Little Archie Giant Comics #11

(Summer 1959)

The Scavengers (Table of Contents: 1)

Little Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling

Pencils

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks

Bob Bolling (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bob Bolling

Genre

humor; children

Characters

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

Synopsis

When the girls are beating the boys at a scavenger hunt, Little Archie scares away Evelyn, who's guarding the girls' findings, by making her think a ghost is after her. The boys then hide their plunder -- including several dogs and cats -- in Little Archie's house. They don't count on Mr. Andrews coming home early from work. And after the girls get their animals back, Mr. Andrews offers a twenty-five cent reward to whoever brings him Little Archie.

Ludwig La Stanza, The Music Moppet (Table of Contents: 2)

Little Archie and the Good Ol' Gang / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling

Pencils

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks

Bob Bolling (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bob Bolling

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Ludwig La Stanza; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Ruben; Sheldon Broadbeam

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee asks Ludwig La Stanza to conduct the Good Ol' Gang's orchestra in his composition, "Wet Sneaker Serenade," on Parent-Teacher Night. Ludwig can't get the right sound out of the orchestra until he gets the idea of adding live animals, two chickens and a pig, to the orchestra.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #23 (April 1977)

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Ludwig La Stanza, Bolling's short-lived answer to Schroeder from "Peanuts."

All Bowled Up (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Samm Schwartz

Pencils

Samm Schwartz

Inks

Samm Schwartz

Colors

?

Letters

Samm Schwartz

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Scout; Egbert

Synopsis

Scout goes bowling.

The Truth Hurts (Table of Contents: 4)

Shrimpy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Harold

Pencils

Joe Harold

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Shrimpy; Brando

Reprints

• in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #4 (October 1982)

Indexer Notes

The first of many appearances in this title by "Shrimpy," Archie Comics' thinly-disguised copy of "Peanuts." (Shrimpy is even referred to as "George Smith" in this strip.) The strip appeared in several Archie titles for the next few years, before being retired and replaced by the old standby "Li'l Jinx."

Campaign Capers (Table of Contents: 5)

Little Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Dexter Taylor

Colors

?

Letters

Dexter Taylor

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Little Moose Mason; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper; Little Dilton Doily; Ambrose Pipps; Evelyn Evernever; Pop Tate

Synopsis

After Fred tells the kids that they should settle dispute democratically instead of with fighting, Little Archie and Reggie run against each other in an election for "Boss of the West Side." The results are a tie, but there's one kid who hasn't voted yet: Ambrose.

Defective Detective (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Dexter Taylor

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Dexter Taylor

Colors

?

Letters

Dexter Taylor

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Ambrose Pipps; Little Archie Andrews; Mr. Pipps; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Ambrose wants a dollar to buy Little Archie Giant Comics (which apparently are a comic book in this world too) and sees his opportunity when Mr. Andrews offers a prize of a dollar to the first person who guesses the killer in a new movie.

Reprints

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #15 (March 1985)

The Ball and the Fly (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Dexter Taylor

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Dexter Taylor

Colors

?

Letters

Dexter Taylor

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Ambrose Pipps; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason

Synopsis

After Little Archie hits a ball through Mr. Weatherbee's window, he and the boys try to use disguises to get home without being caught.

Out on a Limb (Table of Contents: 8)

Caramel / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling

Pencils

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks

Bob Bolling (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bob Bolling

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Caramel

Synopsis

Little Archie rescues Betty's cat Caramel from a tree.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #72 (June 1985)

Menace From the Skies! (Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ken Hultgren

Inks

Ken Hultgren

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; nature

Synopsis

Article on owls.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #4 (February 1974)

Evelyn Evernever (Table of Contents: 10)

Evelyn Evernever / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Dexter Taylor

Colors

?

Letters

Dexter Taylor

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Evelyn Evernever; Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Ambrose Pipps; Teddy; Evelyn's friend

Synopsis

The kids decide to hold a pet show, with the winner's owner getting a ticket to the circus. Evelyn, who desperately wants to see the "lovely ladies" at the circus but doesn't have a pet, tries to attract a cat with a fish skeleton.

Reprints

• in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #6 (May 1983)

Business Build Up (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Dexter Taylor

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Dexter Taylor

Colors

?

Letters

Dexter Taylor

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Ambrose Pipps; Little Moose Mason; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Ambrose's cousin

Synopsis

The boys take Ambrose's money to help finance their health-club business, and then fire him. Ambrose starts a cake and cookie business with his cousin, and attracts all the kids who would rather be fat and happy than healthy.

Reprints

• in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #26 (May 1978)

The Hunters (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Bob Bolling

Pencils

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks

Bob Bolling (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bob Bolling

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Caramel

Synopsis

A mouse is chased by Caramel, who is chased by Spotty, who is chased by Little Archie. And someone else chases them all away.

Reprints

• in Little Archie Comics Digest Annual Magazine (Archie, 1979 series) #15 (1984)

Indexer Notes

An early example of one of Bolling's favorite layout methods: long, page-wide panels stacked directly on top of each other with no separation.

The Pony Express! (Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ken Hultgren

Inks

Ken Hultgren

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; history

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #4 (February 1974)

The Great Mince Pie Mystery (Table of Contents: 14)

Little Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling

Pencils

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks

Bob Bolling (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bob Bolling

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Ambrose Pipps; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Ludwig La Stanza; Little Moose Mason

Synopsis

Fred has to go on a diet because Little Archie won't go on walks with him anymore. But when he sees three freshly-baked pies out in the woods, he takes them and eats two of them. Ambrose, who was bringing the pies to the gang's pie auction, tries to solve the mystery of who stole the pies. He gets the evidence he needs when he sees Fred hiding the last of the three pies. Little Archie is crushed to discover that his dad might be a pie thief, while Fred tries to replace the stolen pies, all the while repeating his new motto: "You just can't win."

Reprints

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #25 (November 1986)

Indexer Notes

This and the following story, "The Shrimp From Outer Space," show Bolling becoming more ambitious in his stories and art, and more willing to explore the relationships of the characters (in this case, Little Archie's relationship with his dad).

Ludwig La Stanza hums the rhythm of the theme from the show "Dragnet" when Ambrose first appears as a detective.

The Shrimp From Outer Space (Table of Contents: 15)

Little Archie and the Good Ol' Gang / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling

Pencils

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks

Bob Bolling (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bob Bolling

Genre

adventure; humor; children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Ambrose Pipps; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Lovely reporter; Sheldon Broadbeam; Ludwig La Stanza

Synopsis

Little Archie and the Good Ol' Gang build a rocket out of a barrel and a giant slingshot, but can't find anyone who'll volunteer to go to the moon in it. When Ambrose comes by, trying to get into the Good Ol' Gang, the kids promise him that he can be part of the gang if he goes up in the rocket and comes back alive.

Reprints

• in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #27 (1975-1976)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #13 (November 1984)

Indexer Notes

The splash panel of this story is Bolling's first attempt to use a realistic drawing style (rather than the cartoony style of the story itself) in "Little Archie."