Little Archie #55

(September 1969)

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Youth Opportunity Sales Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Ride Into Danger (Table of Contents: 2)

The Little Archies / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor ?

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How's this for a peaceful scene... An old abandoned cabin high on a hill in the middle of the woods?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

The Little Archies [Little Archie; Little Jughead; Little Reggie]; Little Betty; Little Veronica; two train engineers

Synopsis

As it begins to rain, the gang takes cover in an abandoned cabin. The old cabin supports buckle under their weight and careens down the side of a hill landing on railroad tracks. Juggie dashes back inside to save the picnic just as a train comes around the corner.

Reprints

• in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #62 (October 1999)

Indexer Notes

Confirmation of credits from reprint in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #62.
Includes indicia at bottom of first page.

Play Mate (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Dexter Taylor ?

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Dexter Taylor

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

C'mon out and play, Betty!

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Little Betty [uppercase]

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Betty; Little Veronica

Synopsis

Because Little Betty can not come outside to play, Little Veronica decides to climb up to the window to play only to discover Little Betty has the measles.

Reprints

• in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #137 (December 2005), #225 (September 2014)

Keywords

measles

Indexer Notes

Confirmation of credits from reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #225.

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Sales Leadership Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Triumph of Science (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Dexter Taylor ?

Pencils

Dexter Taylor ?

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Colors

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Take that...

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Little Archie [skinny 'Little']

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Fangs Fogarty; Little Archie; Little Dilton; Little Reggie; Penny Peabody

Synopsis

Penny, seeing Fangs beating up on Little Archie and Little Reggie, demands Fangs drops them. Little Dilton suggests the science of Judo to overcome the bully Fangs and to do this shows Little Archie and Little Reggie some moves.

Reprints

• in Little Archie Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1985 series) #25 (July 1987)

Keywords

Judo

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Colonial Studios / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Dear Diary (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Dexter Taylor ?

Inks

?

Colors

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sniff!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Fred Andrews; Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Jughead; Little Veronica; Spotty; Mr. Dinkle

Synopsis

Little Betty helps Archie prepare a picnic for two mistakenly thinking the picnic is for Little Archie and her.

Reprints

• in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #136 (October 2005)

Keywords

picnic table

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Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

A Look at Jokes with Little Reggie 'The Wise Guy' (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Give box of candy to the person you love!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Jughead; Little Reggie; Little Veronica

Synopsis

Little Reggie buys candy; Little Reggie brags about dancing; Little Reggie scares Little Betty; Little Reggie recites a poem about Little Jughead.

Indexer Notes

A collection of four Little Reggie jokes.

Pop Flop (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Waaaaaa...

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Hap Holliday; Li'l Jinx

Synopsis

Little Jinx cries over an ice cream cone.

Reprints

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #29 (July 1987)

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

Sense and Nonsense (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

Dexter Taylor ?

Pencils

Dexter Taylor ?

Inks

?

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ha! Ha!

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Little Archie [skinny 'Little']

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Fangs Fogarty; Little Betty; Little Dilton; Little Jughead; Little Reggie; Little Veronica

Synopsis

Little Archie writes a series of cartoons he thinks are hilarious but he finds out the hard way they are not.

Reprints

• in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #46 (September 1981)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #24 (September 1986)

Wash 'n' Tear (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script

Dexter Taylor ?

Pencils

Dexter Taylor ?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gosh! Pop's at it again!

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Little Archie [skinny 'Little']

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Fred Andrews; Little Archie; Little Jughead; Spotty

Synopsis

Archie believes that by taking a bath he can run faster.

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Man International / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Script

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Geraldine Grundy; Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Jughead; Little Reggie; Little Veronica

Indexer Notes

Includes letters, jokes, riddles and sketches from Linette Reneau (Mulvane, Kansas), Misty Carey (Miles City, Montana), Wendy Webster (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada), Jackie Fleishhman (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Jeff Patterson (Niles, Ohio), Heather Green (Islington, Ontario, Canada), Carolyn Dudley and Diane Miller (Norwood, Mass.), Joey Garcia (Jamestown, California).
Includes names, addresses and ages for 15 potential pen pals.

Picture Crazy (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Script

Dexter Taylor ?

Pencils

Dexter Taylor ?

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Boy! This is a great picture of you, Veronica!

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Little Betty [uppercase]

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Veronica

Synopsis

Little Archie gets yet another photo of Little Veronica. Little Betty makes an observation.

Reprints

• in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #136 (October 2005), #246 (October 2016)

The Pen Pal (Table of Contents: 20)

Little Archie / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor ?

Pencils

Dexter Taylor ?

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look! The newspaper in Riverdale has started a pen pal exchange!

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Little Archie [skinny 'Little']

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Jughead; Little Veronica; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Little Betty and Little Veronica write to a pen pal exchange to meet new boys. Little Archie gets involved.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #49 (August 1981)
• in Little Archie Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1985 series) #33 (November 1988)
• in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #137 (December 2005), #235 (September 2015), #295 (September 2021)

Keywords

pen pal

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

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Liftee Height Increase Pads / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

House Mouse (Table of Contents: 23)

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

Script

Dexter Taylor ?

Pencils

Dexter Taylor ?

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

For gosh sakes, Jughead! Can't you leave any food alone!

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Little Archie

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Jughead; Little Reggie; Little Veronica; Spotty

Synopsis

Little Archie and the gang buy some cheese and mouse traps to try to rid the Andrew's household of mice.

Keywords

mouse trap

Drop-In, Drop-Outs (Table of Contents: 24)

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

Humph!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Hap Holliday; Li'l Jinx

Synopsis

To rid her wading pool of friends, Li'l Jinx throws in a bar of soap.

Reprints

• in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #77 (October 1995)
• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #52 (October 2000)
• in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #235 (September 2013)

Keywords

wading pool

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Young America Record Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Fashion's Passion (Table of Contents: 26)

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

Script

Dexter Taylor ?

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

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?

Colors

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wow! That sweater really looks neat, Veronica!

Feature Logo

Little Archie [skinny 'Little']

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Fangs Fogarty; Geraldine Grundy; Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Reggie; Little Veronica

Synopsis

Little Archie compliments Little Veronica on her fur collared sweater. Little Betty learns Little Jughead has a fur collar and upon searching for it discovers it is a white mouse.

Reprints

• in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #46 (September 1981)

Keywords

fur collar; white mouse

Indexer Notes

Pencils credit from reprint in Jughead With Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #46.

The Scooter Race (Table of Contents: 27)

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

Script

Dexter Taylor ?

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Okay, Juggie! Start us off!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Fangs Fogarty; Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Jughead; Little Reggie; Little Veronica; Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis

Archie and Betty compete against Reggie and Veronica in a boy-girl scooter race.

Reprints

• in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #19 (August 1981)

Keywords

scooter race

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That Wilkin Boy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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United Schools of America / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

A Real Gone Show (Table of Contents: 31)

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

Script

Dexter Taylor

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Presto! I wave the magic wand and...

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Geraldine Grundy; Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Jughead; Little Reggie; Little Veronica; Professor Flutesnoot; Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis

Little Jughead is sharpening his magic act skills when Mr. Weatherbee reveals he wanted to be a magician before going into the teaching profession and teaches Little Jughead some tricks. During the magic show Mr. Weatherbee almost falls prey to a prank pulled by Little Reggie that is meant for Little Jughead.

Reprints

• in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #192 (July 2013)

Keywords

magic tricks

Indexer Notes

Credits from reprint in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #192.

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ICS / International Correspondence Schools / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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