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Issue Details

Issue #142
Published May 1979
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater, Victor Gorelick

Cover Details - "Which girl do I vote for?"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones
Genre humor; children
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Little Archie story "Can You Top This"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Spotty
Synopsis Little Archie and Jughead make breakfast for Mary's birthday.
Genre humor; children
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx's Pal Fat Charley filler "Lose Views!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Genre humor; children
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards

2 page Little Reggie story "Some Trick"

Characters Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis Reggie tries his hand at magic tricks.
Genre humor; children
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Colors ?
Letters Dexter Taylor

10 page Little Archie story "Silver Flash"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Sue Stringly; Parnell
Synopsis No one at school wants to trade sandwiches with Sue Stringly, who never has anything good to eat since her father has been out of work. She claims that she has a secret boyfriend named "Parnell" who loves to eat her sandwiches. Little Archie follows her after school and discovers that Parnell is a stray cat that Sue is feeding. Little Archie has to decide whether to use the money he's saved up to buy new Silver Flash roller skates, or use it to help Sue and Parnell.
Genre humor; children
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bob Bolling
Notes This was the first new Little Archie story since 1966 to be written and drawn by series creator Bob Bolling. Starting with this issue he returned to the series on a recurring basis, contributing a few longer stories each year for the next few years. Bolling told Gary Brown in Comic Book Artist magazine that he didn't know why the Archie editors suddenly asked him to return to his creation after removing him from the series all those years before. As in his '50s and '60s Little Archie stories, Bolling signs his name in a small box in the splash panel. Until the company started giving credits the following year, he was one of the few Archie artists permitted to sign his work. This story re-introduces Sue Stringly, who had previously appeared in "Sled With a Mission" in Little Archie # 30. Here she is given a new design, with buck teeth. She would appear in many of Bolling's stories from this point on. This is also Bolling's first mention of Blue-Tooth Baker, the mysterious unseen boy whose unusual tastes are frequently referred to by the other kids. Ambrose, who had been absent from the comics since the '60s, makes a cameo appearance among a group of kids playing field hockey.

5 page Little Sabrina story "The Big Show"

Characters Little Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Fangs Fogarty
Synopsis Sabrina and her aunts create a circus with all her friends.
Genre humor; children
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida