Issue | #4 |
Published | Fall 1957 |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 84 |
Editing | ? |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper |
Genre | children; humor |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Moose Mason; Ambrose Pipps |
Synopsis | After watching a movie about a judge, the kids hold a trial with Little Archie as the judge and Ambrose as the defendant. |
Genre | children; humor |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Notes | After some prototypes in the previous issue, this story is the formal introduction of Ambrose, Little Archie's "picked-on pal" with the cap that covers his eyes. The story also introduces the girls' catchphrase "Poor Ambrose!" which is said whenever the boys start to pick on him. |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Evelyn Evernever; Little Moose Mason |
Synopsis | Fred is talked into acting as the judge in Little Archie's neighborhood pet show. |
Genre | children; humor |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Notes | This story introduces the buck-toothed girl with a bow in her hair, who would be named Evelyn Evernever in future stories. |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Little Moose Mason; Ambrose Pipps |
Synopsis | After seeing a fast-talking salesman sell his father things he doesn't need, Little Archie tries to become a super salesman, opening up the "West Side big bargain store" with the boys. But the girls retaliate by becoming salespeople themselves and creating an urgent need for the boys to buy their hornet exterminating service. |
Genre | children; humor |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge |
Synopsis | Betty and Veronica hate each other, but they're best friends. |
Genre | children; humor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor ? |
Characters | Bunny; Tubes |
Synopsis | Bunny skips rope even though she's sick. |
Genre | children; humor |
Script | Samm Schwartz |
Pencils | Samm Schwartz |
Inks | Samm Schwartz |
Letters | Samm Schwartz |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Ambrose Pipps |
Synopsis | Little Archie starts his own taxi service, taking money to drive people around in his soapbox derby. Betty and Veronica open a competing taxi service and fight with Little Archie for passengers. Jughead creates his own taxi, a wagon pulled by a dog. And Ambrose becomes a traffic cop. |
Genre | children; humor |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Notes | The first mention of "Carson's Creek," one of many Riverdale geographical locations created by Bolling. It would become frequently mentioned in Little Archie stories and eventually in "big" Archie stories. |
Pencils | Ken Hultgren |
Inks | Ken Hultgren |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge |
Synopsis | Little Archie, Betty and Veronica spend all their playtime fighting with each other. |
Genre | children; humor |
Pencils | Bill Vigoda |
Pencils | Bob Bolling |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Mr. Mantle |
Synopsis | Reggie's dad keeps boring the boys with stories of his past as a boxer and telling them that "boxing pays off." The boys figure out how to exploit make these stories pay off for them. |
Genre | children; humor |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge |
Synopsis | The kids roll hoops. |
Genre | children; humor |
Pencils | Bill Vigoda ? |
Pencils | Ken Hultgren |
Inks | Ken Hultgren |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Scotty; Dotty; Daddy |
Synopsis | Scotty and Dotty argue over who will get to pet the new dog. |
Genre | children; humor |
Script | Samm Schwartz |
Pencils | Samm Schwartz |
Inks | Samm Schwartz |
Letters | Samm Schwartz |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Little Moose Mason |
Synopsis | The girls play nurse and bandage the boys. |
Genre | children; humor |
Characters | Little Scout |
Synopsis | Scout wants to ride on a pogo stick. |
Genre | children; humor |
Script | Samm Schwartz |
Pencils | Samm Schwartz |
Inks | Samm Schwartz |
Letters | Samm Schwartz |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Mr. Lodge |
Synopsis | Ronnie's dad gives her a diamond ring. Jughead figures out how to make it look like Betty has one too. |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Little Moose Mason; Spotty |
Synopsis | The boys play "navy" on a raft in the middle of Carson's Creek. The girls attack their craft with a barrage of apples. |
Genre | children; humor |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Letters | Bob Bolling |