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Issue Details

Issue #10
Published Spring 1959
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 84
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Do-Nuts"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Mary Andrews
Genre humor; children
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)

1 page Little Archie cartoon "Little Archie and the Good Ol' Gang"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Caramel; Little Veronica Lodge; Smedley; Little Moose Mason; Evelyn Evernever; Little Dilton Doily; Ambrose Pipps
Synopsis A black-and-white pin-up picture featuring all the regular members of Little Archie's Good Ol' Gang.
Genre children; humor
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling

8 page Little Archie story "Ark Antics"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Caramel; Little Veronica Lodge; Smedley; Little Moose Mason; Evelyn Evernever; Little Dilton Doily; Ambrose Pipps
Synopsis After his father tells him the story of Noah and the Ark, Little Archie builds his own ark out of the old rowboat on Carson's Creek, and lets everyone come on the ark in exchange for a fee of jelly beans. Ambrose, who has no jelly beans and isn't allowed on the ark, tries to think of a way to prevent a flood by "pulling the plug" on the creek.
Genre humor; children
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling

10 page Little Archie story "Civilized Savages"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper; Caramel; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Evelyn Evernever; Ambrose Pipps
Synopsis After learning that toll booths are part of the price we pay for civilization, Little Archie convinces the good ol' gang to build their own modern civilizations of "bridges, buildings and super-highways," so he can charge people money for using them.
Genre humor; children
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling

6 page Little Archie story "Cold Comfort"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Little Archie and his friends build an igloo.
Genre children; humor
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz

1 page Little Veronica story "Wish Boner"

Characters Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Betty and Veronica make a wish over a turkey wishbone.
Genre children; humor
Script Samm Schwartz
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "The Money Maker!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis Li'l Jinx is a bad trumpet player.
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

1 page text article "Nature's Notebook"

Synopsis Article on the marlin.
Genre fact; nature
Pencils Ken Hultgren
Inks Ken Hultgren
Letters Typeset

11 page Ambrose story "Balloon Boy"

Characters Ambrose Pipps; Mr. Pipps; Mrs. Pipps; Putnam Pipps; Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason; Little Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
Synopsis Little Archie decides to send Ambrose up in a balloon to spy on the South Side Serpents. While in the air, he sees the Serpents approaching via Carson's Creek for a surprise attack on the Good Ol' Gang. Meanwhile, Ambrose's father prepares to go to the doctor to get treatment for his stiff neck.
Genre humor; children; adventure
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling

1 page Caramel story "Track Trick"

Characters Little Betty Cooper; Caramel; Mrs. Cooper
Synopsis Caramel gets tar on her feet, and Mrs. Cooper says she can't come into the house even though it's raining. Betty finds a way to get Caramel in the house without making the floors dirty.
Genre humor; children
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling

2 page illustration "Reptiles of Yesterday/The World of Bears"

Synopsis Nature articles on dinosuars and bears.
Genre fact; nature

2 page Little Archie activity "Little Archie Rocket To the Moon"

Synopsis A Little Archie rocket ship game.

8 page Little Archie story "Television Tykes"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Ambrose Pipps; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Evelyn Evernever
Synopsis Little Archie starts his own television station, consisting of a hollowed-out box made up to look like a television set, and gets his friends to do programs and even commercials. Fred is drafted as judge to decide which kid puts on "the most real-live TV show."
Genre humor; children
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor

1 page text article "Beasts of the Past"

Synopsis Article on extinct mammals.
Genre fact; nature
Pencils Ken Hultgren
Inks Ken Hultgren
Letters Typeset

1 page Shrimpy filler "Framed"

Characters Brando; Daphne
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Harold
Pencils Joe Harold

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Pet Peeves"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis Greg has a condition for playing a game with Li'l Jinx.
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

4 page Little Archie story "Pop's Weighty Problem!"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Little Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Fred tries to use Little Archie's hula hoop to lose weight, not realizing that it's actually Ambrose's extra-small hoop.
Genre humor; children
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling

7 page Evelyn Evernever story "The Star Gazer"

Characters Evelyn Evernever; Ambrose Pipps; Geraldine Grundy; Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle
Synopsis When Evelyn learns there's a Hollywood talent scout at the school, she accepts a humiliating role just so she can be in the school play. The scout sees her and decides to use her as his model... for an animated cartoon animal.
Genre humor; children
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor

10 page Little Archie story "Camera Sly"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Caramel; Evelyn Evernever
Synopsis Little Archie tries to be a big-shot movie director with Ronnie's new movie camera. After suffering accidents trying to capture exciting action on film, he switches to the hidden-camera trick, taking embarrassing films of his father when he's not looking.
Genre humor; children
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling (signed)
Letters Bob Bolling