Little Archie (1956) comic books 1958-1960

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Cover art by Bob Bolling. The Case of the Real Gone Doll, script and art by Bob Bolling; After seeing the adventures of the movie detective Judd Jutjaw, Little Archie decides to become a sleuth. Lawless Laddies, script and art by Bob Bolling; Inspired by their favorite TV law procedural, "Lovely Lydia Leech, Lady Lawyer," the kids arrest Ambrose and put him on trial for the crime of drawing a nasty picture of Betty. Tramp Champ humor page starring Little Scout, script and art by Samm Schwartz. Fight Smite! starring Bunny and the Kids. Sharks article. Cake Fake starring Scotty and Dotty, script and art by Samm Schwartz. Bank Bu$ine$$; Little Archie opens a bank for jelly beans. 84 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Bob Bolling. Kiss and Tell, art by Bob White; Ronnie and the boys act out good-guy and bad-guy scenarios from TV. Magic Madness, script and art by Dexter Taylor; Little Archie gets a magic kit and puts on a magic show. The Bunny Hop one-pager starring Bunny. Oh, Brother starring Scotty and Dotty, script and art by Samm Schwartz; Dotty argues with another girl over whose brother is better. Hood Winked; The kids play "Little Red Riding Hood." Cape Capers, pencils by Bill Vigoda; The girls claim to have a friend whose magic cape makes her invisible. No Stone Unturned!, pencils by Samm Schwartz; The boys are forced to go on a picnic with the girls. 84 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Bob Bolling. House Broken!, art by Samm Schwartz; The girls trick the boys into playing house with them. Camp Caper, script and art by Dexter Taylor; Fred serves as a counselor at Little Archie's summer camp, run by Mr. Weatherbee. Home On the Range!, art by Samm Schwartz; The girls challenge the boys to see who can do a better job of roughing it in the backyard in a tent. Chest For Fun, art by Samm Schwartz; When Ambrose gets a treasure chest, the kids play "Treasure Island," filling it with goodies. Poor Ambrose, script and art by Dexter Taylor; Mr. Weatherbee announces a race with a blueberry pie as the prize; Ambrose claims he'll win because he has "a lot of pull and connections." An introduction to the flying squirrel article. 84 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Bob Bolling. Bubble Gum Blues, script and art by Bob Bolling; The West Side Warriors try to get away from the "stupid girls" by turning their clubhouse into a boat. Map Saps, script and art by Bob Bolling; Little Archie and Reggie hire Ambrose to create a map of the neighborhood that they can use to plot strategy against the South Side Serpents. Taboo It May Concern, art by Samm Schwartz; Little Archie asks Betty to a movie on Friday the 13th, and Betty goes reluctantly, worried about bad luck. Friend Or Foe, script and art by Bob Bolling; After his father encourages him to try harder to make friends, Little Archie goes out and befriends a squirrel, who promptly drives his father crazy. 80 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Bob Bolling. Little Archie and the Good Ol' Gang, art by Bob Bolling; A black-and-white pin-up picture featuring all the regular members of Little Archie's Good Ol' Gang. Ark Antics, script and art by Bob Bolling; After his father tells him the story of Noah and the Ark, Little Archie builds his own ark out of the old rowboat on Carson's Creek, and lets everyone come on the ark in exchange for a fee of jelly beans. Cold Comfort, art by Samm Schwartz; Little Archie and his friends build an igloo. Television Tykes, script and art by Dexter Taylor; Little Archie starts his own television station, consisting of a hollowed-out box made up to look like a television set, and gets his friends to do programs and even commercials. 84 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Bob Bolling. The Scavengers, script and art by Bob Bolling; When the girls are beating the boys at a scavenger hunt, Little Archie scares away Evelyn, who's guarding the girls' findings, by making her think a ghost is after her. Campaign Capers, script and art by Dexter Taylor; After Fred tells the kids that they should settle dispute democratically instead of with fighting, Little Archie and Reggie run against each other in an election for "Boss of the West Side." Business Build Up, script and art by Dexter Taylor; The boys take Ambrose's money to help finance their health-club business, and then fire him. The Great Mince Pie Mystery, script and art by Bob Bolling; Fred has to go on a diet because Little Archie, being ashamed of his father's weight, won't go on walks with him anymore. The Shrimp From Outer Space, script and art by Bob Bolling; Little Archie and the Good Ol' Gang build a rocket out of a barrel and a giant slingshot. 84 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Bob Bolling. The Famous Flyer, script and art by Bob Bolling; Little Archie becomes obsessed with the idea of becoming famous, and takes to heart his father's advice that to become famous he needs to be a "good mixer." The Handsome Ransom, script and art by Dexter Taylor; The kids find a note from Ambrose saying that he's being held for ransom by the South Side Serpents. The Beauty and the Boat, script and art by Dexter Taylor; Little Archie and Jughead take Evelyn up on her suggestion to start a sightseeing boat tour on Carson's Creek, but reject her offer to be the tour's "boo-ful" main attraction. Big Guns For Washington article. 84 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $9.00 View scan Water damage. Staple rust with migration. 1/2" cumulative spine split.

Cover art by Bob Bolling. A Spotty Story, script and art by Bob Bolling; Betty is angry at Little Archie for letting his dog Spotty chase her cat Caramel. The Flash, script and art by Bob Bolling; Little Archie and his dad go up to Wilderness Mountain to take photos. The Champion Collector, script and art by Dexter Taylor; The girls take up buying and chewing gum so they can get free pictures of movie stars. Article about American patriot Seth Warner. Pop's Bad Day, script and art by Bob Bolling; Little Archie announces that he's going to do good deeds for everyone on the West Side, but all his good deeds just wind up making people angry. 84 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Bob Bolling. Webfooted Warbler, script and art by Bob Bolling; Little Archie is worried about his frog, Elvis, who has stopped croaking ("that's singing to frogs"). Skate Fate, script and art by Dexter Taylor; Fred tries to prove that he's a good ice skater. The Helpful Helpers, script and art by Dexter Taylor; While Fred tries unsuccessfully to get a raise, Little Archie gets a paper route to help out with his dad's money problems. Bench Cleaner, script and art by Walt Lardner; Pipsqueak introduces a goat as the team mascot. The Lucky One, script and art by Bob Bolling; Little Archie believes that his lucky dime protects him from all harm. 84 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Bob Bolling. The Black Mine Adventure, script and art by Bob Bolling; Little Archie learns that his friend Jerry Johnson's dog, Rex, is going blind and is about to be put to sleep. Left Field Concerto, script and art by Bob Bolling; Aspiring conductor Ludwig La Stanza would rather listen to symphonies on the radio than play baseball, so the kids rig up a radio that he can listen to while playing the outfield. Pot Luck, script and art by Dexter Taylor; Little Archie tries to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. One Stormy Night, script and art by Bob Bolling; When Caramel is missing during a thunderstorm, Betty sneaks out of the house at night to look for her. Headline Hunters, script and art by Bob Bolling; Little Archie decides that the West Side kids' newspaper needs a foreign correspondent, so he forces Ambrose to go to Europe...by mail. 84 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Bob Bolling. Goodbye Riverdale, Hello World!, script and art by Bob Bolling; Little Archie decides to build a race car so he can leave Riverdale and race on tracks across the world. Bandits!, script and art by Bob Bolling; Little Archie recalls the day that a trip to Turner's Market turned into his biggest adventure. Can You Top This?, script and art by Dexter Taylor; Little Archie and Little Jughead try out for the school's talent show. Slips starring Pipsqueak, script and art by Walt Landner. Public Do-nut Snitcher No. 1, script and art by Bob Bolling; Ambrose is disappointed when his mother won't let him have any of the donuts she baked for her bridge club. 84 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Bob Bolling. The Big Loser, script and art by Bob Bolling; Ambrose wants to be Little Archie's "pal," while Little Archie will have none of it, and keeps telling Ambrose to go away. The Case of the Careless Crook, script and art by Dexter Taylor; Mary makes a chocolate cream pie for supper, and someone eats the whole thing while she's not looking. The Perfect Day, script and art by Dexter Taylor; Little Archie resolves that he will get through an entire day at school without doing anything wrong. The Yule Fool, script and art by Dexter Taylor; In a story told entirely in rhyme, Reggie is assigned to get something for Little Archie in the school's gift exchange program. Little Betty Discovers Radio, script and art by Bob Bolling. 84 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.