Issue | #25 |
Published | Winter 1962-1963 |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Richard Goldwater |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews |
Synopsis | The cover is based on the story "The Day of the Duponik," though this specific scene doesn't occur in the story itself. |
Genre | humor; fantasy; science fiction |
Pencils | Bob Bolling |
Inks | Bob Bolling |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Notes | Bolling's signature is not included here, but the art and lettering seem to be his. |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Uncle Burt |
Synopsis | Mary's brother Burt, a sailor, comes to visit. Little Archie is fascinated by Burt's stories of seafaring adventure, and starts to consider his father un-heroic by comparison. But a trip to the new dam shows Little Archie that his dad has an unexpected capacity for heroism. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Notes | Spotty is mistakenly colored grey in this story. |
Reprinted | in Archie Classics - The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 2004 series) #1 |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; un-named Martians; un-named Saturnians; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; un-named kids; un-named teachers |
Synopsis | An interplanetary delivery ship has to ditch its cargo, a shipment of Martian devices called Duponiks. Little Archie finds the device and uses it to create a duplicate Little Archie. Betty and Veronica like having two Little Archies, but the teachers can't handle it, and the school closes down. The Martians have to get the Duponik back before it creates a whole army of Little Archies. |
Genre | humor; science fiction |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; un-named witch; un-named bird; un-named adults |
Synopsis | There has been a rash of jewel thefts all over Riverdale, and the latest victim is Little Archie, who sees a bird fly off with the bracelet he bought Ronnie for her birthday. He and Betty follow the bird into Spook Woods and discover that the bird's master is a green-skinned witch, complete with pointed black hat. |
Genre | adventure; mystery |
Script | Dexter Taylor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
Inks | Dexter Taylor |
Letters | Dexter Taylor |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; Santa Claus; Mortimer Mouse |
Synopsis | The story of Mortimer, a homeless mouse in search of a warmer climate. After a stint working for Santa Claus at the North Pole, he is delivered to the Andrews home, where Little Archie's parents won't let him stay. |
Genre | humor; fantasy |
Script | Dexter Taylor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
Inks | Dexter Taylor |
Letters | Dexter Taylor |
Notes | A story told entirely in rhyme (both in the captions and dialogue). |
Characters | Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday |
Synopsis | Li'l Jinx wants to ask her daddy a question. |
Genre | humor; children |
Script | Joe Edwards |
Pencils | Joe Edwards |
Inks | Joe Edwards |
Letters | Joe Edwards |
Synopsis | Article on victories and defeats that depended on a mere matter of minutes. |
Genre | fact; history |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Mary Andrews; Elvis (frog) |
Synopsis | Little Archie has no time for Ronnie's attempts to get him interested in dating and dancing; he wants to start a "frog farm" with Elvis the frog. But when he wrecks a go-kart after leaving Elvis as a deposit, it's Ronnie who buys the frog back for Little Archie. And after Little Archie gets Elvis back, he sees something that makes him think that boys might need girls after all. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Synopsis | Article about cowboys. |
Genre | fact; history |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Polly Cooper; Danny |
Synopsis | Polly tries to remember to pack everything when she goes on a picnic with her boyfriend Danny. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling |
Inks | Bob Bolling |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Notes | Bolling's signature does not appear on this story, but the art and lettering are identifiable as his. |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Jeeves; Austin Van Phipps III; Percy De Twerp V |
Synopsis | Betty and Veronica have parties on the same day, and Little Archie goes to Ronnie's party because it has pony rides. It also has a lot of snobby society kids. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Dexter Taylor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
Inks | Dexter Taylor |
Letters | Dexter Taylor |