The Adventures of Little Archie #27

(Summer 1963)

The Missing Astronaut Mystery (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Bolling

Pencils:

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks:

Bob Bolling

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bob Bolling

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; detective-mystery

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Caroline Baker; Sandra Fleming; Mr. Fleming; Mrs. Fleming; Jim Farrell; J.P. Knudge; Hob Kane; Coast Guard officer; un-named beachcomber; un-named spy

Synopsis:

Little Archie goes along with his dad on a business trip to the Bahamas, near the site of a planned rocket launch with Caroline Baker, America's first female astronaut. Soon Little Archie discovers that the area is full of spies, American and Russian, and that there's a plot to kidnap Caroline Baker and ensure a Soviet victory in the Space Race.

Indexer Notes

The story has the same length, format and approach as the "Little Archie Mystery Comics" published that same year (including the device of drawing most of the characters, except Little Archie, in a realistic style).

Just Testing (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; children

Characters:

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday

Synopsis:

Li'l Jinx learns how to test reflexes.

Shelley Fabares, Typical Teenager (Table of Contents)

Teen / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction; biography

Synopsis:

Article on teen star Shelley Fabares.

210 Oak Street (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bob Bolling

Pencils:

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks:

Bob Bolling

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bob Bolling

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Ambrose Pipps; Pamela; un-named girl

Synopsis:

Little Archie finds an old pair of glasses that magically turn back time when he puts them on. When the glasses are taken away by a young woman at 210 Oak Street, he is transported back to the present. Investigating, he and his friends go back to 210 Oak Street, now a dilapidated and apparently deserted house.

Reprints:

• in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #3 (March 1976)

Indexer Notes

After this story, Ambrose was dropped from the comic. He would return in the mid-'80s.

Surprise (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 Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews

Synopsis:

Little Archie catches a fish.

Some Shape (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; Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis:

Mr. Weatherbee tells Little Archie to get in shape.

Indexer Notes

One of several Archie comics stories around this time that reference President Kennedy's call for young people to excercise more.

Quiz Whiz (Table of Contents)

Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dexter Taylor

Pencils:

Dexter Taylor

Inks:

Dexter Taylor

Colors:

?

Letters:

Dexter Taylor

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Little Jughead Jones; Plato Potts; un-named principal; un-named host

Synopsis:

Mr. Weatherbee enters Jughead in a televised quiz competition with Stoneyburg Grammar School.

The Big Show (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 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; Spotty; un-named fleas; un-named circus performers

Synopsis:

A troupe of performing fleas settles on Spotty.

Reprints:

• in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #27 (1975-76)

Going... Going...Gone (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; children

Characters:

Li'l Jinx; Greg

Synopsis:

Greg will do anything for ice cream.

Tommy Sands... Pinch Hitter For Fame (Table of Contents)

Tommy Sands / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction; biography

Synopsis:

Article on pop star Tommy Sands.

A Matter of Time (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dexter Taylor

Pencils:

Dexter Taylor

Inks:

Dexter Taylor

Colors:

?

Letters:

Dexter Taylor

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy; un-named adults

Synopsis:

Little Archie has to chain Spotty up outside the school. Chasing a rabbit, Spotty pulls the chain out of the ground and escapes, but then gets chained to the train tracks.

Reprints:

• in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #27 (1975-76)