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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published Fall 1957
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 84
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper
Genre children; humor
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)

5 page Little Archie story "Trick By Trial"

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.

7 page Little Archie story "Pop's Pet Peeve"

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.

7 page Little Archie story "Sales Switch"

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

6 page Little Archie story "It's Friendship"

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 ?

1 page Bunny and the Kids story "Skip It"

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

9 page Little Archie story "Cab Caper"

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.

1 page Nature's Notebook text article "The Giraffe"

Pencils Ken Hultgren
Inks Ken Hultgren
Letters Typeset

6 page Little Archie story "Mad About the Boy!"

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

1 page Little Archie activity "Little Archie Puzzle Page"

Pencils Bob Bolling

2 page Little Archie story "Reggie's Soda Pop"

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

6 page Little Archie story "Hoopin' and Hollerin'!"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge
Synopsis The kids roll hoops.
Genre children; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda ?

1 page Nature's Notebook text article "Bears"

Pencils Ken Hultgren
Inks Ken Hultgren
Letters Typeset

1 page Scotty and Dotty story "For Petter Or Worse"

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

6 page Little Archie story "Kill Or Cure"

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

1 page Little Scout story "Shakes Pair"

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

7 page Little Archie story "It's a Gem Dandy"

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.

9 page Little Archie story "Navy Nuts"

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