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Issue Details

Issue #27
Published Summer 1963
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 68
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "What shadowy furtive figure threatens Little Archie?"

Characters Little Archie Andrews
Genre humor; adventure; mystery; children
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Bob Bolling
Notes Bob Bolling's signature does not appear here, but the art appears to be his.

25 page Little Archie story "The Missing Astronaut Mystery"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Caroline Baker; Sandra Fleming; Mr. Fleming; Mrs. Fleming; Jim Farrell; J.P. Knudge; Hob Kane; Coast Guard officer; un-named beachcomber; un-named spy
Synopsis Little Archie goes along with his dad on a business trip to the Bahamas, near the site of a planned rocket launch with Caroline Baker, America's first female astronaut. Soon Little Archie discovers that the area is full of spies, American and Russian, and that there's a plot to kidnap Caroline Baker and ensure a Soviet victory in the Space Race.
Genre mystery; adventure
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Bob Bolling
Notes The story has the same length, format and approach as the "Little Archie Mystery Comics" published that same year (including the device of drawing most of the characters, except Little Archie, in a realistic style).

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Just Testing"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis Li'l Jinx learns how to test reflexes.
Genre humor; children
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

1 page Teen text article "Shelley Fabares, Typical Teenager"

Synopsis Article on teen star Shelley Fabares.
Genre fact; biography
Letters Typeset

7 page Little Archie story "210 Oak Street"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Ambrose Pipps; Pamela; un-named girl
Synopsis Little Archie finds an old pair of glasses that magically turn back time when he puts them on. When the glasses are taken away by a young woman at 210 Oak Street, he is transported back to the present. Investigating, he and his friends go back to 210 Oak Street, now a dilapidated and apparently deserted house.
Genre fantasy
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Bob Bolling
Notes After this story, Ambrose was dropped from the comic. He would return in the mid-'80s.

Half page Little Archie filler "Surprise"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews
Synopsis Little Archie catches a fish.
Genre humor
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor

Half page Little Archie filler "Some Shape"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis Mr. Weatherbee tells Little Archie to get in shape.
Genre humor
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor
Notes One of several Archie comics stories around this time that reference President Kennedy's call for young people to excercise more.

6 page Mr. Weatherbee story "Quiz Whiz"

Characters Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Little Jughead Jones; Plato Potts; un-named principal; un-named host
Synopsis Mr. Weatherbee enters Jughead in a televised quiz competition with Stoneyburg Grammar School.
Genre humor
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor

6 page Little Archie story "The Big Show"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Spotty; un-named fleas; un-named circus performers
Synopsis A troupe of performing fleas settles on Spotty.
Genre humor
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Going... Going...Gone"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis Greg will do anything for ice cream.
Genre humor; children
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

1 page Tommy Sands text article "Tommy Sands... Pinch Hitter For Fame"

Synopsis Article on pop star Tommy Sands.
Genre fact; biography
Letters Typeset

9 page Little Archie story "A Matter of Time"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy; un-named adults
Synopsis Little Archie has to chain Spotty up outside the school. Chasing a rabbit, Spotty pulls the chain out of the ground and escapes, but then gets chained to the train tracks.
Genre adventure
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor