Archie Digest
ARCHIE DIGEST #248
DECK THE HALLS WITH LOTS OF LAUGHTER IN THIS ALL-CHRISTMAS-THEMED ISSUE!
“The Surprise Present”: When an enterprising elf conceives a website where Christmas lists can be automatically submitted, Santa decides to do a trial run in a little town called Riverdale.
SCRIPT: George Gladir.
ART: Jeff Shultz.
“Santa Claws”: Not a creature was stirring – except for all the pets that came to the department store to get their photos taken with Santa Archie!
SCRIPT: Bill Golliher.
ART: Pat Kennedy.
“Price Clubbed”: Nothing can stop Fred Andrews’ quest to find the perfect… and perfectly priced… Christmas tree!
SCRIPT: Mike Pellowski.
ART: Randy Elliott.
“The Gift Horse Laugh”: In this poignant Christmas tale, Riverdale’s resident prankster Reggie proves he’s not a Scrooge, but has a generous heart after all!
SCRIPT: Mike Pellowski.
ART: Pat Kennedy.
PLUS: Classic yuletide tales!
SCRIPT AND ART: Various talents.
BONUS: Puzzles, games and pin-ups!
Shipping Date: October 8th, 2008
On Sale at Comic Specialty Shops: October 15th, 2008
On Sale on Newsstands: October 28th, 2008
88-page, full color digest
$2.49 US.
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Hi Terry…. just to clear the confusion… is this Archie Comics printed in UK..?
I always thought that Archie is only famous in US and published there only.
Posted on October 9th, 2008 at 5:14 am
Hi,Rafiq.
Yes,this is Archie from the US. The company has been going for decades and I think the UK first started getting them in the early 1960s. Certainly Alan Class did the black and white reprints in the UK for The Fly and Mighty Crusaders,etc.
Star Team was the German title of Mighty Crusaders.
Popularity wained in the UK because shops rarely ordered them but more have started to appear in shops -some taking CBOs recommendations.
I know Diamond Comics in India have been publishing Archie -I wondered whether that was why Archie comics created it’s Indian character Raj?
The blogroll has a link to Archie Comics web site and they have forums/info there that might help in background info.
Terry
Posted on October 9th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
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