(May 1969)

Archie, 1961 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
Brand
Little Archie Giant Comics
Editing
John Goldwater (credited as John L. Goldwater) (editor); Richard Goldwater (credited as Richard H. Goldwater) (managing editor)

Issue Notes

Editorial credits from Statement of Ownership.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dexter Taylor ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm safe!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
The Little Archies [Little Archie; Little Jughead; Little Reggie]; Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Jughead; Little Veronica
Keywords
baseball; home plate; umpire

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Charles of Fifth Avenue, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Science Trouble (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Dexter Taylor
Pencils
Dexter Taylor
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Er... Ah... You can go in first, Juggy!
Feature Logo
Little Archie
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Miss Bagly; Geraldine Grundy; Little Jughead Jones; Little Archie; Professor Flootsnoot; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis
Little Archie and Little Jughead work on a science fair project that is out of this world!
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #22.
Includes indicia at bottom of first page.

Write and Wrong! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mmmmm...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Hap Holliday; Li'l Jinx
Synopsis
Li'l Jinx works on her grammar.
Reprints

The Tiny One (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wow! Does Fangs Fogarty look mad!
Feature Logo
Little Archie [skinny 'Little']
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Fangs Fogarty; Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Jughead; Little Veronica; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Little Archie hides from Fangs Fogarty in a baby carriage.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Jeri of Hollywood Photos / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Beauty Aids Co. / Masculiner Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Working Man's Blues (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Dexter Taylor
Pencils
Dexter Taylor
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bah! Some friend he is!
Feature Logo
Little Reggie
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Jughead Jones; Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Reggie; Little Veronica; Spotty; Pop Tate; Tony
Synopsis
Little Reggie is jealous of the girls Little Jughead attracts with his job at Pop Tate's. So, Little Reggie makes Little Jughead sleepy and then shows up for Little Jughead's job.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits from GCD index of reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #227.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Colonial Studios Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Sea-Monkeys / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Yippy Hippy (Table of Contents: 11)

The Little Archies / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Dexter Taylor
Pencils
Dexter Taylor
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here comes the train, Little Archie!
Feature Logo
The Little Archies
Genre
humor; children
Characters
The Little Archies [Little Archie; Little Jughead; Little Reggie]; Little Betty; Little Veronica; Spotty; Plucky Pickit; Chub
Synopsis
Little Archie's friend Little Plucky Pickit comes to town.
Reprints
Keywords
hippie

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprints in Archie's Funhouse (Archie, 2014 series) #3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Nuts at the Chok'lit Shop (Table of Contents: 13)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There once was a kid who ate at the Chok'lit Shop!...
Feature Logo
Little Archie [skinny 'Little']
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Jughead; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Little Archie writes poetry; Pop Tate complains about Little Archie's and Little Reggie's debts; Little Jughead wants to watch a fight at Little Veronica's house.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Two short strips plus "Little Archie's Poetry".

Here, Hear (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text
LI'l Jinx! Turn down that music!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Hap Holliday; Li'l Jinx
Synopsis
Li'l Jinx's father asks her to turn down the music.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Little Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Chip Off the Old Block (Table of Contents: 16)

Little Archie's Teachers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's Mr. Weatherbee! All of the teachers want to see you in the principal's office about Little Archie's behavior!
Genre
humor
Characters
Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Miss Bagly; Coach Kleats; Miss Grundy; Little Archie; Mr. Weatherbee; Spotty
Synopsis
Archie's teachers ask Fred to come to school so they can talk to him.
Reprints

Real Sad Blues (Table of Contents: 17)

Little Jughead / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mister Flutesnoot! Do you have any spot remover?
Feature Logo
Little Jughead
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Benjamin Flutesnoot; Fangs Fogarty; Geraldine Grundy; Little Archie; Little Dilton; Little Jughead; Little Reggie; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis
Little Jughead asks Mister Flutesnoot how to clean his tongue.

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 18)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Louis Silberkleit (credited as Louis H. Silberkleit) (business manager)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Total copies printed of issue nearest to filing: 419,120.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Man International / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Little Archie's Mail Board / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Jughead; Little Veronica; Waldo Weatherbee

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Kevin Sward (Princeton, Illinois), John Riordan (New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada), Laura Murray (Garden City, N.Y.), David Rosen (Baltimore, Maryland), Kevin Brooks (Lafayette, Indiana), Diane Sandella (New York, N.Y.), Diane Calcara (Philadelphia, Pa.), and Daniel Hollis (Dallas, Texas).
Includes names and addresses of 18 potential pen pals.

Ghosts on the Loose (Table of Contents: 21)

Little Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The monster's getting closer, Little Archie!
Feature Logo
Little Archie
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Jughead
Synopsis
Little Jughead and Little Archie see a scary movie and then go to visit Little Betty.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

The 100 Doll Company / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

Ed Sale Secret System / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

A Neat Story (Table of Contents: 24)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I think little girl clothes get prettier every year, Mr. Weatherbee!
Feature Logo
Little Jughead [Jughead tilted]
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Miss Bagly; Miss Beazly; Coach Kleats; Miss Grundy; Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Dilton; Little Jughead; Little Reggie; Mr. Weatherbee; Professor Flootsnoot
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee decides that Little Jughead should care more about his appearance and has the teachers buy a suit for the boy to wear.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #104.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25) (Expand) /

Archie Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Fortune Teller (Table of Contents: 26)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
But I don't want to deliver newspapers Mr. Penbinder! I want to be a reporter!
Feature Logo
Little Archie [skinny 'Little']
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Archie; Joseph Pulitzer; Spotty; Mr. Penbinder; Joey
Synopsis
Little Archie tries to get a job as a newspaper writer and isn't doing well until he meets a mysterious stranger on a park bench who hands him tomorrow's paper.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (2011 series) #314.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27) (Expand) /

Archie Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Report Card (Table of Contents: 29)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey! That looks like a cool show!
Feature Logo
Little Archie
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Fred Andrews; Miss Grundy; Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Dilton; Little Reggie; Little Veronica
Synopsis
Little Archie wants to take Veronica out, but his dad will ground him if he has a bad report card. He fakes illness to leave before they're handed out, but Reggie "helpfully" offers to personally deliver at Little Archie's home. Both boys are shocked when Mr. Andrews is thrilled at the grades, and even gives him extra money for the date. It turns out that Little Archie's card has been switched with Dilton's.
Reprints
Keywords
Elementary school; report card

Buried Alive! (Table of Contents: 30) (Expand) /

ICS / International Correspondence Schools / comics-form advertising / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31) (Expand) /

Cheerful Card / Cheerful House / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["I'm safe!"]
    Little Archie
  2. 1. ["Stop short nails!"]
    Charles of Fifth Avenue, Inc.
  3. 2. Science Trouble
    Little Archie
  4. 3. Write and Wrong!
    Li'l Jinx
  5. 4. The Tiny One
    Little Archie
  6. 5. ["Hi! I'm Jeri Lawrence! Jeri of Hollywood!"]
    Jeri of Hollywood Photos
  7. 6. ["10 way hairpiece!"]
    Beauty Aids Co. / Masculiner Co.
  8. 7. Working Man's Blues
    Little Reggie
  9. 8. ["Amazing $1 art offer"]
    Colonial Studios Greeting Cards
  10. 9. ["E-L-E-C-T-R-I-C split level, fully-furnished doll house with complete doll family -"]
    Honor House Products
  11. 10. ["Grow amazing live sea-monkeys!"]
    Sea-Monkeys
  12. 11. Yippy Hippy
    The Little Archies
  13. 12. ["Famous name prizes or cash"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales
  14. 13. Nuts at the Chok'lit Shop
    Little Archie
  15. 14. Here, Hear
    Li'l Jinx
  16. 15. ["Good news!"]
    Little Archie
  17. 16. Chip Off the Old Block
    Little Archie's Teachers
  18. 17. Real Sad Blues
    Little Jughead
  19. 18. Statement of Ownership
  20. 19. ["The look you want - when you want it!"]
    Man International
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    Little Archie's Mail Board
  22. 21. Ghosts on the Loose
    Little Archie
  23. 22. ["100 little dolls all for $1.00"]
    The 100 Doll Company
  24. 23. ["Play guitar in 7 days or your money back"]
    Ed Sale Secret System
  25. 24. A Neat Story
    Little Jughead
  26. 25. ["Get in the groove for a giant fun-in! Fill out the coupon below and order the comics of your choice!"]
    Archie Comics
  27. 26. The Fortune Teller
    Little Archie
  28. 27. ["'Write' this way - for the brand new 'Archie Groovy Stationery Kit', designed especially for you!"]
    Archie Comics
  29. 28. ["Here's a whole treasure chest of fun!"]
    Honor House Products
  30. 29. The Report Card
    Little Archie
  31. 30. Buried Alive!
    ICS / International Correspondence Schools
  32. 31. ["Do you need extra money?"]
    Cheerful Card / Cheerful House
This issue was most recently modified by:
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