The Adventures of Little Archie #15

(Summer 1960)

The Black Mine Adventure (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Bolling

Pencils:

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks:

Bob Bolling

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bob Bolling

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jerry Johnson; Mr. Johnson; Rex (dog); Elvis (frog); Mr. Boggs; Sarah Johnson; man from the animal shelter; Mr. Black

Synopsis:

Little Archie learns that his friend Jerry Johnson's dog, Rex, is going blind and is about to be put to sleep. Little Archie and Jerry go for one last walk with Rex, and wind up trapped in an abandoned mine.

Paper Pup (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Dexter Taylor

Pencils:

Dexter Taylor

Inks:

Dexter Taylor

Colors:

?

Letters:

Dexter Taylor

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Evelyn Evernever; Spotty

Synopsis:

Little Archie trains Spotty to bring the newspaper.

Left Field Concerto (Table of Contents)

Ludwig La Stanza / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Bolling

Pencils:

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks:

Bob Bolling

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bob Bolling

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Ludwig La Stanza; Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Moose Mason; Fangs Fogarty; Scaley McSlither; Dud La Stanza; un-named kids

Synopsis:

Aspiring conductor Ludwig La Stanza would rather listen to symphonies on the radio than play baseball, so the kids rig up a radio that he can listen to while playing the outfield.

Indexer Notes

Last appearance of Ludwig La Stanza, Bolling's attempt to come up with a character similar to Schroeder from "Peanuts."

Western Style! (Table of Contents)

Li'l Jinx / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Edwards

Pencils:

Joe Edwards

Inks:

Joe Edwards

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Edwards

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday (Li'l Jinx's daddy); Mrs. Holliday

Synopsis:

Li'l Jinx's cowboy games are affecting her table manners.

Pot Luck (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Dexter Taylor

Pencils:

Dexter Taylor

Inks:

Dexter Taylor

Colors:

?

Letters:

Dexter Taylor

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Dilton Doiley; Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis:

Little Archie tries to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Homeless Helper (Table of Contents)

Ambrose / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dexter Taylor

Pencils:

Dexter Taylor

Inks:

Dexter Taylor

Colors:

?

Letters:

Dexter Taylor

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Ambrose Pipps; Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason; un-named kids

Synopsis:

A dog whistle comes in handy for Ambrose when the Good Ol' Gang sends him on a dangerous mission to spy on the South Side Serpents' clubhouse.

Reprints:

• in Little Archie Digest Magazine (Archie, 1991 series) #11 (November 1993)
• in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #228 (June 2012)

You Name It! (Table of Contents)

Shrimpy / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Harold

Pencils:

Joe Harold

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Brando; Peggy

Synopsis:

Peggy demands that Brando paint her.

The Big Scare (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Dexter Taylor

Pencils:

Dexter Taylor

Inks:

Dexter Taylor

Colors:

?

Letters:

Dexter Taylor

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Ambrose Pipps; Little Betty Cooper; Evelyn Evernever; Little Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge; Little Moose Mason; un-named policeman

Synopsis:

Little Archie says he saw a "big ol' butterfly" at the creek, which leads to a series of escalating rumors.

Lady of the Clouds: Amelia Earhart (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction; history

Synopsis:

An article on the life and disappearance of Amelia Earhart.

Pop and the Popcorn (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dexter Taylor

Pencils:

Dexter Taylor

Inks:

Dexter Taylor

Colors:

?

Letters:

Dexter Taylor

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Spotty

Synopsis:

Fred makes himself some popcorn, but everybody else gets to it first.

TV Terrors (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Dexter Taylor

Pencils:

Dexter Taylor

Inks:

Dexter Taylor

Colors:

?

Letters:

Dexter Taylor

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Spotty

Synopsis:

Fred tries to get Little Archie to stop watching violent TV shows and watch the news instead.

Patriotic Pup (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dexter Taylor

Pencils:

Dexter Taylor

Inks:

Dexter Taylor

Colors:

?

Letters:

Dexter Taylor

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Sheldon Broadbeam; Spotty

Synopsis:

The kids have to dress their pets based on the country they came from, and Little Archie doesn't know what his dog should wear, since "Spotty's all kinds of dogs."

Reprints:

• in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #52 (May 1984)

The Missing Kiss! (Table of Contents)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Edwards

Pencils:

Joe Edwards

Inks:

Joe Edwards

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Edwards

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday (Li'l Jinx's daddy)

Synopsis:

Before she goes to bed, Li'l Jinx's daddy tells her she forgot something. She gives him a goodnight kiss, thinking that's what he meant and he ends up with a face full of jam because he actually meant that he face was unwashed.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #66 (June 1984)

Turn-About Tale (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / comic story / 3.75 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dexter Taylor

Pencils:

Dexter Taylor

Inks:

Dexter Taylor

Colors:

?

Letters:

Dexter Taylor

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Ambrose Pipps

Synopsis:

When Little Archie contemplates running away from home, Reggie tries to convince him that other people are worse off.

"Hi-ya pal!!" (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / filler / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dexter Taylor

Pencils:

Dexter Taylor

Inks:

Dexter Taylor

Colors:

?

Letters:

Dexter Taylor

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Little Archie; un-named kid

Synopsis:

A strange kid offers Little Archie a bite of his candy bar.

Peanut Pitcher (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dexter Taylor

Pencils:

Dexter Taylor

Inks:

Dexter Taylor

Colors:

?

Letters:

Dexter Taylor

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Little Moose Mason; Little Jughead Jones

Synopsis:

Moose puts his great pitching arm to professional use.

One Stormy Night (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bob Bolling

Pencils:

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks:

Bob Bolling

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bob Bolling

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Little Betty Cooper; Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Caramel

Synopsis:

When Caramel is missing during a thunderstorm, Betty sneaks out of the house at night to look for her.

Indexer Notes

Bolling's first story for Little Betty as a solo star.

Headline Hunters (Table of Contents)

Ambrose / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Bolling

Pencils:

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks:

Bob Bolling

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bob Bolling

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Ambrose Pipps; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Moose Mason; Mrs. Pipps; Little Betty Cooper; Sheldon Broadbeam; un-named kids

Synopsis:

Little Archie decides that the West Side kids' newspaper needs a foreign correspondent, so he forces Ambrose to go to Europe... by mail.

Indexer Notes

In one of Bolling's nods to continuity, this story mentions Little Archie's attempt to get to Europe on a raft in Little Archie # 14 ("The Run-Away").