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Issue Details

Issue #24
Published Fall 1962
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 68
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "What's Happening Here? Read the Story Inside!"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis Cover based on the story "The Gentle Way."
Genre children; adventure; humor
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling
Colors Victor Gorelick
Letters Bob Bolling
Notes Victor Gorelick mentioned as the colorist for this issue at http://www.comic-con.org/common/03upd2005_little_archie_50th.shtml

7 page Little Archie story "The Gentle Way"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; judo instructor; un-named woman; un-named thug; un-named boys
Synopsis Little Archie starts taking judo lessons, over the objections of his mother, who fears that it will turn him into a roughneck.
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling
Colors Victor Gorelick
Letters Bob Bolling
Notes Bob Bolling was himself taking judo lessons at this time, according to his interview in Comic Book Artist (March 2004).

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "The Late, Late Show"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday (Li'l Jinx's daddy)
Synopsis Li'l Jinx won't go to sleep, and instead asks her daddy what time it is.
Genre humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

8 page Polly story "One Quiet Night"

Characters Polly Cooper; Little Betty Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Mr. Cooper; Gregory; Officer O'Beez; Caramel
Synopsis Mr. Cooper climbs up on the roof to rescue Betty's cat, just as Polly is walking home with her new boyfriend.
Genre humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling
Colors Victor Gorelick
Letters Bob Bolling

1 page No feature text article "Jamestown Revisited"

Synopsis A historical article on Jamestown, Virginia.
Genre fact; history
Letters Typeset

9 page Little Archie story "Robots of Doom"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mad Doctor Doom; Chester Punkett; Chester's boss; un-named shoppers and clerks
Synopsis Mad Doctor Doom places a devilish device inside toy robots from the Tacky Toy company, which gives them the power to hypnotize people at his command.
Genre humor; adventure
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling
Colors Victor Gorelick
Letters Bob Bolling
Notes First appearance of Mad Doctor Doom and Chester, who would become the most popular Little Archie villains. This issue appeared on newsstands at around the same time as the first appearance of Dr. Doom in "Fantastic Four"; the similar names appear to be a coincidence. (See http://www.oddballcomics.com/article.php?story=archive2004-02-20 for more information on the timeline of the two characters' first appearances.) The decision to make Mad Doctor Doom green came from the colorist, Victor Gorelick. Bolling recalled (http://www.comic-con.org/common/03upd2005_little_archie_50th.shtml) that he asked Gorelick "what did you color him green for?" but grew to like the idea.
Reprinted in Archie Classics - The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 2004 series) #1

1 page Shrimpy filler "Wish-Boner!"

Characters Shrimpy; un-named kid in beret
Synopsis Shrimpy claims that when you make a wish on a wishbone, it comes true.
Genre humor
Script Joe Harold
Pencils Joe Harold

6 page Little Archie story "The Lucky Day"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Mr. Johnson; Mrs. Johnson; Susan Johnson
Synopsis Little Archie comes along on the Johnsons' family trip to the beach, to Mr. Johnson's horror.
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Colors Victor Gorelick
Letters Dexter Taylor

1 page Little Archie story "A Born Leader"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis Miss Grundy tells the lethargic Little Archie to show some get-up-and-go.
Genre humor
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Colors Victor Gorelick
Letters Dexter Taylor

6 page Little Archie story "The Chance of a Ghost"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews
Synopsis Little Archie fixes a TV defect that makes it look like the characters have ghostly doubles, but then he gets a "TV ghost" himself.
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling
Colors Victor Gorelick
Letters Bob Bolling

8 page Little Archie story "The Flying Ace"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Mr. Lodge takes Little Archie and Veronica up in a plane, but the plane malfunctions and crashes.
Genre adventure
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Colors Victor Gorelick
Letters Dexter Taylor
Notes Mr. Lodge is named "Henry" in this story. Taylor draws the adult characters in this story in a more realistic style, imitating the style Bolling used for his adventure stories.

9 page Little Archie story "Little Archie Makes the Eel Kneel"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; The Eel; Fats; Little Moose Mason; Little Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; un-named policemen.
Synopsis A bank robber stashes his loot at the bottom of Carson's Creek. When he comes back to get it, Little Archie, Reggie and Moose are diving there, looking for old bottles.
Genre adventure
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling
Colors Victor Gorelick
Letters Bob Bolling
Notes Little Archie gets shot (or at least grazed by a bullet) in this story.