(September 1989)

Archie, 1954 Series
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Price
0.95 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Published 13 times a year: once in July and Nov., three times in Jan. and Sept., and five times in Oct.
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Giant Series

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[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
Dad! Is it okay if Juggie brings a friend to our cookout?
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews
No image yet Cover Thumbnail for Archie Giant Series Magazine (1954 series) #596 [Newsstand]
Cover gallery

A Reel Experience (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Bob Bolling
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Little Ambrose Phipps; The Perilous Pike; Pollyanna Pike
Synopsis
Little Ambrose tags along as Little Archie tries to catch the Perilous Pike.
Reprints
Keywords
fishing

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Little Archie's Mail Board / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dexter Taylor
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I love to do puzzles and I enjoy thinking them up!
Genre
children
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Spotty

Indexer Notes

Letters, jokes, and riddles from readers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

For the Birds (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Bob Bolling
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Mrs. Andrews
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee tries to improve Riverdale's parks.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Bayou Billy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Katy Keene / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Girls' Night Out (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
Bob Bolling
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Caramel
Synopsis
Little Betty and Veronica go on the roof to rescue Caramel during the night. Mrs. Cooper sees them missing and calls the police, which leads to chaos.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #223, inks are credited to Bob Bolling.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You don't need drugs...
Genre
teen; humor
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis
Reasons to stay away from drugs.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Miss Beazly / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Remember...eat your beef!
Genre
teen; humor
Characters
Miss Beazly
Synopsis
Unscramble the letters to find four foods containing beef.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Archie Fan Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Wash Bash Blues (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script
Bob Bolling
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews
Synopsis
Little Archie opens a dog wash, but he has to take the dogs inside during a storm.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script
Victor Gorelick
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Victor Gorelick; Dan DeCarlo; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Victor Gorelick tells us how comic stories are pencilled.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Dad! Is it okay if Juggie brings a friend to our cookout?"]
    Little Archie
  2. 1. A Reel Experience
    Little Archie
  3. 2. ["Subscribe and save $2.50 on each five-issue subscription!!"]
    Archie
  4. 3. ["I love to do puzzles and I enjoy thinking them up!"]
    Little Archie's Mail Board
  5. 4. ["Double your fun!"]
    Archie
  6. 5. ["3 issues for $2.00."]
    Archie
  7. 6. For the Birds
    Little Archie
  8. 7. ["New From Archie Adventure Series."]
    The Adventures of Bayou Billy
  9. 8. ["Katy Keene Subscription Spectacular!"]
    Katy Keene
  10. 9. ["Discount 32 page comic subscriptions!"]
    Archie
  11. 10. ["Something new is happening at Archie!"]
  12. 11. Girls' Night Out
    Little Betty and Veronica
  13. 12. ["You don't need drugs..."]
    Archie
  14. 13. ["Remember...eat your beef!"]
    Miss Beazly
  15. 14. ["Fans!"]
    Archie Fan Club
  16. 15. Wash Bash Blues
    Little Archie
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Editor's Notebook
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Luke A.
  • Merlin Haas
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
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