Issue Details

Issue	#3
Published	Summer 1957
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	100
Editing	?
Notes	With this issue, "Little Archie" becomes a giant-sized comic, and would remain so (though with decreasing page counts) through issue # 84.

Cover Details - "Traffic cop"

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

1 page Little Archie promo (ad from the publisher) "Wow! You mean all those thousn's n' thousn's of letters are for me, Mr. Bolling?"

Characters	Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Spotty
Synopsis	Little Archie and his creator Bob Bolling (in a photograph) discuss the huge amount of fan mail "Little Archie" is getting and the comic's switch to a 100-page giant book.
Genre	children; humor
Pencils	Bob Bolling
Inks	Bob Bolling
Letters	Bob Bolling

8 page Little Archie story "Tea Tempest"

Characters	Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones
Synopsis	The girls force Little Archie to come to their tea party.
Genre	children; humor
Pencils	Bob White ?

1 page activity "Little Archie Does It!"

9 page Little Archie story "Hey, Mom, buy me that water pistol!"

Characters	Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Ned the cartoonist
Synopsis	Inspired by his father's job as an editor at the "Riverdale Record," Little Archie starts his own newspaper with the other kids as his reporters.
Genre	children; humor
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks	Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters	Bob Bolling
Notes	An un-named boy in a white shirt and large red cap turns up at the end of the story; though the design of the character is different, he eventually evolved into the character of Ambrose, who wore the same outfit.

1 page Little Archie activity "Easy Does It!"

1 page Bunny and the Kids filler "On the Ball"

Characters	Bunny
Genre	children; humor
Pencils	Leon Winik ?

10 page Little Archie story "The Catnapper"

Characters	Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mr. Mantle; Mrs. Mantle
Synopsis	Fred has to try and figure out how to unload ten kittens that Reggie's dad gave to Little Archie.
Genre	children; humor
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks	Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters	Bob Bolling

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

Letters

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1 page activity "Little Betty Fun Page"

1 page Scotty and Dotty story "Tooth of a Kind"

Characters	Scotty; Dotty
Synopsis	Dotty asks a dentist if he can pull a tooth.
Genre	children; humor
Script	Samm Schwartz
Pencils	Samm Schwartz
Inks	Samm Schwartz
Letters	Samm Schwartz

1 page Scotty and Dotty story "From Dad To Worse"

Characters	Scotty; Dotty; Daddy
Synopsis	Scotty and Dotty ask how to spell a bunch of words.
Genre	children; humor
Script	Samm Schwartz
Pencils	Samm Schwartz
Inks	Samm Schwartz
Letters	Samm Schwartz

9 page Little Archie story "The Fall Guy"

Characters	Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis	Mr. Weatherbee is crushed when he overhears the children calling him a sissy, and the kids consider him even more of a "fraidy cat" after he stops them from parachuting off the roof with an umbrella. But then Mr. Weatherbee accidentally wins the children's respect when he falls off the roof himself.
Genre	children; humor
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks	Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters	Bob Bolling
Notes	A key development in "Little Archie" because Bolling for the first time adds some sentiment to the comedy, portraying Mr. Weatherbee's despondency at not being respected by his students. This story includes another Ambrose prototype; he's dressed differently, but has the gimmick of the cap that covers his eyes.

6 page Little Archie story "Weight and See"

Characters	Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason
Synopsis	The boys try to prove that they're strong using the old fake-barbells trick.
Genre	children; humor
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards

10 page Little Archie story "The Harder They Fool"

Characters	Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Fred Andrews
Synopsis	When Little Archie gets in trouble with Moose, Jughead suggests they settle it with a formal boxing match. In the fight, Little Archie tries to follow his father's advice that "a good fighter always looks for his opponent's weakness."
Genre	children; humor
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks	Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters	Bob Bolling

6 page Little Archie story "Wedded Blitz"

Characters	Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews
Synopsis	The girls play at getting married, and get Little Archie to play the groom.
Genre	children; humor
Pencils	Bill Vigoda ?

3 page Little Scout story "Peep Squeak"

Characters	Little Scout
Synopsis	Scout tries to see the ball game through a peephole in the fence.
Genre	children; humor
Script	Samm Schwartz
Pencils	Samm Schwartz (signed)
Inks	Samm Schwartz (signed)
Letters	Samm Schwartz

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

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11 page Little Archie story "Food Feud"

Characters	Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Dilton Doily; Little Moose Mason; Lead-belly; Ambrose; Spotty
Synopsis	Little Archie opens his own restaurant
Genre	children; humor
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks	Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters	Bob Bolling
Notes	Yet another prototype for Ambrose is included in this story: this kid has the same name, but otherwise looks completely different.

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

Letters

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10 page Little Archie story "Moon Muddle"

Characters	Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	Little Archie finishes building a rocket ship and prepares to set off for the moon, but he has second thoughts about leaving his parents and his dog.
Genre	children; humor
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks	Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters	Bob Bolling
Notes	The first story where Little Archie's dog is named "Spotty." This story also introduces some of the more elaborate angles, shadows and landscaping that would become an important feature of Bolling's Little Archie work.