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Issue Details

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Published October 2004
Cover Price 9.95 USD
Pages 100
Editing Paul Castiglia (compilation editor); Victor Gorelick (managing editor); Joe Pep (art director); Nelson Ribiero (production editor); Robbie O'Quinn (production manager); Carlos Antunes (production associate); Paul D'Onofrio (production associate)
Notes ISBN 978-1-879794-17-7. "Archie Classics" is in indicia only, not cover or spine. Stories "previously published and copyrighted by Archie Comic Publications, Inc. (or its predecessors) in magazine form in 1961-1965". Compilation copyright 2004 Archie Comic Publications, Inc. Artwork restoration credited to Jamison Services.

Cover Details - "Front Cover"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Chester Punkett; Mad Doctor Doom; Little Ambrose Pipps (head shot only); Abercrombie ? (head shot only); Stitch ? (head shot only); other characters (see Notes)
Genre Children
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Colors Rosario "Tito" Peña
Letters typeset
Notes The head shots include characters unknown to this indexer. Abercrombie and Stitch are drawn and colored differently than in their story appearances. Little Ambrose, Little Betty, and Little Veronica do not appear in any stories inside.

2 page Little Archie illustration "Inside Covers"

Pencils Bob Bolling ?
Inks Bob Bolling ?
Notes The inside front and back covers have the faces of cast members on a faux classroom chalkboard.

1 page credits "Masthead"

Letters ? (design); typeset
Notes The first interior page presents the book's editorial and production credits plus indicia within an illustration.

2 page credits "Table of Contents"

Letters ? (design); typeset

2 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Foreword"

Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling ?
Inks Bob Bolling ?
Letters ? (design); typeset

14 page Little Archie story "Little Archie on Mars"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Abercrombie the Martian; Stitch the Martian; Spotty [Little Archie's dog]; "a purple Creepnik from Pluto"; other Martians; Fred Andrews [Mr. Andrews; Little Archie's father]; Mary Andrews [Mrs. Andrews; Little Archie's mother]
Synopsis After nodding off, Little Archie sees a pair of creatures emerge from the television set, and he accompanies them back to Mars.
Genre Children; Science Fiction
Script Bob Bolling (signed)
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling (signed)
Editing Richard Goldwater
Notes The splash panel has only "On Mars" in quotes (after logo), but Table of Contents gives title as "Little Archie on Mars".
Reprinted from Adventures of Little Archie, The (Archie, 1957 series) #18 (Spring 1961)

13 page Little Archie story "Pirates"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Blackbeard the Pirate; Spotty [Little Archie's dog]; Mary Andrews [Mrs. Andrews; Little Archie's mother]; Fred Andrews [Mr. Andrews; Little Archie's father]; old inventor [unnamed]; Little Veronica Lodge's lookalike ancestor; pirates of The Sea Filcher; Captain Morgan of HMS Jolly Pursuit; sailors of HMS Jolly Pursuit
Synopsis Little Archie meets an old man on the bus, and thanks to the man's strange invention both are transported to the days of Blackbeard the Pirate.
Genre Children; Adventure
Script Bob Bolling (signed)
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling (signed)
Editing Richard Goldwater
Reprinted from Adventures of Little Archie, The (Archie, 1957 series) #21 (Winter 1961-1962)

9 page Little Archie story "Robots of Doom"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Mad Doctor Doom (introduction); Chester Punkett (introduction); Mary Andrews [Mrs. Andrews; Little Archie's mother]
Synopsis Mad Doctor Doom tries to hypnotize everyone at the Bigbucks department store via a "devilish device" installed in an army of toy robots, with the help of his "gullible teenage assistant" Chester.
Genre Children; Adventure
Script Bob Bolling (signed)
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling
Colors Victor Gorelick ?
Letters Bob Bolling (signed)
Editing Richard Goldwater
Notes Gorelick was credited with coloring this story in a 2005 interview with Gary Brown for Comic-Con International, although the indexer is unsure if the original colors were preserved for the reprint.
Reprinted from Adventures of Little Archie, The (Archie, 1957 series) #24 (Fall 1962)

10 page Little Archie story "Uncle Burt Is Back"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews [Mrs. Andrews; Little Archie's mother]; Fred Andrews [Mr. Andrews; Little Archie's father]; Uncle Burt [Mary Andrews's brother]; Spotty [Little Archie's dog]
Synopsis Little Archie's Uncle Burt visits Riverdale while his ship is docked in "the bustling port city of Walmouth". His tales of adventure amaze Archie but rankle Archie's dad, until both men must act heroically.
Genre Children; Adventure
Script Bob Bolling (signed)
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling (signed)
Editing Richard Goldwater
Reprinted from Adventures of Little Archie, The (Archie, 1957 series) #25 (Winter 1962-1963)

10 page Little Archie story "Gorilla"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; a gorilla; Smedlington Smythe (introduction); Little Jughead Jones [Juggy]
Synopsis Little Archie and Juggy take a break from pretending to explore Africa when their treehouse is invaded by a gorilla who has escaped from the ship Pride of Walvis Bay.
Genre Children; Adventure
Script Bob Bolling (signed)
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling (signed)
Editing Richard Goldwater
Notes The events of this story take place at the same time as those in the next story, "Time Taxi".
Reprinted from Adventures of Little Archie, The (Archie, 1957 series) #32 (Fall 1964)

11 page Little Archie story "Time Taxi"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Mad Doctor Doom; Chester Punkett; Smedlington Smythe
Synopsis When a gorilla escapes from the ship Pride of Walvis Bay, passengers Mad Doctor Doom and Chester sneak off to their lair, Crackstone Manor. Doom's calculations determine that Little Archie will always thwart his plans, so he builds a time machine, only to discover history populated with Little Archies from the Civil War back through ancient Egypt and beyond.
Genre Children; Science Fiction
Script Bob Bolling (signed)
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling (signed)
Editing Richard Goldwater
Notes The events of this story take place at the same time as those in the previous story, "Gorilla".
Reprinted from Adventures of Little Archie, The (Archie, 1957 series) #32 (Fall 1964)

11 page Little Archie story "Secret Agent 007 2116 32 110 Smashes the Hot Bicycle Racket"

Characters Little Archie Andrews [Secret Agent 007 2116 32 110]; Little Jughead Jones [Juggy]; Police Detective Parker [full name unknown]; Weasel Williams; Pete Creeply; other members of the South-Side Serpents
Synopsis Little Archie adopts his double identity of Secret Agent 007 2116 32 110 to crack the mystery of where the South-Side Serpents are stowing stolen bicycles.
Genre Children; Adventure
Script Bob Bolling (signed)
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling (signed)
Editing Richard Goldwater
Notes Table of Contents mistakenly sources this story to The Adventures of Little Archie #32; it also smushes the 32 and 110 together in the story title, likely because of the short space between them as lettered in the story's splash panel, but the narrative clearly has Little Archie's other identity as "Secret Agent 007 2116 32 110".
Reprinted from Adventures of Little Archie, The (Archie, 1957 series) #33 (Winter 1964-1965)

13 page Little Archie story "The Incredible Cat Caper"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Frzbots [aliens from the planet Frzb]; Grandmother Andrews [Little Archie's paternal grandmother]; Bliggens [Grandmother Andrews's cat]
Synopsis While running an errand for his grandmother, Little Archie meets aliens from the planet Frzb and shrinks to a size where he becomes a plaything for his grandmother's cat.
Genre Children; Science Fiction
Script Bob Bolling (signed)
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling (signed)
Editing Richard Goldwater
Notes Table of Contents mistakenly sources this story to The Adventures of Little Archie #35, but with the correct cover date.
Reprinted from Adventures of Little Archie, The (Archie, 1957 series) #34 (Spring 1965)

1 page Little Archie promo (ad from the publisher) "Back Cover"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Spotty [Little Archie's dog]
Script Paul Castiglia ?
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Colors Rosario "Tito" Peña ?
Letters typeset
Notes The back cover includes a blurb about the series, a bar code with ISBN, and an illustration.