(April 1985)
Archie,
1985 Series
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- four times a year
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 0271000691016
- Editing
- John Goldwater
[no title indexed]
Little Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor (signed)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golly! A present for me, Little Archie?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Veronica Lodge; Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper
Silver Flash
Little Archie / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bob Bolling
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Sue Stringly; Parnell
- Synopsis
- No one at school wants to trade sandwiches with Sue Stringly, who never has anything good to eat since her father has been out of work. She claims that she has a secret boyfriend named "Parnell" who loves to eat her sandwiches. Little Archie follows her after school and discovers that Parnell is a stray cat that Sue is feeding. Little Archie has to decide whether to use the money he's saved up to buy new Silver Flash roller skates, or use it to help Sue and Parnell.
- Reprints
-
from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #142 (May 1979)
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Indexer Notes
This was the first new Little Archie story since 1966 to be written and drawn by series creator Bob Bolling. Starting with this issue he returned to the series on a recurring basis, contributing a few longer stories each year for the next few years. Bolling told Gary Brown in Comic Book Artist magazine that he didn't know why the Archie editors suddenly asked him to return to his creation after removing him from the series all those years before.
As in his '50s and '60s Little Archie stories, Bolling signs his name in a small box in the splash panel. Until the company started giving credits the following year, he was one of the few Archie artists permitted to sign his work.
This story re-introduces Sue Stringly, who had previously appeared in "Sled With a Mission" in Little Archie # 30. Here she is given a new design, with buck teeth. She would appear in many of Bolling's stories from this point on.
This is also Bolling's first mention of Blue-Tooth Baker, the mysterious unseen boy whose unusual tastes are frequently referred to by the other kids.
Ambrose, who had been absent from the comics since the '60s, makes a cameo appearance among a group of kids playing field hockey.
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But, sir!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate, 19XX-XX-XX)
A Hand Stand
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx tricks Charley.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #165 (April 1981)
-
The Weak Spot
Little Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Archie; Little Reggie; Little Jughead; Fangs Fogerty; Little Betty; Little Veronica
- Synopsis
- Reggie figures out that Fangs is scared of mice and uses it to his advantage.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #154 (May 1980)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The menu said 'hand-dipped donuts'!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie Daily (King Feature Syndicate, 19XX-XX-XX)
Here Comes Super-Witch
Little Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor
- Inks
- Dexter Taylor
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Dexter Taylor ?
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Little Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Zelda; Aunt Hilda; Salem; Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Beazly; Dexter Taylor
- Synopsis
- Sabrina's aunts want artist Dexter Taylor to draw a story where Sabrina is the hero.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #140 (March 1979)
-
The Hard Facts!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx brings Greg cookies.
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #26 (January 1974)
-
The School Substitute
Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Feature Logo
Little Archie- Genre
- humor; children
- Synopsis
- Svenson, the janitor, calls in sick and wants to shut down the school but Mr. Weatherbee thinks he can substitute for him.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #164 (March 1981)
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Some Trick
Little Reggie / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries his hand at magic tricks.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #142 (May 1979)
-
Little Archie - The Square Maze
activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #141 (April 1979)
-
A Good Skate
Little Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doily; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #154 (May 1980)
-
[no title indexed]
Miss Grundy Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mr. Svensen!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX
Hidden Meanings
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Jinx can't find her dictionary.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #153 (June 1968)
-
Mystery of the Lost Gold Mine
Little Archie / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie; Jughead; Reggie; Veronica; Mr. Lodge; Hank(Mr. Lodge's Ranch hand); Indians; Ghost;
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge takes the kids to his Ranch to look for gold. A ghost and Indians have different plans for them.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #165 (April 1981)
-
Picky, Picky!
Charley / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Fat Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #154 (May 1980)
-
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Did you know, Mr. O'Toole, the 'Hot Lunch Inspector', is eating out there?!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie daily (King Feature Syndicate), 19XX-XX-XX
All for Health
Little Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Little Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda Spellman; Aunt Zelda Spellman; Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Dilton Doiley; Geraldine Grundy; Little Jughead Jones; Miss Beazly; Officer Murphy; Principal Waldo Weatherbee; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #141 (April 1979)
-
Food for Thought!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's dad
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx eats lots of food in front of the T.V. set, as practice for being a baby sitter.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #55 (December 1969)
-
What Turn
Little Reggie / comic story / 3 pages
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #101 (December 1975)
-
The Ski Trip
Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Polebender (first appearance); Pop Tate; Little Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #141 (April 1979)
-
The Hole Truth
Fat Charley / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Charley wants to go ice fishing but can't cut a hole in the ice.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #140 (March 1979)
-
Snow Woe
Little Jughead / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor ?
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor
- Inks
- Dexter Taylor
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Dexter Taylor ?
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- The kids get into some trouble with a snowmobile.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #140 (March 1979)
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The Raging Storm
Little Archie / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Toby Taylor; Little Betty Cooper; Little Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Mrs. Taylor; Mr. Taylor; Fangs Fogarty (cameo); Little Sabrina (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Toby Taylor runs away from home because his parents are divorcing, and Little Archie goes out to find him in a bad snowstorm.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #153 (April 1980)
-
- Keywords
- blizzards; snow
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Miss Haggly and Miss Grundy have gone in together on a little car!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate), 19XX-XX-XX
The Eager Beaver
Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #132 (July 1978)
-
Raindrops Falling On Her Head!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #27 (April 1974)
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Here Comes the Jugarchie Mobile
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited as Saburo Y.)
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie; Jughead; Veronica; Reggie
- Synopsis
- Little Archie with Jughead's help builds a sled to impress Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #165 (April 1981)
-
Super Witch
Little Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Little Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Pop Tate; Fangs Fogarty; Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Sabrina uses her magic to get a job at Pop's Chok'lit Shop.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #153 (April 1980)
-
A Small Spell!
Charley / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
Li'l Jinx's Chum Charley- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Jinx asks Charley to spell 'chrysanthemum'.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #164 (March 1981)
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Imagine That!
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Sue Stringly; Little Dilton Doily; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Mr. Flutesnoot
- Synopsis
- Sue Stringly gets laughed at when she claims that the stars are giant pearls, but when she's walking home with Little Archie, a huge white pearl falls out of the sky.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #154 (May 1980)
-
One For the Book
Little Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #154 (May 1980)
-
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cut that tree down?!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate), 19xx-xx-xx
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Golly! A present for me, Little Archie?"]
Little Archie -
1.
The Third Wish
Little Archie -
2.
Silver Flash
Little Archie -
3.
["But, sir!"]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
4.
A Hand Stand
Li'l Jinx -
5.
The Weak Spot
Little Reggie -
6.
["The menu said 'hand-dipped donuts'!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
7.
Here Comes Super-Witch
Little Sabrina -
8.
The Hard Facts!
Li'l Jinx -
9.
The School Substitute
Little Archie -
10.
Some Trick
Little Reggie -
11.
Little Archie - The Square Maze
-
12.
A Good Skate
Little Jughead -
13.
["Mr. Svensen!"]
Miss Grundy Gag Bag -
14.
Hidden Meanings
Li'l Jinx -
15.
Mystery of the Lost Gold Mine
Little Archie -
16.
Picky, Picky!
Charley -
17.
["Did you know, Mr. O'Toole, the 'Hot Lunch Inspector', is eating out there?!"]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
18.
All for Health
Little Sabrina -
19.
Food for Thought!
Li'l Jinx -
20.
What Turn
Little Reggie -
21.
The Ski Trip
Little Archie -
22.
The Hole Truth
Fat Charley -
23.
Snow Woe
Little Jughead -
24.
The Raging Storm
Little Archie -
25.
["Miss Haggly and Miss Grundy have gone in together on a little car!"]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
26.
The Eager Beaver
Little Archie -
27.
Raindrops Falling On Her Head!
Li'l Jinx -
28.
Here Comes the Jugarchie Mobile
Little Archie -
29.
Super Witch
Little Sabrina -
30.
A Small Spell!
Charley -
31.
Imagine That!
Little Archie -
32.
One For the Book
Little Sabrina -
33.
["Cut that tree down?!"]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
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