(January 1989)

Archie, 1954 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Published 13 times a year: Once in July and November, three times in January and September, and five times in October.
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Giant Series
Editing
Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What happened to Santa, Little Archie?
Genre
children
Characters
Little Betty Cooper; Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Ambrose; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge

The Christmas Bagel (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Bob Bolling (credited)
Pencils
Bob Bolling (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Some people come a long way to do their Christmas shopping in Riverdale!
Genre
humor; children; science fiction
Characters
attum two; Little Archie; Fangs Fogarty; Termite Thomas; Weasel Wilson; Ozmo
Synopsis
A family from another planet travel to Earth so their son, attum two, can do his Christmas shopping in Riverdale. When the South Side Serpents take his Christmas presents and his pet dog, Little Archie helps him recover his items and return to outer space.
Reprints
Keywords
aliens; Christmas; flying saucer

Surprise Ending! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Archie and his friends; Sunkist Fun Fruits / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Believe It or Not (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Bob Bolling (credited)
Pencils
Bob Bolling (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Charge the fort!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Archie; Little Ambrose; Little Betty; Little Veronica; Little Moose; Little Dilton; Little Reggie; Little Jughead; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
Little Betty and Little Veronica are going to see Santa at the mall but the other kids don't believe in Santa.
Reprints
Keywords
orphanage

All by Myself (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Bob Bolling (credited)
Pencils
Bob Bolling (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Daddy! Come look!
Genre
humor; children; teen
Characters
Little Veronica; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Sue Stringly; Hubert Smithers
Synopsis
Little Veronica helps Sue Stringly make paper flowers and sell them to get money for Christmas presents.
Reprints
Keywords
Christmas

Pie Guy (Table of Contents: 5)

Little Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
T-the gas burner is broken!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Betty; Little Veronica; Geraldine Grundy
Reprints

Swell Well (Table of Contents: 6)

Little Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Pssst! Sabrina!
Genre
humor
Characters
Little Sabrina
Synopsis
Little Sabrina drops a penny into a wishing well and wishes for ice cream.
Reprints

All Wet Puzzle! (Table of Contents: 7)

Little Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Pucker Up (Table of Contents: 8)

Little Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Bolling (credited)
Pencils
Bob Bolling (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The perilous pike cruises just below the frozen surface of Logger's Pond...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Jughead; Little Archie; Little Reggie; Little Moose; Perilous Pike
Synopsis
The boys are practicing their hockey plays on the river.
Reprints
Keywords
hockey

Little Archie's Mail Board (Table of Contents: 9)

Little Archie / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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A Public Service Message from Archie Comics (Table of Contents: 10)

Health Education / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton

Indexer Notes

AIDS awareness PSA.

Cocoa Pebbles BMX Bike Race (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Cocoa Pebbles; The Flintstones / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["What happened to Santa, Little Archie?"]
    Little Archie
  2. 1. The Christmas Bagel
    Little Archie
  3. 2. Surprise Ending!
    Archie and his friends; Sunkist Fun Fruits
  4. 3. Believe It or Not
    Little Archie
  5. 4. All by Myself
    Little Veronica
  6. 5. Pie Guy
    Little Jughead
  7. 6. Swell Well
    Little Sabrina
  8. 7. All Wet Puzzle!
    Little Archie
  9. 8. Pucker Up
    Little Archie
  10. 9. Little Archie's Mail Board
    Little Archie
  11. 10. A Public Service Message from Archie Comics
    Health Education
  12. 11. Cocoa Pebbles BMX Bike Race
    Cocoa Pebbles; The Flintstones
This issue was modified by, among others
  • John
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jonathan Sari