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Issue Details

Issue #29
Published Winter 1963-1964
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 68
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "He's the one!"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Phoebe Finch; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper
Synopsis Based on the story "Better Late."
Genre humor
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Bob Bolling
Notes Bob Bolling's signature is omitted, but the art and lettering are identifiable as his.

10 page Little Archie story "Dig Those Grubbers"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Mad Doctor Doom; Chester Punkett; Mary Andrews; the Grubbers
Synopsis The return of Mad Doctor Doom and his assistant Chester, who were forced to flee Riverdale when Little Archie foiled their plan of world domination, and have been washing dishes on the ship "The Pride of Walvis Bay." Mad Doctor Doom's new plan involves the help of the Grubbers, a group of creatures who live beneath the Earth's crust. But when Little Archie steps into the elevator at Bigbucks' department store, it takes him down to the Grubbers' lair, where he discovers Doom and the Grubbers' plot to knock out the entire city with a "Vapour Vat" full of sleeping gas.
Genre adventure; humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling
Notes Little Archie recognizes Mad Doctor Doom and Chester even though in their only previous appearance ("Robots of Doom," Little Archie # 24) he never met them or even knew of their existence. The poem Mad Doctor Doom quotes ("From the damp earth impervious vapours rise/Increase the darkness, and involve the skies") is from Alexander Pope's translation of Statius's "The Thebaid."

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Salesmanship!"

Characters Li'l Jinx
Genre humor; children
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

7 page Little Archie story "Better Late"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Phoebe Finch; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Little Dilton Doiley
Synopsis Little Archie is constantly late for school, and is warned that he'll be kept in detention for two hours if he's late again. The next morning, he starts out early, but is delayed when he stops to put a baby bird back in its nest, and the mother bird attacks him.
Genre humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling

1 page text article "Del Shannon - Runaway Music Man!"

Genre fact
Letters Typeset

7 page Little Archie story "A Children's Story"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Santa Claus; un-named kids
Synopsis An alternate-universe Santa Claus from "Planet Peewee," a planet populated almost entirely by children, crash-lands his spaceship on Little Archie's roof.
Genre humor; fantasy
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor

5 page Little Archie story "Tricks of the Trade"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Fred Andrews; Mr. Jones
Synopsis Little Archie and Jughead's fathers go over to the school to discuss why their sons are always getting into trouble. They start remembering all the trouble they got into when they were that age.
Genre humor
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor
Notes In a reprint in Archie's Double Digest, Miss Grundy's final line ("Please! By then we'll have atomic energy!") was changed.

1 page Little Archie story "Checked Off"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis Little Archie and Fred play checkers.
Genre humor
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor

1 page text article "Doris Day - The Girl Next Door"

Synopsis Article on singer/actress Doris Day.
Genre fact
Letters Typeset

1 page Little Archie cartoon "Little Archie Joke Page"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis A series of one- and three-panel gags with the Little Archie gang.
Genre humor
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Fifty-Fifty!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Greg
Genre humor; children
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

6 page Little Archie story "Dancing Demon"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Miss Biddie; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper
Synopsis Little Archie is dragged to dance class against his will. To get him moving so they can win the class dance contest, Betty puts itching powder down his shirt.
Genre humor
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor

8 page Little Archie story "An Exercise in Persistence"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews; un-named adults
Synopsis Little Archie and Betty go out bike riding, but a getaway car destroys Betty's bike. Little Archie tries to solve the mystery of who and where the crooks are.
Genre adventure; mystery
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor

9 page Little Archie story "Go West, Young Man"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Sparky; General Custer
Synopsis Little Archie imagines that he's back in the Old West.
Genre adventure
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor