Christmas with the Archies

Art from the cover of Marvel Treasury Edition #13 - Superhero Holiday Grab Bag

Santa as seen on the cover of Four Color #958

Santa from the cover of Dell's Santa Claus Funnies (Four Color) #958

Christmas! Already!?!? As soon as I realized that the holidays were right around the corner, I was inspired to track down comic books with holiday themed covers from my collection and use them in some sort of holiday display. As I began browsing covers, I quickly realized that I don't have a heck of a lot of holiday themed comic books - at least not superhero holiday themed comic books - which is really what I was hoping to find.

Sure. I found quite a few non-superhero holiday themed comic covers. The majority were from one title, Archie Giant-Series Magazine. Yeah, I found some Dell titles like Santa Claus Funnies and Frosty the Snowman. I also found some holiday themed covers from Harvey titles like Richie Rich and Casper. But, very few stand-out holiday themed superhero covers. To be honest, I don't really care that I don't have many holiday themed superhero comics in my collection. It really doesn't matter and the stories would likely be sort of stupid anyway.

This leads me back to the fact that I DO have a lot of Archie holiday themed comics. I guess the stupid wholesome Archie humor works for the holidays. Don't get me wrong, I like Archie comic books. In fact, I have 1000+ gold, silver, and bronze age comic books published by Archie Comics. With that said, my main inclination to acquire material published by Archie Comics is nostalgia. Archie the character (Archie Andrews) and the publisher (Archie Comics) have both been around for a very long time and definitely impacted the comic book industry and popular culture since the beginning. And, although, the Archie humor styles, story lines, and characters have not really changed that much since the 1940's, one can still sense the times from which the comic book is from. That's why I like them.

The clip to the right, from the cover of Archie Giant Series Magazine #453. illustrates the typical style of humor found in virtually any Archie comic book. Of course, we all know just how much of a sap Archie is when it comes to Betty and Veronica.

Below, you'll find more proof of what a cheese Archie is when it comes to girls...

This Archie/chick scene is soooooooooo typicical of Archie humor and is not reserved for Christmas themed issues only. In fact, it's probably very hard to NOT find a story or clip like this in any given issue.

Now that we've established that Archie is a cheese, it's time for some spirited Christmas laughs. The 2 clips below are sure to serve up a laugh attack or two. NOT!

Archie comics often featured Archie's Christmas Love In in their Archie Giant Series Magazine title. The Love In stories take the top honors in really spreading Christmas cheese (I mean cheer). Just take a look at the following 2 clips...

Now keep in mind that all of these clips are from the front covers of the Archie Giant Series Magazine title. Did the publisher put the ABSOLUTE BEST material of the entire issue on the front cover in an attempt to attract interested readers and beef up sales? With the astounding quality of the humor that we just witnessed above, that must be what the publisher's logic was.

Anyway, Happy holidays!

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