Cover: Stan Goldberg & Bob Smith
Archie #553
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The Big Problem
Archie AndrewsJughead JonesShirleyPop TateBetty CooperVeronica Lodge
The Average Awards
Archie AndrewsWaldo WeatherbeeJughead JonesVeronica LodgeBetty Cooper
Smoke Screen
Archie AndrewsBetty CooperJughead JonesReggie MantleChuck ClaytonHal CooperAlice CooperFred Andrews
Santa Cause!
Archie AndrewsVeronica LodgeHiram Lodge
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Full credits
writer Angelo DeCesare
artist Stan Goldberg
inker Bob Smith
colorist Barry Grossman
letterer Vickie Williams
cover pencils Stan Goldberg
cover inks Bob Smith
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Reprinted in Archie & Friends All Stars #6 (2010), Archie Comics Digest #260 (2010), World of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #1 (2010), Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #265 (2016), Jughead and Archie Double Digest #18 (2016), Archie 1000 Page Comics Shindig #[nn] (2016), Archie Giant Comics Roll #[nn] (2018), Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #284 (2018)
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