Lots of seasonal shopping humor in the latest issue of Archie’s Funhouse Comics Digest, the still-newish all-purpose Archie anthology book that comes out nearly monthly and is already 10 issues old. Opening story has Reggie giving the same expensive gift to five female classmates, who, in Betty’s words, look “like they’re going to be giving Reggie his lumps” when they discover he meant to give them cheap knock-offs instead of the real thing. They’re mad, see, because his INTENTIONS were dishonorable, even though he actually did give them the pricey versions by accident. It’s the thought that counts. In the reprint “The Dirty Dozen,” Veronica falls asleep under a heat lamp after watching a hysterical TV commercial for Eetdirt cleaning products, and dreams that Christmas is being replaced by Brand X items of equal value. There are numerous other commercialization-of-Christmas tales in the digest, plus some basic old Archie adventures with no seasonal theme whatever, like “Footloose,” in which Archie goes to a school dance in mismatched shoes—one platform and one loafer. Those non-timebound stories may be the greatest gift of all.