(Summer 1957)
Archie,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Little Archie Giant Comics
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
With this issue, "Little Archie" becomes a giant-sized comic, and would remain so (though with decreasing page counts) through issue # 84.
[Traffic cop]
Little Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
in 
[no title indexed]
Little Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! You mean all those thousn's n' thousn's of letters are for me, Mr. Bolling?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Spotty
- Synopsis
- Little Archie and his creator Bob Bolling (in a photograph) discuss the huge amount of fan mail "Little Archie" is getting and the comic's switch to a 100-page giant book.
Tea Tempest
Little Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The girls force Little Archie to come to their tea party.
[no title indexed]
Little Archie / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bob Bolling
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Mom, buy me that water pistol!
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Ned the cartoonist
- Synopsis
- Inspired by his father's job as an editor at the "Riverdale Record," Little Archie starts his own newspaper with the other kids as his reporters.
Indexer Notes
An un-named boy in a white shirt and large red cap turns up at the end of the story; though the design of the character is different, he eventually evolved into the character of Ambrose, who wore the same outfit.
The Catnapper
Little Archie / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bob Bolling
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mr. Mantle; Mrs. Mantle
- Synopsis
- Fred has to try and figure out how to unload ten kittens that Reggie's dad gave to Little Archie.
Tooth of a Kind
Scotty and Dotty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Scotty; Dotty
- Synopsis
- Dotty asks a dentist if he can pull a tooth.
From Dad To Worse
Scotty and Dotty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Scotty; Dotty; Daddy
- Synopsis
- Scotty and Dotty ask how to spell a bunch of words.
The Fall Guy
Little Archie / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bob Bolling
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee is crushed when he overhears the children calling him a sissy, and the kids consider him even more of a "fraidy cat" after he stops them from parachuting off the roof with an umbrella. But then Mr. Weatherbee accidentally wins the children's respect when he falls off the roof himself.
Indexer Notes
A key development in "Little Archie" because Bolling for the first time adds some sentiment to the comedy, portraying Mr. Weatherbee's despondency at not being respected by his students.
This story includes another Ambrose prototype; he's dressed differently, but has the gimmick of the cap that covers his eyes.
Weight and See
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- The boys try to prove that they're strong using the old fake-barbells trick.
The Harder They Fool
Little Archie / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bob Bolling
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- When Little Archie gets in trouble with Moose, Jughead suggests they settle it with a formal boxing match. In the fight, Little Archie tries to follow his father's advice that "a good fighter always looks for his opponent's weakness."
Wedded Blitz
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- The girls play at getting married, and get Little Archie to play the groom.
Peep Squeak
Little Scout / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Samm Schwartz
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz (signed)
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Little Scout
- Synopsis
- Scout tries to see the ball game through a peephole in the fence.
Food Feud
Little Archie / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bob Bolling
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Dilton Doily; Little Moose Mason; Lead-belly; Ambrose; Spotty
- Synopsis
- Little Archie opens his own restaurant
Indexer Notes
Yet another prototype for Ambrose is included in this story: this kid has the same name, but otherwise looks completely different.
Moon Muddle
Little Archie / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bob Bolling
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Little Archie finishes building a rocket ship and prepares to set off for the moon, but he has second thoughts about leaving his parents and his dog.
Indexer Notes
The first story where Little Archie's dog is named "Spotty."
This story also introduces some of the more elaborate angles, shadows and landscaping that would become an important feature of Bolling's Little Archie work.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Traffic cop]
Little Archie -
1.
["Wow! You mean all those thousn's n' thousn's of letters are for me, Mr. Bolling?"]
Little Archie -
2.
Tea Tempest
Little Archie -
3.
Little Archie Does It!
-
4.
["Hey, Mom, buy me that water pistol!"]
Little Archie -
5.
Easy Does It!
Little Archie -
6.
On the Ball
Bunny and the Kids -
7.
The Catnapper
Little Archie -
8.
The Deer
Nature's Notebook -
9.
Little Betty Fun Page
-
10.
Tooth of a Kind
Scotty and Dotty -
11.
From Dad To Worse
Scotty and Dotty -
12.
The Fall Guy
Little Archie -
13.
Weight and See
Little Archie -
14.
The Harder They Fool
Little Archie -
15.
Wedded Blitz
Little Archie -
16.
Peep Squeak
Little Scout -
17.
The Alligator
Nature's Notebook -
18.
Food Feud
Little Archie -
19.
The Elephant
Nature's Notebook -
20.
Moon Muddle
Little Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
- JW "David" Asher
- Katy Hayhurst
- Dan Kocher
- Mike Nielsen
- Jaime Weinman
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