Volume: 1
Price: 0.25 USD
Pages: 84
On-sale Date: 1960-04-28
Editing: John L. Goldwater (credited) (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (credited) (managing editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Little Archie Giant Comics (Archie, 1957 series) #15 Edit Cover
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[Baseball Woodpecker]
(Table of Contents)

Little Archie / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks:
Bob Bolling (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; humor; children
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
In the cover gag, a woodpecker pecks away at Little Archie's baseball bat. A box on the right-hand side shows a scene from the issue's first story, "The Black Mine Adventure."

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

The Black Mine Adventure
(Table of Contents: 1)

Little Archie / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; children
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jerry Johnson; Mr. Johnson; Rex (dog); Elvis (frog); Mr. Boggs; Sarah Johnson; man from the animal shelter; Mr. Black
Synopsis:
Little Archie learns that his friend Jerry Johnson's dog, Rex, is going blind and is about to be put to sleep. Little Archie and Jerry go for one last walk with Rex, and wind up trapped in an abandoned mine.
Reprints (1)

Paper Pup
(Table of Contents: 2)

Little Archie / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Evelyn Evernever; Spotty
Synopsis:
Little Archie trains Spotty to bring the newspaper.
Reprints (1)

Left Field Concerto
(Table of Contents: 3)

Ludwig La Stanza / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Ludwig La Stanza; Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Moose Mason; Fangs Fogarty; Scaley McSlither; Dud La Stanza; un-named kids
Synopsis:
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.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Last appearance of Ludwig La Stanza, Bolling's attempt to come up with a character similar to Schroeder from "Peanuts."

Western Style!
(Table of Contents: 4)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday (Li'l Jinx's daddy); Mrs. Holliday
Synopsis:
Li'l Jinx's cowboy games are affecting her table manners.
Reprints (1)

Pot Luck
(Table of Contents: 5)

Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Dilton Doiley; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Little Archie tries to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #20, Script and Pencils are credited to Bob Bolling and inks and letters to Marty Epp.

Homeless Helper
(Table of Contents: 6)

Little Ambrose / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Ambrose Pipps; Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason; un-named kids
Synopsis:
A dog whistle comes in handy for Ambrose when the Good Ol' Gang sends him on a dangerous mission to spy on the South Side Serpents' clubhouse.
Reprints (3)

You Name It!
(Table of Contents: 7)

Shrimpy / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Brando; Peggy
Synopsis:
Peggy demands that Brando paint her.

The Big Scare
(Table of Contents: 8)

Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Ambrose Pipps; Little Betty Cooper; Evelyn Evernever; Little Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge; Little Moose Mason; un-named policeman
Synopsis:
Little Archie says he saw a "big ol' butterfly" at the creek, which leads to a series of escalating rumors.
Reprints (1)

Lady of the Clouds: Amelia Earhart
(Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 1.8 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction; aviation; history
Synopsis:
An article on the life and disappearance of Amelia Earhart.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 10)

statement of ownership / 0.2 page

Script:
Louis H. Silberkleit (credited) (publisher)
Letters:
typeset

Pop and the Popcorn
(Table of Contents: 11)

Little Archie / comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Spotty
Synopsis:
Fred makes himself some popcorn, but everybody else gets to it first.
Reprints (1)

TV Terrors
(Table of Contents: 12)

Little Archie / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Spotty
Synopsis:
Fred tries to get Little Archie to stop watching violent TV shows and watch the news instead.

Patriotic Pup
(Table of Contents: 13)

Little Archie / comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Sheldon Broadbeam; Spotty
Synopsis:
The kids have to dress their pets based on the country they came from, and Little Archie doesn't know what his dog should wear, since "Spotty's all kinds of dogs."
Reprints (1)

The Missing Kiss!
(Table of Contents: 14)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday (Li'l Jinx's daddy)
Synopsis:
Before she goes to bed, Li'l Jinx's daddy tells her she forgot something. She gives him a goodnight kiss, thinking that's what he meant and he ends up with a face full of jam because he actually meant that he face was unwashed.
Reprints (1)

Turn-About Tale
(Table of Contents: 15)

Little Archie / comic story / 3.75 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Ambrose Pipps
Synopsis:
When Little Archie contemplates running away from home, Reggie tries to convince him that other people are worse off.
Reprints (3)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 16)

Little Archie / comic story / 0.25 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hi-ya pal!!
Characters:
Little Archie; un-named kid
Synopsis:
A strange kid offers Little Archie a bite of his candy bar.
Reprints (3)

Peanut Pitcher
(Table of Contents: 17)

Little Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Little Moose Mason; Little Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Moose puts his great pitching arm to professional use.

One Stormy Night
(Table of Contents: 18)

Little Betty / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Little Betty Cooper; Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Caramel
Synopsis:
When Caramel is missing during a thunderstorm, Betty sneaks out of the house at night to look for her.

Indexer Notes

Bolling's first story for Little Betty as a solo star.

Headline Hunters
(Table of Contents: 19)

Little Ambrose / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Ambrose Pipps; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Moose Mason; Mrs. Pipps; Little Betty Cooper; Sheldon Broadbeam; un-named kids
Synopsis:
Little Archie decides that the West Side kids' newspaper needs a foreign correspondent, so he forces Ambrose to go to Europe... by mail.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

In one of Bolling's nods to continuity, this story mentions Little Archie's attempt to get to Europe on a raft in Little Archie #14 ("The Run-Away").

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [Baseball Woodpecker]
    Little Archie
  2. The Black Mine Adventure
    Little Archie
  3. Paper Pup
    Little Archie
  4. Left Field Concerto
    Ludwig La Stanza
  5. Western Style!
    Li'l Jinx
  6. Pot Luck
    Little Archie
  7. Homeless Helper
    Little Ambrose
  8. You Name It!
    Shrimpy
  9. The Big Scare
    Little Archie
  10. Lady of the Clouds: Amelia Earhart
  11. [no title indexed]
  12. Pop and the Popcorn
    Little Archie
  13. TV Terrors
    Little Archie
  14. Patriotic Pup
    Little Archie
  15. The Missing Kiss!
    Li'l Jinx
  16. Turn-About Tale
    Little Archie
  17. ["Hi-ya pal!!"]
    Little Archie
  18. Peanut Pitcher
    Little Archie
  19. One Stormy Night
    Little Betty
  20. Headline Hunters
    Little Ambrose
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