| Characters |
Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Smedlington Smythe; un-named boater |
| Synopsis |
An unusually intelligent gorilla, bound for the Riverdale zoo, escapes from his cage while being unloaded from the "Pride of Walvis Bay." The next day, the gorilla comes upon Little Archie and Jughead in their treehouse, and chases Little Archie through the woods, across the rocks of Carson's Creek, and finally out into the ocean on a rolling log. |
| Genre |
adventure |
| Script |
Bob Bolling |
| Pencils |
Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Inks |
Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Letters |
Bob Bolling |
| Notes |
The events of this story happen concurrently with those of the following story, "Time Taxi."
The newspaper headline at the end includes another of Bolling's references to the "Prune Fungus." |
| Reprinted |
in Archie Classics - The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 2004 series) #1 |
| Characters |
Mad Doctor Doom; Chester Punkett; Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Smedlington Smythe; Cap'n Moon; un-named Egyptian |
| Synopsis |
When the gorilla escapes from the "Pride of Walvis Bay," Mad Doctor Doom and Chester take advantage of the commotion to jump ship again and head back to Crackstone Manor. Realizing that fate has decreed that Little Archie will always foil his plans for world domination, Mad Doctor Doom builds a time machine to take him and Chester back to B.L.A. (Before Little Archie) so they can take over the world without interferene. But no matter where or when they go, an ancestor of Little Archie is there to stand in their way. |
| Genre |
adventure; fantasy; humor |
| Script |
Bob Bolling |
| Pencils |
Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Inks |
Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Letters |
Bob Bolling |
| Notes |
The events of this story happen concurrently with the preceding story, "Gorilla." Doom and Chester escape from the ship as the events of "Gorilla" begin, and meet up with Little Archie just after "Gorilla" ends.
In his interview with Gary Brown (Comic Book Artist, March 2004), Bob Bolling called this "one of my favorite stories." |
| Reprinted |
in Archie Classics - The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 2004 series) #1 |
| Characters |
Little Archie Andrews; Zeena; un-named Globs; un-named Zentroxians |
| Synopsis |
In another solar system, the planet Zentrox dominates the tourism industry. The planet Glob, full of ugly, superstitious creatures who worship a stone god named "Hob-Glob," plans to invade and take over Zentrox. Zeena, the beautiful daughter of Zentrox's president, is out for a joyride when a glob ship shoots her down and she crash-lands near the farm where Little Archie is staying with his grandmother. Zeena and Little Archie are both captured and taken as prisoners to Glob, where they overhear the plan to launch the final invasion of Zeena's planet. |
| Genre |
science fiction; adventure |
| Script |
Bob Bolling |
| Pencils |
Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Inks |
Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Letters |
Bob Bolling |
| Notes |
Zeena appears to be partly a parody of Lynda Bird Johnson, the first daughter at the time. |