| Issue | #20 |
| Published | Fall 1961 |
| Cover Price | 0.25 |
| Pages | 84 |
| Editing | Richard Goldwater |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Plesiosaur |
| Synopsis | Cover drawing based on the story "Plesiosaur." |
| Genre | adventure; humor |
| Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Waldo Pinckley; un-named producer; un-named manager; Uncle Herbert; Dan; Vicki; Plesiosaur |
| Synopsis | While on vacation in Florida, Little Archie goes out in a boat with his cousin Dan and his girlfriend Vicki. While Dan and Vicki are diving, they are attacked by a prehistoric sea monster once thought to be a legend: Plesiosaur, an ancient creature who has come back from the depths to search for his long-lost mate. Little Archie's only hope of saving his friends may lie in an unlikely source: the new pop music hit "Stone Age Rock" by Waldo Pinckley. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Bob Bolling |
| Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Letters | Bob Bolling ? |
| Notes | The premise of this story is similar to (and possibly inspired by) the Ray Bradbury short story "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms" (aka "The Fog Horn") and its 1953 movie adaptation. Bolling usually did his own lettering and much of the lettering appears to be his, but some of the punctuation looks like it has been re-lettered in a more typical Archie house style. |
| Characters | Li'l Jinx; Gigi |
| Genre | humor; children |
| Script | Joe Edwards |
| Pencils | Joe Edwards |
| Inks | Joe Edwards |
| Letters | Joe Edwards |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Crawford Crab; Buster Crab; Taxi Crab; Pearl; un-named shellfish |
| Synopsis | The story of Crawford, a crab who is shunned by the crab community for having a dull, unattractive shell. When Crawford leaves the sea and tries to seek his fortune on the shore, he is taken in by two giant "monsters," Little Archie and Ronnie. But when they have to put him back in the ocean, Ronnie decides to paint a message on his shell. |
| Genre | humor; fantasy |
| Script | Bob Bolling |
| Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Letters | Bob Bolling ? |
| Synopsis | Article on prehistoric animals. |
| Genre | fact; nature |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Fangs Fogarty; Dewey Lippersnipper |
| Synopsis | Little Archie recalls his introduction to Ronnie's cousin Dewey Lippersnipper, a kid with a perpetual grin and an ability to do everything Little Archie can do, only better. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Bob Bolling |
| Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Letters | Bob Bolling |
| Characters | Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday |
| Genre | humor; children |
| Script | Joe Edwards |
| Pencils | Joe Edwards |
| Inks | Joe Edwards |
| Letters | Joe Edwards |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Pop Tate |
| Synopsis | Little Archie finds a quarter. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Dexter Taylor |
| Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
| Inks | Dexter Taylor |
| Letters | Dexter Taylor |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Caramel; Little Veronica Lodge; the panda; the captain; the witch |
| Synopsis | Betty convinces Little Archie to walk her home after school. Not wanting to walk any more "sissy girls" home, Little Archie decides to take her via his famous short cut, through Spook Woods and the Hockomock Swamp, hoping that she'll turn back and go home by herself. Meanwhile, three of Betty's stuffed dolls -- a stupid panda, a vain sea captain, and a wise old witch -- comment on her behavior and try to figure out what (or who) is making her act so strangely. |
| Genre | humor; fantasy |
| Script | Bob Bolling |
| Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Letters | Bob Bolling |
| Notes | One of the great masterpieces of comics, this is also Bob Bolling's personal favorite among his stories (see http://www.comic-con.org/common/03upd2005_little_archie_50th.shtml). "The Long Walk" was also selected as the best Little Archie story by Gary Brown in Comic Book Artist magazine (March 2004). Page 6 of this story is one of the most famous Bolling creations: Little Archie and Betty's entire walk is portrayed in one huge panel, in the form of a map. |
| Synopsis | Article on porcupines. |
| Genre | fact; nature |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Evelyn Evernever; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Spotty |
| Synopsis | After Little Archie's Halloween party, Evelyn is afraid to walk home because she's scared of ghosts. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Dexter Taylor |
| Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
| Inks | Dexter Taylor |
| Letters | Dexter Taylor |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Pop Tate |
| Synopsis | Betty and Ronnie are about to share Archie's soda when Reggie lures them away with a Super Sundae. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Dexter Taylor |
| Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
| Inks | Dexter Taylor |
| Letters | Dexter Taylor |
| Notes | This story is told with no dialogue. |
| Characters | Little Reggie Mantle; Little Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Little Jughead Jones; un-named kids |
| Synopsis | Mr. Weatherbee tries to get Reggie to behave by making him a hall monitor, but it just makes him power-mad. |
| Script | Dexter Taylor |
| Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
| Inks | Dexter Taylor |
| Letters | Dexter Taylor |
| Notes | This is a remake of an earlier "big" Archie story where Archie and Reggie became hall monitors. It even carries over some of the earlier story's dialogue in simplified form ("The entire faculty will have to stay" becomes "all the teachers will have to stay too"). |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews |
| Synopsis | The Andrews family goes out in a boat that capsizes, and they wind up on a desert island. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Dexter Taylor |
| Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
| Inks | Dexter Taylor |
| Letters | Dexter Taylor |
| Characters | Shrimpy; Daphne |
| Genre | humor; children |
| Script | Joe Harold |
| Pencils | Joe Harold |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; un-named adults |
| Synopsis | Fred makes a derogatory comment about Spotty's toughness, but when a dangerous snake gets into the house, Spotty shows that what he lacks in size and strength, he makes up in courage. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Dexter Taylor |
| Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
| Inks | Dexter Taylor |
| Letters | Dexter Taylor |
| Notes | Dexter Taylor's first adventure story. |