(1956)
Archie,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Harry Shorten
Issue Notes
This issue marks the first appearance of Little Archie.
In his interview with Gary Brown in Comic Book Artist (March 2004), Little Archie's creator Bob Bolling recalled that editor Harry Shorten called him in and said "I want you to do a book of Archie as a little boy, but before you do, I want you to do some sketches and I'm going to mail them to [publisher] John Goldwater." Bolling designed the Archie characters as children, and once they were approved by Shorten and Goldwater, he wrote and drew the entire first issue.
Bob Bolling told Gary Brown that Bob White inked most of this issue.
In his interview with Gary Brown in Comic Book Artist (March 2004), Little Archie's creator Bob Bolling recalled that editor Harry Shorten called him in and said "I want you to do a book of Archie as a little boy, but before you do, I want you to do some sketches and I'm going to mail them to [publisher] John Goldwater." Bolling designed the Archie characters as children, and once they were approved by Shorten and Goldwater, he wrote and drew the entire first issue.
Bob Bolling told Gary Brown that Bob White inked most of this issue.
[no title indexed]
Little Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No! You're not seeing things! This is really Archie when he was a little kid!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
in 
[Hunting]
Little Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- After Archie's mom asks him to stop playing hunter inside the house, he and his friends go outside to hunt wild animals, and come upon a snapping turtle.
Indexer Notes
The characters call the title character "Archie" in these early stories. In later stories this would change, and he would always be addressed as "Little Archie."
[Racing]
Little Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Little Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie builds an "imported Italian sports racer" for the soapbox derby.
- Reprints
-
in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #3 (August 1977) - in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #102 (September 1998)
-
[Playing House]
Little Archie / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie and Ronnie play house and fight even more than real married couples. Betty tries to get in on the act by marrying her cat to Archie's dog.
- Reprints
- in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #3 (December 2016)
- in Archie's Big Book (Archie, 2017 series) #1 - Magic, Music & Mischief (August 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
First appearance of Betty's cat, who would later be named "Caramel." Little Archie's dog would soon be re-designed and evolve into his regular dog, Spotty.
[Troops]
Little Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- General Archie and Sergeant Moose try to prevent Ronnie from joining their army, but she gains the troops' loyalty with her "secret orders."
- Reprints
- in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #2 (September 1977)
- in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #8 (October 1983)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["No! You're not seeing things! This is really Archie when he was a little kid!"]
Little Archie -
1.
[Hunting]
Little Archie -
2.
[Racing]
Little Archie -
3.
[Playing House]
Little Archie -
4.
[Troops]
Little Archie
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