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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published Winter 1956-1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Harry Shorten
Notes Bob Bolling begins signing his stories with this issue.

Cover Details - "Bride and groom and preacher too; will the wedding be spoiled or will it go through?"

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

1 page Little Archie promo (ad from the publisher) "Meet the Cartoonist of Little Archie... Bob Bolling"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper
Synopsis Little Archie (drawing) and his creator Bob Bolling (photograph) thank the readers for the great sales of "Little Archie" # 1. Betty announces that starting in the next issue, "Little Archie" will be a giant-sized comic.
Genre children; humor
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Bob Bolling

8 page Little Archie story "Chee! Lookit! (Sigh) They're lovers!"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Mrs. Lodge; Caramel
Synopsis Betty and Ronnie compete for Little Archie's affections by cooking for him.
Genre children; humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling
Notes Betty's cat, introduced in the first issue of "Little Archie," gets her name of "Caramel" in this story.

9 page Little Archie story "Let's shoot off our midi-evil catapult!"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Little Ophelia Glutenschnable
Synopsis When Little Archie is cast as the heroic knight in the school play opposite Ronnie as the fair damsel, Reggie tries to sabotage him.
Genre children; humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling
Notes First appearance of Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy in the "Little Archie" stories. Mr. Weatherbee has a bit more hair than in the regular stories, while Miss Grundy, apparently eternally old, looks exactly the same. One of the few Little Archie stories featuring a younger version of the Big Ethel predecessor, Ophelia Glutenschnable. She was soon replaced in this title by original characters (such as Evelyn Evernever).

1 page activity "Li'l Archie's Fun Page"

Genre children; humor
Script Tom Moore
Pencils Tom Moore
Inks Tom Moore
Letters Tom Moore

6 page Little Archie story "Your phone's ringin', Reg!"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge
Synopsis After Reggie brags about how smart his dog Wags is, Little Archie fools him into thinking Wags can talk.
Genre children; humor

1 page Little Archie story "Hi, Archie! Let's build a snowman!"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones
Synopsis Jughead wants to know what Little Archie is going to do with a shovel.
Genre children; humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling

6 page Little Archie story "The Strange Rider's in a real bad jam!"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot
Synopsis Mr. Weatherbee tries to find out why his students are more interested in TV's "The Strange Rider" than in their schoolwork.
Genre children; humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling

1 page Little Archie story "Archie! Late again!"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty
Synopsis Little Archie is sent to his room without dinner, but Spotty brings him something.
Genre children; humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling
Notes This black-and-white gag introduces the finalized design of another new creation, Little Archie's dog Spotty.