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Issue Details

Issue #28
Published Fall 1963
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 68
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "I've got to help Ronnie!"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge
Genre adventure; mystery
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Bob Bolling
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.

9 page Little Archie story "Sneak, Squeak and Creek"

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.
Genre adventure
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Miss-Fortune!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis Another version of the old fortune-telling machine joke ("It got your weight wrong too!").
Genre humor; children
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

10 page Little Archie story "Little Archie and the Astral Amphibian"

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.
Genre humor; fantasy; science fiction
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling
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.

1 page text article "Hayley Mills"

Synopsis Article on child star Hayley Mills.
Genre fact
Letters Typeset

9 page Little Archie story "Little Archie Learns To Be Nice To Little Girls"

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.
Genre humor
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Timing!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis Li'l Jinx writes a letter.
Genre humor; children
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

2 page Little Archie story "In Good Taste"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Coach Kleats
Synopsis The teachers try to get Little Archie more physically active by having a race.
Genre humor
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor

1 page Little Archie story "Troubles Of a Money Lender"

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.
Genre humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Bob Bolling

1 page Little Archie cartoon "Laugh Along With Little Archie"

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.
Genre humor
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor
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.

6 page Little Archie story "A Perfect Afternoon"

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.
Genre humor
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor

8 page Little Archie story "The China Doll 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.
Genre adventure; mystery
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor

5 page Little Archie story "Highway To Danger"

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.
Genre adventure
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor
Notes This story encourages the readers to wear seat belts, which were still not widely used at the time.

1 page text article "Elvis Presley - Show Business Legend"

Synopsis Article on Elvis Presley.
Genre fact
Letters Typeset

3 page Little Archie's Pal, Jughead story "Food Facts"

Characters Little Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy; Miss Beazly
Synopsis Jughead explains that he thinks about other things besides food.
Genre humor
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor