(Fall 1963)

Archie, 1961 Series
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Volume
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
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Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Little Archie Giant Comics
Editing
Richard Goldwater

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Bob Bolling
Colors
?
Letters
Bob Bolling

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've got to help Ronnie!
Genre
adventure; detective-mystery
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge

Indexer Notes

Based on the story "The China Doll Mystery." The only Bob Bolling cover based on a Dexter Taylor story.

Bolling's signature is omitted from the cover, but the art and lettering are identifiable as his.

Sneak, Squeak and Creek (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Bob Bolling
Pencils
Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks
Bob Bolling (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Bob Bolling

Genre
adventure
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; un-named thief; un-named policemen
Synopsis
While Spotty is at the vet's recovering from an infection, the only thing remaining to warn the Andrews family of an attempted car theft is a little squeak from the rusty garage door. As the thief drives away with their car, Little Archie hops on his bike and tries to catch the crook himself.
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Miss-Fortune! (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; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis
Another version of the old fortune-telling machine joke ("It got your weight wrong too!").
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Little Archie and the Astral Amphibian (Table of Contents: 3)

Little Archie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Bolling
Pencils
Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks
Bob Bolling (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Bob Bolling

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Tad; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Jarvis; Officer O'Beez; un-named policemen; un-named frogs
Synopsis
Tad, a friendly but snobbish frog from planet Sog, comes to Earth to take notes on the inferior human race. He meets Little Archie, who brings Tad to a costume party at the Lodge house, so that he can observe humans while everyone thinks he's a kid in a costume. But when Tad begins pocketing the silverware to bring back as samples to his home planet, Mr. Lodge thinks he's the noted disguise-wearing criminal Midgit Morris.
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Indexer Notes

Jaime Hernández named this as one of his favorite Bob Bolling stories (in the book "In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists").

In a digest reprint, the name of Jarvis (Mr. Lodge's butler in this story) was changed to the butler's usual name, Smithers.

Hayley Mills (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Article on child star Hayley Mills.

Little Archie Learns To Be Nice To Little Girls (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Dexter Taylor
Pencils
Dexter Taylor
Inks
Dexter Taylor
Colors
?
Letters
Dexter Taylor

Genre
humor
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Spotty; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Pop Tate; Mary's father; Fred's father; Lori Day; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis
To teach Little Archie that he should be nicer to Betty, both his parents tell him the story of how they first became interested in each other. But they both tell completely different stories.

Timing! (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
Synopsis
Li'l Jinx writes a letter.
Reprints

In Good Taste (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Dexter Taylor
Pencils
Dexter Taylor
Inks
Dexter Taylor
Colors
?
Letters
Dexter Taylor

Genre
humor
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Coach Kleats
Synopsis
The teachers try to get Little Archie more physically active by having a race.
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Troubles Of a Money Lender (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
Bob Bolling
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Bob Bolling
Colors
?
Letters
Bob Bolling

Genre
humor
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Little Dilton Doiley; Fatty Fuller; Weasel Williams
Synopsis
Little Archie waits outside the school to collect a debt from Mushy Miller, but he doesn't seem as anxious to shake down the other kids he lent money to.
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Laugh Along With Little Archie (Table of Contents: 9)

Little Archie / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dexter Taylor
Pencils
Dexter Taylor
Inks
Dexter Taylor
Colors
?
Letters
Dexter Taylor

Genre
humor
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Ambrose Pipps; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis
One-panel gags with the Little Archie gang.
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Indexer Notes

The last appearance of Ambrose (who had already been dropped from the main stories) in the original run of "Little Archie." He returned in the '80s.

A Perfect Afternoon (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
Dexter Taylor
Pencils
Dexter Taylor
Inks
Dexter Taylor
Colors
?
Letters
Dexter Taylor

Genre
humor
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Susan Johnson; Mr. Johnson; Mr. Johnson
Synopsis
Little Archie stays with the Johnsons, and Mr. Johnson is driven crazy waiting for Little Archie to cause some kind of disaster.
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The China Doll Mystery (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
Dexter Taylor
Pencils
Dexter Taylor
Inks
Dexter Taylor
Colors
?
Letters
Dexter Taylor

Genre
adventure; detective-mystery
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Professor Chu; un-named shopkeeper; un-named cook
Synopsis
After Ronnie buys a small statue in a china shop, a mysterious stranger follows Ronnie, Mr. Lodge and Little Archie to the Lodge house and tries to steal the statue by any means necessary.
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Highway To Danger (Table of Contents: 12)

Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Dexter Taylor
Pencils
Dexter Taylor
Inks
Dexter Taylor
Colors
?
Letters
Dexter Taylor

Genre
adventure
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Chick Cooper; Fred Andrews; un-named policeman
Synopsis
Little Archie and Betty are riding in a truck with Betty's brother Chick. When the brakes get jammed and the truck crashes, they escape unharmed because they were wearing seat belts.
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Indexer Notes

This story encourages the readers to wear seat belts, which were still not widely used at the time.

Elvis Presley - Show Business Legend (Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
?
Letters
Typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Article on Elvis Presley.

Food Facts (Table of Contents: 14)

Little Archie's Pal, Jughead / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Dexter Taylor
Pencils
Dexter Taylor
Inks
Dexter Taylor
Colors
?
Letters
Dexter Taylor

Genre
humor
Characters
Little Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy; Miss Beazly
Synopsis
Jughead explains that he thinks about other things besides food.
Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["I've got to help Ronnie!"]
    Little Archie
  2. 1. Sneak, Squeak and Creek
    Little Archie
  3. 2. Miss-Fortune!
    Li'l Jinx
  4. 3. Little Archie and the Astral Amphibian
    Little Archie
  5. 4. Hayley Mills
  6. 5. Little Archie Learns To Be Nice To Little Girls
    Little Archie
  7. 6. Timing!
    Li'l Jinx
  8. 7. In Good Taste
    Little Archie
  9. 8. Troubles Of a Money Lender
    Little Archie
  10. 9. Laugh Along With Little Archie
    Little Archie
  11. 10. A Perfect Afternoon
    Little Archie
  12. 11. The China Doll Mystery
    Little Archie
  13. 12. Highway To Danger
    Little Archie
  14. 13. Elvis Presley - Show Business Legend
  15. 14. Food Facts
    Little Archie's Pal, Jughead
This issue was modified by, among others
  • JW "David" Asher
  • Merlin Haas
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jaime Weinman