Issue Details

Issue	#15
Published	Summer 1960
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	84
Editing	Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Baseball Woodpecker"

Characters	Little Archie Andrews
Synopsis	In the cover gag, a woodpecker pecks away at Little Archie's baseball bat. A box on the right-hand side shows a scene from the issue's first story, "The Black Mine Adventure."
Genre	humor; children; adventure
Pencils	Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks	Bob Bolling
Letters	Bob Bolling

13 page Little Archie story "The Black Mine Adventure"

Characters	Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jerry Johnson; Mr. Johnson; Rex (dog); Elvis (frog); Mr. Boggs; Sarah Johnson; man from the animal shelter; Mr. Black
Synopsis	Little Archie learns that his friend Jerry Johnson's dog, Rex, is going blind and is about to be put to sleep. Little Archie and Jerry go for one last walk with Rex, and wind up trapped in an abandoned mine.
Genre	adventure
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks	Bob Bolling
Letters	Bob Bolling

1 page Little Archie story "Paper Pup"

Characters	Little Archie Andrews; Evelyn Evernever; Spotty
Synopsis	Little Archie trains Spotty to bring the newspaper.
Genre	humor
Script	Dexter Taylor
Pencils	Dexter Taylor
Inks	Dexter Taylor
Letters	Dexter Taylor

10 page Ludwig La Stanza story "Left Field Concerto"

Characters	Ludwig La Stanza; Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Moose Mason; Fangs Fogarty; Scaley McSlither; Dud La Stanza; un-named kids
Synopsis	Aspiring conductor Ludwig La Stanza would rather listen to symphonies on the radio than play baseball, so the kids rig up a radio that he can listen to while playing the outfield.
Genre	humor
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks	Bob Bolling
Letters	Bob Bolling
Notes	Last appearance of Ludwig La Stanza, Bolling's attempt to come up with a character similar to Schroeder from "Peanuts."

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Western Style!"

Characters	Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday (Li'l Jinx's daddy); Mrs. Holliday
Synopsis	Li'l Jinx's cowboy games are affecting her table manners.
Genre	humor
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Letters	Joe Edwards

5 page Little Archie story "Pot Luck"

Characters	Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Dilton Doiley; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis	Little Archie tries to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Genre	humor
Script	Dexter Taylor
Pencils	Dexter Taylor
Inks	Dexter Taylor
Letters	Dexter Taylor

7 page Ambrose story "Homeless Helper"

Characters	Ambrose Pipps; Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason; un-named kids
Synopsis	A dog whistle comes in handy for Ambrose when the Good Ol' Gang sends him on a dangerous mission to spy on the South Side Serpents' clubhouse.
Genre	humor
Script	Dexter Taylor
Pencils	Dexter Taylor
Inks	Dexter Taylor
Letters	Dexter Taylor

1 page Shrimpy filler "You Name It!"

Characters	Brando; Peggy
Synopsis	Peggy demands that Brando paint her.
Genre	humor
Script	Joe Harold
Pencils	Joe Harold

5 page Little Archie story "The Big Scare"

Characters	Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Ambrose Pipps; Little Betty Cooper; Evelyn Evernever; Little Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge; Little Moose Mason; un-named policeman
Synopsis	Little Archie says he saw a "big ol' butterfly" at the creek, which leads to a series of escalating rumors.
Genre	humor
Script	Dexter Taylor
Pencils	Dexter Taylor
Inks	Dexter Taylor
Letters	Dexter Taylor

2 page No feature text article "Lady of the Clouds: Amelia Earhart"

Synopsis	An article on the life and disappearance of Amelia Earhart.
Genre	fact; history
Letters	Typeset

3 page Little Archie story "Pop and the Popcorn"

Characters	Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Spotty
Synopsis	Fred makes himself some popcorn, but everybody else gets to it first.
Genre	humor
Script	Dexter Taylor
Pencils	Dexter Taylor
Inks	Dexter Taylor
Letters	Dexter Taylor

2 page Little Archie story "TV Terrors"

Characters	Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Spotty
Synopsis	Fred tries to get Little Archie to stop watching violent TV shows and watch the news instead.
Genre	humor
Script	Dexter Taylor
Pencils	Dexter Taylor
Inks	Dexter Taylor
Letters	Dexter Taylor

3 page Little Archie story "Patriotic Pup"

Characters	Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Sheldon Broadbeam; Spotty
Synopsis	The kids have to dress their pets based on the country they came from, and Little Archie doesn't know what his dog should wear, since "Spotty's all kinds of dogs."
Genre	humor
Script	Dexter Taylor
Pencils	Dexter Taylor
Inks	Dexter Taylor
Letters	Dexter Taylor

1 page Li'l Jinx insert or dust jacket "The Missing Kiss!"

Characters	Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday (Li'l Jinx's daddy)
Synopsis	Before she goes to bed, Li'l Jinx's daddy tells her she forgot something.
Genre	humor
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Letters	Joe Edwards

3 page Little Archie story "Turn-About Tale"

Characters	Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Ambrose Pipps
Synopsis	When Little Archie contemplates running away from home, Reggie tries to convince him that other people are worse off.
Genre	humor
Script	Dexter Taylor
Pencils	Dexter Taylor
Inks	Dexter Taylor
Letters	Dexter Taylor

Half page Little Archie filler "Hi-ya pal!!"

Characters	Little Archie; un-named kid
Synopsis	A strange kid offers Little Archie a bite of his candy bar.
Genre	humor
Script	Dexter Taylor
Pencils	Dexter Taylor
Inks	Dexter Taylor
Letters	Dexter Taylor

Half page Little Archie filler "Peanut Pitcher"

Characters	Little Archie Andrews; Little Moose Mason; Little Jughead Jones
Synopsis	Moose puts his great pitching arm to professional use.
Genre	humor
Script	Dexter Taylor
Pencils	Dexter Taylor
Inks	Dexter Taylor
Letters	Dexter Taylor

8 page Little Betty story "One Stormy Night"

Characters	Little Betty Cooper; Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Caramel
Synopsis	When Caramel is missing during a thunderstorm, Betty sneaks out of the house at night to look for her.
Genre	humor
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks	Bob Bolling
Letters	Bob Bolling
Notes	Bolling's first story for Little Betty as a solo star.

9 page Ambrose story "Headline Hunters"

Characters	Little Archie Andrews; Ambrose Pipps; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Moose Mason; Mrs. Pipps; Little Betty Cooper; Sheldon Broadbeam; un-named kids
Synopsis	Little Archie decides that the West Side kids' newspaper needs a foreign correspondent, so he forces Ambrose to go to Europe... by mail.
Genre	humor
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Bob Bolling (signed)
Inks	Bob Bolling
Letters	Bob Bolling
Notes	In one of Bolling's nods to continuity, this story mentions Little Archie's attempt to get to Europe on a raft in Little Archie # 14 ("The Run-Away").