The Adventures of Little Archie #32 [Canadian]

(Fall 1964)

Gorilla (Table of Contents: 1)

Little Archie / 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; Little Jughead Jones; Smedlington Smythe; un-named boater

Synopsis

An unusually intelligent gorilla, bound for the Riverdale zoo, escapes from his cage while being unloaded from the "Pride of Walvis Bay." The next day, the gorilla comes upon Little Archie and Jughead in their treehouse, and chases Little Archie through the woods, across the rocks of Carson's Creek, and finally out into the ocean on a rolling log.

Reprints

• in Little Archie Comics Digest Annual (Archie, 1977 series) #1 (October 1977)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #12 (September 1984)
• in Archie Classics - The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 2004 series) #1 (October 2004)

Indexer Notes

The events of this story happen concurrently with those of the following story, "Time Taxi."

The newspaper headline at the end includes another of Bolling's references to the "Prune Fungus."

Time Taxi (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Bob Bolling

Pencils

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks

Bob Bolling (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bob Bolling

Genre

adventure; humor; children; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mad Doctor Doom; Chester Punkett; Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Smedlington Smythe; Cap'n Moon; unnamed Egyptian

Synopsis

When the gorilla escapes from the "Pride of Walvis Bay," Mad Doctor Doom and Chester take advantage of the commotion to jump ship again and head back to Crackstone Manor. Realizing that fate has decreed that Little Archie will always foil his plans for world domination, Mad Doctor Doom builds a time machine to take him and Chester back to B.L.A. (Before Little Archie) so they can take over the world without interference. But no matter where or when they go, an ancestor of Little Archie is there to stand in their way.

Reprints

• in Chiquilladas (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #366
• in Little Archie Comics Digest Annual (Archie, 1977 series) #1 (October 1977)
• in Archie Classics - The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 2004 series) #1 (October 2004)

Indexer Notes

The events of this story happen concurrently with the preceding story, "Gorilla." Doom and Chester escape from the ship as the events of "Gorilla" begin, and meet up with Little Archie just after "Gorilla" ends.

In his interview with Gary Brown (Comic Book Artist, March 2004), Bob Bolling called this "one of my favorite stories."

Fishing Fool (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Dexter Taylor

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Dexter Taylor

Colors

?

Letters

Dexter Taylor

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Betty proves that she's better than Little Archie at catching fish.

Reprints

• in Little Archie Comics Digest Annual (Archie, 1977 series) #1 (October 1977)
• in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #6 (May 1983)

Mystery of the Old Boathouse (Table of Contents: 4)

Little Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Dexter Taylor

Colors

?

Letters

Dexter Taylor

Genre

adventure; humor; children; detective-mystery

Characters

Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Susan Johnson; un-named camp director; un-named crooks

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica go to Silver Lake Camp, near the site of a recent rash of bank robberies. Betty thinks she notices someone hiding out in the old abandoned boathouse near the camp. She goes to investigate and is captured by the bank robbers. Veronica then goes looking for Betty.

Reprints

• in Little Archie Comics Digest Annual (Archie, 1977 series) #1 (October 1977)
• in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #1 (January 1982)

Far Out Prize (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Dexter Taylor

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Dexter Taylor

Colors

?

Letters

Dexter Taylor

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; un-named aliens

Synopsis

Two new characters win first prize at Veronica's costume party for their alien costumes.

Let's Face It! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday; Merry Holiday

Reprints

• in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #176 (August 1970)
• in Little Archie Comics Digest Annual Magazine (Archie, 1979 series) #9 (1981)
• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #127 (February 2009)

A Quiet Weekend In the Country (Table of Contents: 7)

Little Archie / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling

Pencils

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks

Bob Bolling (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bob Bolling

Genre

adventure; humor; children; science fiction

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Zeena; un-named Globs; un-named Zentroxians

Synopsis

In another solar system, the planet Zentrox dominates the tourism industry. The planet Glob, full of ugly, superstitious creatures who worship a stone god named "Hob-Glob," plans to invade and take over Zentrox. Zeena, the beautiful daughter of Zentrox's president, is out for a joyride when a glob ship shoots her down and she crash-lands near the farm where Little Archie is staying with his grandmother. Zeena and Little Archie are both captured and taken as prisoners to Glob, where they overhear the plan to launch the final invasion of Zeena's planet.

Indexer Notes

Zeena appears to be partly a parody of Lynda Bird Johnson, the first daughter at the time.

Yellowstone Kelly (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; history

Brainstorm (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; un-named druggist

Reprints

• in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #176 (August 1970)
• in Little Archie Comics Digest Annual Magazine (Archie, 1979 series) #9 (1981)

Treasure of the Deep (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Dexter Taylor

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Dexter Taylor

Colors

?

Letters

Dexter Taylor

Genre

adventure; humor; children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Chick Cooper; Susan Johnson

Synopsis

In 1861, the ship "Atlanta" sank to the bottom of the ocean, carrying with it a fortune in coins. In 1964, Little Archie, his babysitter Susan, and Betty's brother Chick discover the lost ship and its treasure while diving, but they also discover that they are threatened by sharks.

Reprints

• in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #12 (September 1977)