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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published Summer 1957
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 100
Editing ?
Notes With this issue, "Little Archie" becomes a giant-sized comic, and would remain so (though with decreasing page counts) through issue # 84.

Cover Details - "Traffic cop"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge
Genre children; humor
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)

1 page Little Archie promo (ad from the publisher) "Wow! You mean all those thousn's n' thousn's of letters are for me, Mr. Bolling?"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Spotty
Synopsis Little Archie and his creator Bob Bolling (in a photograph) discuss the huge amount of fan mail "Little Archie" is getting and the comic's switch to a 100-page giant book.
Genre children; humor
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Bob Bolling

8 page Little Archie story "Tea Tempest"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones
Synopsis The girls force Little Archie to come to their tea party.
Genre children; humor
Pencils Bob White ?

1 page activity "Little Archie Does It!"

9 page Little Archie story "Hey, Mom, buy me that water pistol!"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Ned the cartoonist
Synopsis Inspired by his father's job as an editor at the "Riverdale Record," Little Archie starts his own newspaper with the other kids as his reporters.
Genre children; humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling
Notes An un-named boy in a white shirt and large red cap turns up at the end of the story; though the design of the character is different, he eventually evolved into the character of Ambrose, who wore the same outfit.

1 page Little Archie activity "Easy Does It!"

1 page Bunny and the Kids filler "On the Ball"

Characters Bunny
Genre children; humor
Pencils Leon Winik ?

10 page Little Archie story "The Catnapper"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mr. Mantle; Mrs. Mantle
Synopsis Fred has to try and figure out how to unload ten kittens that Reggie's dad gave to Little Archie.
Genre children; humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling

1 page Nature's Notebook text article "The Deer"

Letters Typeset

1 page activity "Little Betty Fun Page"

1 page Scotty and Dotty story "Tooth of a Kind"

Characters Scotty; Dotty
Synopsis Dotty asks a dentist if he can pull a tooth.
Genre children; humor
Script Samm Schwartz
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz

1 page Scotty and Dotty story "From Dad To Worse"

Characters Scotty; Dotty; Daddy
Synopsis Scotty and Dotty ask how to spell a bunch of words.
Genre children; humor
Script Samm Schwartz
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz

9 page Little Archie story "The Fall Guy"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis Mr. Weatherbee is crushed when he overhears the children calling him a sissy, and the kids consider him even more of a "fraidy cat" after he stops them from parachuting off the roof with an umbrella. But then Mr. Weatherbee accidentally wins the children's respect when he falls off the roof himself.
Genre children; humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling
Notes A key development in "Little Archie" because Bolling for the first time adds some sentiment to the comedy, portraying Mr. Weatherbee's despondency at not being respected by his students. This story includes another Ambrose prototype; he's dressed differently, but has the gimmick of the cap that covers his eyes.

6 page Little Archie story "Weight and See"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason
Synopsis The boys try to prove that they're strong using the old fake-barbells trick.
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards

10 page Little Archie story "The Harder They Fool"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Fred Andrews
Synopsis When Little Archie gets in trouble with Moose, Jughead suggests they settle it with a formal boxing match. In the fight, Little Archie tries to follow his father's advice that "a good fighter always looks for his opponent's weakness."
Genre children; humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling

6 page Little Archie story "Wedded Blitz"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews
Synopsis The girls play at getting married, and get Little Archie to play the groom.
Genre children; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda ?

3 page Little Scout story "Peep Squeak"

Characters Little Scout
Synopsis Scout tries to see the ball game through a peephole in the fence.
Genre children; humor
Script Samm Schwartz
Pencils Samm Schwartz (signed)
Inks Samm Schwartz (signed)
Letters Samm Schwartz

1 page Nature's Notebook text article "The Alligator"

Letters Typeset

11 page Little Archie story "Food Feud"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Dilton Doily; Little Moose Mason; Lead-belly; Ambrose; Spotty
Synopsis Little Archie opens his own restaurant
Genre children; humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling
Notes Yet another prototype for Ambrose is included in this story: this kid has the same name, but otherwise looks completely different.

1 page Nature's Notebook text article "The Elephant"

Letters Typeset

10 page Little Archie story "Moon Muddle"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Little Archie finishes building a rocket ship and prepares to set off for the moon, but he has second thoughts about leaving his parents and his dog.
Genre children; humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling
Notes The first story where Little Archie's dog is named "Spotty." This story also introduces some of the more elaborate angles, shadows and landscaping that would become an important feature of Bolling's Little Archie work.