The Adventures of Little Archie #24

(Fall 1962)

The Gentle Way (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Bob Bolling

Pencils

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks

Bob Bolling

Colors

Victor Gorelick

Letters

Bob Bolling

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; judo instructor; un-named woman; un-named thug; un-named boys

Synopsis

Little Archie starts taking judo lessons, over the objections of his mother, who fears that it will turn him into a roughneck.

Reprints

• in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #28 (1976)
• in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #[1] (August 2011)
• in Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2016 series) #1 (2016)

Indexer Notes

Bob Bolling was himself taking judo lessons at this time, according to his interview in Comic Book Artist (March 2004).

The Late, Late Show (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor

Characters

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

Synopsis

Li'l Jinx won't go to sleep, and instead asks her daddy what time it is.

Reprints

• in Little Archie Comics Digest Annual (Archie, 1977 series) #4 (April 1979)
• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #92 (May 2005)

One Quiet Night (Table of Contents: 3)

Polly / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling

Pencils

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks

Bob Bolling

Colors

Victor Gorelick

Letters

Bob Bolling

Genre

humor

Characters

Polly Cooper; Little Betty Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Mr. Cooper; Gregory; Officer O'Beez; Caramel

Synopsis

Mr. Cooper climbs up on the roof to rescue Betty's cat, just as Polly is walking home with her new boyfriend.

Reprints

• in Little Archie Comics Digest Annual (Archie, 1977 series) #1 (October 1977)

Jamestown Revisited (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

Typeset

Genre

non-fiction; history

Synopsis

A historical article on Jamestown, Virginia.

Robots of Doom (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Bob Bolling

Pencils

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks

Bob Bolling

Colors

Victor Gorelick

Letters

Bob Bolling

Genre

adventure; humor

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mad Doctor Doom; Chester Punkett; Chester's boss; un-named shoppers and clerks

Synopsis

Mad Doctor Doom places a devilish device inside toy robots from the Tacky Toy company, which gives them the power to hypnotize people at his command.

Reprints

• in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #28 (1976)
• in Archie Classics - The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 2004 series) #1 (October 2004)

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Mad Doctor Doom and Chester, who would become the most popular Little Archie villains. This issue appeared on newsstands at around the same time as the first appearance of Dr. Doom in "Fantastic Four"; the similar names appear to be a coincidence. (See http://www.oddballcomics.com/article.php?story=archive2004-02-20 for more information on the timeline of the two characters' first appearances.)

The decision to make Mad Doctor Doom green came from the colorist, Victor Gorelick. Bolling recalled (http://www.comic-con.org/common/03upd2005_little_archie_50th.shtml) that he asked Gorelick "what did you color him green for?" but grew to like the idea.

Wish-Boner! (Table of Contents: 6)

Shrimpy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Harold

Pencils

Joe Harold

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Shrimpy; un-named kid in beret

Synopsis

Shrimpy claims that when you make a wish on a wishbone, it comes true.

The Lucky Day (Table of Contents: 7)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Dexter Taylor

Colors

Victor Gorelick

Letters

Dexter Taylor

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Mr. Johnson; Mrs. Johnson; Susan Johnson

Synopsis

Little Archie comes along on the Johnsons' family trip to the beach, to Mr. Johnson's horror.

Reprints

• in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #4 (November 1977)

A Born Leader (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Dexter Taylor

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Dexter Taylor

Colors

Victor Gorelick

Letters

Dexter Taylor

Genre

humor

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy

Synopsis

Miss Grundy tells the lethargic Little Archie to show some get-up-and-go.

Reprints

• in Little Archie Comics Digest Annual (Archie, 1977 series) #1 (October 1977)

The Chance of a Ghost (Table of Contents: 9)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling

Pencils

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks

Bob Bolling

Colors

Victor Gorelick

Letters

Bob Bolling

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Little Archie fixes a TV defect that makes it look like the characters have ghostly doubles, but then he gets a "TV ghost" himself.

The Flying Ace (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Dexter Taylor

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Dexter Taylor

Colors

Victor Gorelick

Letters

Dexter Taylor

Genre

adventure

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge takes Little Archie and Veronica up in a plane, but the plane malfunctions and crashes.

Reprints

• in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #5 (July 1976)

Indexer Notes

Mr. Lodge is named "Henry" in this story.

Taylor draws the adult characters in this story in a more realistic style, imitating the style Bolling used for his adventure stories.

Little Archie Makes the Eel Kneel (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Bob Bolling

Pencils

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks

Bob Bolling

Colors

Victor Gorelick

Letters

Bob Bolling

Genre

adventure

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; The Eel; Fats; Little Moose Mason; Little Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; un-named policemen

Synopsis

A bank robber stashes his loot at the bottom of Carson's Creek. When he comes back to get it, Little Archie, Reggie and Moose are diving there, looking for old bottles.

Reprints

• in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #6 (September 1976)
• in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #3 (July 1982) [Grammatical corrections in dialogue; Carson Rent-a-Car changed to Mel's Rent-a-Car]

Indexer Notes

Little Archie gets shot (or at least grazed by a bullet) in this story.