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Issue Details

Issue #13
Published Winter 1959-1960
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 84

Cover Details - "Grapefruit and Goggles"

Characters Little Archie Andrews
Synopsis In the cover gag, Little Archie uses goggles to keep from getting squirted in the eye by a grapefruit. The gag "rolls up" in the corner to provide a peek at the contents of the issue: Little Archie being menaced by a wolf.
Genre children; humor; adventure
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling

6 page Little Archie story "A Spotty Story"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Spotty; Caramel
Synopsis Betty is angry at Little Archie for letting his dog Spotty chase her cat Caramel. She convinces Little Archie to read a book called "Understanding Cats" so he will know more about how sensitive cats are. But when Betty and Caramel are threatened by a pack of vicious dogs, they learn something about Spotty.
Genre humor; adventure
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Bob Bolling

10 page Little Archie story "The Flash"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Forest Ranger
Synopsis Little Archie and his dad go up to Wilderness Mountain to take photos. Little Archie takes the camera and wanders off alone into the forest, where he is chased by a hungry wolf.
Genre Adventure
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Bob Bolling
Notes This is the first Little Archie adventure story. The introductory caption explains that while Little Archie has mostly done funny things, "like any other boy, he's had his serious adventures too."

9 page Little Archie story "The Big Shot"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Weasel Williams; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Moose Mason; Weasel's two un-named friends
Synopsis Little Archie gets into a prank war with Weasel Williams.
Genre humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Bob Bolling

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Hide and Sweet!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday (Li'l Jinx's daddy)
Synopsis Li'l Jinx is sad because she can't find any of her friends.
Genre humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

5 page Evelyn Evernever story "The Champion Collector"

Characters Evelyn Evernever; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Little Archie Andrews; un-named girl
Synopsis The girls take up buying and chewing gum so they can get free pictures of movie stars. They start to suspect that Evelyn, who hasn't been seen in days, may be starting her own collection.
Genre humor
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor

Half page Shrimpy filler "Birthday Greetings!"

Characters Shrimpy; Peggy; Brando; un-named kid
Synopsis The kids give Peggy a birthday present.
Genre humor
Script Joe Harold
Pencils Joe Harold
Notes No credits, but earlier Shrimpy cartoons were signed "Joe Harold."

Half page Shrimpy filler "Tricks of the Trade!"

Characters Peggy; Brando
Synopsis Peggy asks Brando how he painted such a realistic animal.
Genre humor
Script Joe Harold
Pencils Joe Harold
Notes No credits, but earlier Shrimpy cartoons were signed "Joe Harold."

4 page Ambrose story "Football Foolery"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Ambrose Pipps; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Sheldon Broadbeam
Synopsis The girls won't let the boys have any brownies unless they let Ambrose play football with them.
Genre humor
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor

Half page Ambrose filler "Fooey! I don't call that a milk shake!"

Characters Ambrose Pipps; Little Archie Andrews; Little Moose Mason
Synopsis Ambrose isn't satisfied with a milk shake he buys from Little Archie and Moose.
Genre humor
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor

1 page American Heritage text article "Seth Warner"

Synopsis Article about American patriot Seth Warner.
Genre fact; history
Letters Typeset

6 page Little Archie story "The Cautious Campers"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis Little Archie and Fred go on a camping trip, and scare each other with thoughts on what might go wrong.
Genre humor
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor

6 page Little Archie story "For Whom the Beans Toll"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
Synopsis Little Archie and Reggie compete in a contest to guess the number of beans in a glass jar.
Genre humor
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor

1 page Creatures of the Past text article "Flesh-Eating Birds"

Synopsis Article about flesh-eating birds from South America.
Genre fact; nature
Letters Typeset

9 page Little Archie story "Pop's Bad Day"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; un-named women; un-named squirrel
Synopsis Fred has to deal with the women from Mary's bridge club, building Spotty a doghouse, and a pet squirrel that Little Archie brought home.
Genre humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Bob Bolling

1 page Caramel story "Robin's Revenge"

Characters Caramel
Synopsis Caramel tries to sneak up and pounce on a bird.
Genre humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Bob Bolling

6 page Little Archie story "Two Many Monsters"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Ambrose Pipps; Pop Tate; Spotty
Synopsis Little Archie and Jughead test their experimental formula on Ambrose.
Genre humor
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor

8 page Little Archie story "The Deeds Do It!"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; un-named man; un-named kid
Synopsis Little Archie announces that he's going to do good deeds for everyone on the West Side, but all his good deeds just wind up making people angry.
Genre humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Bob Bolling