(Fall 1957)
Archie,
1956 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 84
- Indicia Frequency
- Quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Little Archie Giant Comics
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Little Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper
- Reprints
in 
Trick By Trial
Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bob Bolling
- 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
Little Archie / comic story / 7 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; 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
Little Archie / comic story / 7 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; 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.
It's Friendship
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- 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) ([September] 2009)
-
Skip It
Bunny and the Kids / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Bunny; Tubes
- Synopsis
- Bunny skips rope even though she's sick.
- Reprints
Cab Caper
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; 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.
Mad About the Boy!
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- 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.
Reggie's Soda Pop
Little Archie / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bob Bolling
- 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'!
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- The kids roll hoops.
For Petter Or Worse
Scotty and Dotty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Scotty; Dotty; Daddy
- Synopsis
- Scotty and Dotty argue over who will get to pet the new dog.
- Reprints
Kill Or Cure
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- 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.
- Reprints
Shakes Pair
Little Scout / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Little Scout
- Synopsis
- Scout wants to ride on a pogo stick.
It's a Gem Dandy
Little Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- 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.
- Reprints
Navy Nuts
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 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.
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Little Archie -
1.
Trick By Trial
Little Archie -
2.
Pop's Pet Peeve
Little Archie -
3.
Sales Switch
Little Archie -
4.
Toads and Frogs
Nature's Notebook -
5.
It's Friendship
Little Archie -
6.
Skip It
Bunny and the Kids -
7.
Cab Caper
Little Archie -
8.
The Giraffe
Nature's Notebook -
9.
Mad About the Boy!
Little Archie -
10.
Little Archie Puzzle Page
Little Archie -
11.
Reggie's Soda Pop
Little Archie -
12.
Hoopin' and Hollerin'!
Little Archie -
13.
Bears
Nature's Notebook -
14.
For Petter Or Worse
Scotty and Dotty -
15.
Kill Or Cure
Little Archie -
16.
Shakes Pair
Little Scout -
17.
It's a Gem Dandy
Little Archie -
18.
Navy Nuts
Little Archie
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- JW "David" Asher
- Katy Hayhurst
- Dan Kocher
- Matthew Thompson
- Jaime Weinman
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