencils | Al Hartley |
Inks | Joe Sinnott |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Characters | Li'l Jinx; Greg |
Genre | children; humor |
Script | Joe Edwards |
Pencils | Joe Edwards |
Inks | Joe Edwards |
Letters | Joe Edwards |
Characters | Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jingles |
Synopsis | Jingles magically arranges for an out-of-work actor working as a street-corner Santa to meet the famous Broadway producer David Kerrick. |
Genre | teen; humor |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Bob Bolling |
Inks | Bob Bolling |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Notes | David Kerrick is based on the real-life theatre impresario David Merrick. Bolling's design for Jingles is almost completely different from the usual one, much older-looking and with no beard. |
Characters | Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones |
Synopsis | Archie, Jughead and Betty meet a young man who left home searching for meaning in his life. By quoting from the book of Ecclesiastes, Betty shows him that the only way to find meaning is to look to God. The man sees the light and decides to go back to his parents and pray with them. |
Genre | teen; humor; religious |
Script | Al Hartley |
Pencils | Al Hartley |
Inks | Joe Sinnott |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Notes | A case of Hartley proselytizing openly in a mainstream Archie comic. He even has Betty state that the message is directed to young people (i.e. the readers). |