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Issue Details

Issue #31
Published January 1965
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 68
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Archie's Christmas Stocking"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

6 page Archie story "Santa Mantle"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Reggie is determined to buy Veronica a more expensive version of everything Archie gets for her.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

2 page Betty and Veronica story "Christmas Fashions For Betty and Veronica"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis The girls model winter fashions.
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick

6 page Archie story "Exchange Student"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats
Synopsis Archie buys Veronica a bottle of perfume for Christmas, but accidentally gets it spilled all over him before he can give it to her. When Veronica smells him, she thinks he's been with some other girl.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Gift Wrapped!"

Characters Li'l Jinx
Synopsis Li'l Jinx wraps gifts.
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

8 page Archie story "Mr. Weatherbee's Dilemma"

Characters Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Archie's screw-ups almost ruin Christmas for Mr. Weatherbee and have him saying "Bah, humbug," until he gets a special gift from his students.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bob White
Inks Marty Epp
Letters Marty Epp

1 page Betty and Veronica Pin-Up cartoon "You're spending all your money on my Christmas presents..."

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis Betty gets revenge on Archie for only buying presents for Veronica.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

5 page Jughead story "Man's Best Friend"

Characters Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Jughead tells Archie that he's planning to buy a transistor radio for himself, to make sure he'll get what he wants for Christmas. Archie decides to buy the same thing for himself, but everyone else winds up buying him the same thing.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

6 page Archie story "Just Be Claus"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Coach Kleats; Midge Klump
Synopsis Thanks to one too many hits in the head during football practice, Moose is suffering from intermittent memory loss. When Moose temporarily forgets who Midge is, Reggie tries to make time with her while Moose is busy playing Santa Claus .
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

1 page Betty's Pin-Up cartoon "Betty, please!"

Characters Betty Cooper; Santa Claus
Synopsis Santa won't give Betty Archie for Christmas.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

6 page Archie story "Well Suited"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Archie asks Mr. Lodge to play Santa Claus.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

1 page Christmas Pin-Up cartoon "Gosh, Big Ethel!"

Characters Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis Ethel has her own theories about why Veronica is raising more money for the charity drive than she is.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

1 page Veronica's Pin-Up cartoon "Archie, stop!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Archie's overdoing the mistletoe bit.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

11 page Archie story "Spell of Spells"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Jingles
Synopsis After being humiliated by Jingles, Reggie takes up black magic and starts casting spells on the pudgy brownie. Archie has to work a little magic of his own to stop Reggie from destroying Jingles.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics