Little Archie #4

(Fall 1957)

Trick By Trial (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Bolling

Pencils:

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks:

Bob Bolling (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bob Bolling

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Moose Mason; Ambrose Pipps

Synopsis:

After watching a movie about a judge, the kids hold a trial with Little Archie as the judge and Ambrose as the defendant.

Indexer Notes

After some prototypes in the previous issue, this story is the formal introduction of Ambrose, Little Archie's "picked-on pal" with the cap that covers his eyes.

The story also introduces the girls' catchphrase "Poor Ambrose!" which is said whenever the boys start to pick on him.

Pop's Pet Peeve (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Bolling

Pencils:

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks:

Bob Bolling (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bob Bolling

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Evelyn Evernever; Little Moose Mason

Synopsis:

Fred is talked into acting as the judge in Little Archie's neighborhood pet show.

Indexer Notes

This story introduces the buck-toothed girl with a bow in her hair, who would be named Evelyn Evernever in future stories.

Sales Switch (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Bolling

Pencils:

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks:

Bob Bolling (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bob Bolling

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Little Moose Mason; Ambrose Pipps

Synopsis:

After seeing a fast-talking salesman sell his father things he doesn't need, Little Archie tries to become a super salesman, opening up the "West Side big bargain store" with the boys. But the girls retaliate by becoming salespeople themselves and creating an urgent need for the boys to buy their hornet exterminating service.

Toads and Frogs (Table of Contents)

Nature's Notebook / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (illustration)

Inks:

? (illustration)

Colors:

? (illustration)

Letters:

Typeset

It's Friendship (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dexter Taylor ?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge

Synopsis:

Betty and Veronica hate each other, but they're best friends.

Reprints:

• in The Toon Treasury of Classic Children's Comics (Harry N. Abrams, 2009 series) #[nn] ([September] 2009)

Skip It (Table of Contents)

Bunny and the Kids / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Samm Schwartz

Pencils:

Samm Schwartz

Inks:

Samm Schwartz

Colors:

?

Letters:

Samm Schwartz

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Bunny; Tubes

Synopsis:

Bunny skips rope even though she's sick.

Cab Caper (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Bolling

Pencils:

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks:

Bob Bolling (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bob Bolling

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Ambrose Pipps

Synopsis:

Little Archie starts his own taxi service, taking money to drive people around in his soapbox derby. Betty and Veronica open a competing taxi service and fight with Little Archie for passengers. Jughead creates his own taxi, a wagon pulled by a dog. And Ambrose becomes a traffic cop.

Indexer Notes

The first mention of "Carson's Creek," one of many Riverdale geographical locations created by Bolling. It would become frequently mentioned in Little Archie stories and eventually in "big" Archie stories.

The Giraffe (Table of Contents)

Nature's Notebook / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ken Hultgren

Inks:

Ken Hultgren

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Mad About the Boy! (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Vigoda

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge

Synopsis:

Little Archie, Betty and Veronica spend all their playtime fighting with each other.

Little Archie Puzzle Page (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Bolling

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Reggie's Soda Pop (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Bolling

Pencils:

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks:

Bob Bolling (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bob Bolling

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Mr. Mantle

Synopsis:

Reggie's dad keeps boring the boys with stories of his past as a boxer and telling them that "boxing pays off." The boys figure out how to exploit make these stories pay off for them.

Hoopin' and Hollerin'! (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Vigoda ?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

The kids roll hoops.

Bears (Table of Contents)

Nature's Notebook / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ken Hultgren

Inks:

Ken Hultgren

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

For Petter Or Worse (Table of Contents)

Scotty and Dotty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Samm Schwartz

Pencils:

Samm Schwartz

Inks:

Samm Schwartz

Colors:

?

Letters:

Samm Schwartz

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Scotty; Dotty; Daddy

Synopsis:

Scotty and Dotty argue over who will get to pet the new dog.

Kill Or Cure (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Little Moose Mason

Synopsis:

The girls play nurse and bandage the boys.

Shakes Pair (Table of Contents)

Little Scout / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Samm Schwartz

Pencils:

Samm Schwartz

Inks:

Samm Schwartz

Colors:

?

Letters:

Samm Schwartz

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Little Scout

Synopsis:

Scout wants to ride on a pogo stick.

It's a Gem Dandy (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Mr. Lodge

Synopsis:

Ronnie's dad gives her a diamond ring. Jughead figures out how to make it look like Betty has one too.

Navy Nuts (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Bolling

Pencils:

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks:

Bob Bolling (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bob Bolling

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Little Moose Mason; Spotty

Synopsis:

The boys play "navy" on a raft in the middle of Carson's Creek. The girls attack their craft with a barrage of apples.