(Spring 1959)
Archie,
1957 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 84
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Little Archie Giant Comics
- Editing
- Richard H. Goldwater (editor)
[Do-Nuts]
Little Archie / cover / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Bolling
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Mary Andrews
Little Archie and the Good Ol' Gang
Little Archie / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Letters
- Bob Bolling
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Caramel; Little Veronica Lodge; Smedley; Little Moose Mason; Evelyn Evernever; Little Dilton Doily; Ambrose Pipps
- Synopsis
- A black-and-white pin-up picture featuring all the regular members of Little Archie's Good Ol' Gang.
Ark Antics
Little Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bob Bolling
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Caramel; Little Veronica Lodge; Smedley; Little Moose Mason; Evelyn Evernever; Little Dilton Doily; Ambrose Pipps
- Synopsis
- After his father tells him the story of Noah and the Ark, Little Archie builds his own ark out of the old rowboat on Carson's Creek, and lets everyone come on the ark in exchange for a fee of jellybeans. Ambrose, who has no jellybeans and isn't allowed on the ark, tries to think of a way to prevent a flood by "pulling the plug" on the creek.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #208 (July 2010)
-
Civilized Savages
Little Archie / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bob Bolling
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper; Caramel; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Evelyn Evernever; Ambrose Pipps
- Synopsis
- After learning that toll booths are part of the price we pay for civilization, Little Archie convinces the good ol' gang to build their own modern civilizations of "bridges, buildings and super-highways," so he can charge people money for using them.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #21 (December 1976)
-
- Keywords
- fishing; toll booth
Cold Comfort
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Little Archie and his friends build an igloo.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #22 (February 1977)
- in Little Archie Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1985 series) #34 (January 1989)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #81 (February 2004)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #96 (March 2020)
-
- Keywords
- igloo
Wish Boner
Little Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children; teen
- Characters
- Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica make a wish over a turkey wishbone.
- Reprints
The Money Maker!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx is a bad trumpet player.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #17 (November 1976)
- in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #4 (October 1982)
-
[no title indexed]
Nature's Notebook / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One of the most highly regarded game fishes is the Marlin, classified as “Big Game” to the ardent fisherman.
- Genre
- non-fiction; nature; animal; math & science
- Synopsis
- Article on the marlin.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #6 (September 1976)
-
Balloon Boy
Little Ambrose / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bob Bolling
- Genre
- adventure; humor; children
- Characters
- Ambrose Pipps; Mr. Pipps; Mrs. Pipps; Putnam Pipps; Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason; Little Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Little Archie decides to send Ambrose up in a balloon to spy on the South Side Serpents. While in the air, he sees the Serpents approaching via Carson's Creek for a surprise attack on the Good Ol' Gang. Meanwhile, Ambrose's father prepares to go to the doctor to get treatment for his stiff neck.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #8 (January 1977)
-
Track Trick
Caramel / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Bolling
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bob Bolling
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Betty Cooper; Caramel; Mrs. Cooper
- Synopsis
- Caramel gets tar on her feet, and Mrs. Cooper says she can't come into the house even though it's raining. Betty finds a way to get Caramel in the house without making the floors dirty.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #14 (January 1985)
-
Reptiles of Yesterday/The World of Bears
illustration / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; nature
- Synopsis
- Nature articles on dinosaurs and bears.
Little Archie Rocket To the Moon
Little Archie / activity / 2 pages
- Genre
- children
- Synopsis
- A Little Archie rocket ship game.
Television Tykes
Little Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Ambrose Pipps; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Evelyn Evernever
- Synopsis
- Little Archie starts his own television station, consisting of a hollowed-out box made up to look like a television set, and gets his friends to do programs and even commercials. Fred is drafted as judge to decide which kid puts on "the most real-live TV show."
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #9 (March 1977)
-
Beasts of the Past
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; nature
- Synopsis
- Article on extinct mammals.
Framed
Shrimpy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Brando; Daphne
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #7 (November 1976)
-
Pet Peeves
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- Greg has a condition for playing a game with Li'l Jinx.
- Reprints
- in Little Archie Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1985 series) #45 (November 1990)
-
Pop's Weighty Problem!
Little Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bob Bolling
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Little Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Fred tries to use Little Archie's hula hoop to lose weight, not realizing that it's actually Ambrose's extra-small hoop.
- Reprints
- in Little Archie Comics Digest Annual (Archie, 1977 series) #1 (October 1977)
- in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #9 (January 1984)
-
The Star Gazer
Evelyn Evernever / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Evelyn Evernever; Ambrose Pipps; Geraldine Grundy; Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- When Evelyn learns there's a Hollywood talent scout at the school, she accepts a humiliating role just so she can be in the school play. The scout sees her and decides to use her as his model... for an animated cartoon animal.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #9 (March 1977)
-
Camera Sly
Little Archie / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bob Bolling
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Caramel; Evelyn Evernever
- Synopsis
- Little Archie tries to be a big-shot movie director with Ronnie's new movie camera. After suffering accidents trying to capture exciting action on film, he switches to the hidden-camera trick, taking embarrassing films of his father when he's not looking.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #15 (March 1978)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Do-Nuts]
Little Archie -
1.
Little Archie and the Good Ol' Gang
Little Archie -
2.
Ark Antics
Little Archie -
3.
Civilized Savages
Little Archie -
4.
Cold Comfort
Little Archie -
5.
Wish Boner
Little Veronica -
6.
The Money Maker!
Li'l Jinx -
7.
["One of the most highly regarded game fishes is the Marlin, classified as “Big Game” to the ardent fisherman."]
Nature's Notebook -
8.
Balloon Boy
Little Ambrose -
9.
Track Trick
Caramel -
10.
Reptiles of Yesterday/The World of Bears
-
11.
Little Archie Rocket To the Moon
Little Archie -
12.
Television Tykes
Little Archie -
13.
Beasts of the Past
-
14.
Framed
Shrimpy -
15.
Pet Peeves
Li'l Jinx -
16.
Pop's Weighty Problem!
Little Archie -
17.
The Star Gazer
Evelyn Evernever -
18.
Camera Sly
Little Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Dan Kocher
- Mike Nielsen
- Steven Samuels
- Joey Sayer
- Jaime Weinman
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