| Issue | #17 |
| Published | Winter 1960-1961 |
| Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
| Pages | 84 |
| Editing | Richard Goldwater |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews |
| Synopsis | Christmas-themed cover gag, along with a plug for this issue's adventure story, "Cougar." |
| Genre | humor; adventure |
| Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Ambrose Pipps; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge |
| Synopsis | Ambrose wants to be Little Archie's "pal," while Little Archie will have none of it, and keeps telling Ambrose to go away. But when Reggie challenges Little Archie to an ice boat race on Crystal Lake, Ambrose accepts the challenge on his "pal"'s behalf. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Bob Bolling |
| Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Letters | Bob Bolling |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle |
| Synopsis | Little Archie tells "stupid girl" Ronnie to stop bothering him, but he feels differently after Reggie hits her with a snowball. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Bob Bolling |
| Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Letters | Bob Bolling |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Pierre; un-named lumberjacks; Pocahontas (dog) |
| Synopsis | Little Archie accompanies his father on a trip to Moosehorn Lumber Camp. There he befriends the lumberjacks' dog, Pocahontas, who is injured while defending her puppies from a cougar. The next day, Little Archie goes out with one of the lumberjacks, Pierre, who is hurt and trapped after the two are caught in an avalanche. While on his way back to camp to get help for Pierre, Little Archie encounters the cougar who attacked Pocahontas, and has to flee for his life. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Bob Bolling |
| Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Letters | Bob Bolling |
| Notes | Another example of the way Bolling combines action-adventure with environmental/nature themes -- in this case, the theme that even predators have reasons for what they do. |
| Characters | Shrimpy |
| Synopsis | Shrimpy misses the summer. |
| Genre | humor; children |
| Script | Joe Harold |
| Pencils | Joe Harold |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; Ambrose Pipps |
| Synopsis | Mary makes a chocolate cream pie for supper, and someone eats the whole thing while she's not looking. Mary accuses Fred of eating the pie, while Fred accuses Little Archie. It's up to Ambrose to solve the mystery. |
| Genre | humor; mystery |
| Script | Dexter Taylor |
| Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
| Inks | Dexter Taylor |
| Letters | Dexter Taylor |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Geraldine Grundy |
| Synopsis | Reggie shows off his grade on a school report. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Dexter Taylor |
| Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
| Inks | Dexter Taylor |
| Letters | Dexter Taylor |
| Notes | This story is told with no dialogue. |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle |
| Synopsis | Little Archie fakes being sick so he won't have to go to school. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Dexter Taylor |
| Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
| Inks | Dexter Taylor |
| Letters | Dexter Taylor |
| Synopsis | Article on strong men in myth and reality. |
| Genre | fact; history |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; |
| Synopsis | Little Archie resolves that he will get through an entire day at school without doing anything wrong. But Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy are driven crazy waiting for him to make a mistake. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Dexter Taylor |
| Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
| Inks | Dexter Taylor |
| Letters | Dexter Taylor |
| Notes | This basic story idea had been used in previous "big" Archie stories (and would be used again in later stories). |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Ambrose Pipps |
| Synopsis | Ambrose takes up archery. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Dexter Taylor |
| Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
| Inks | Dexter Taylor |
| Letters | Dexter Taylor |
| Characters | Shrimpy; Peggy |
| Genre | humor; children |
| Script | Joe Harold |
| Pencils | Joe Harold |
| Characters | Shrimpy; Peggy |
| Genre | humor; children |
| Script | Joe Harold |
| Pencils | Joe Harold |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge |
| Synopsis | Little Archie agrees to give Ronnie a ride in his go-kart. When she keeps telling him how to drive, he lets her drive it herself. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Dexter Taylor |
| Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
| Inks | Dexter Taylor |
| Letters | Dexter Taylor |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Geraldine Grundy; Evelyn Evernever; Waldo Weatherbee |
| Synopsis | In a story told entirely in rhyme, Reggie is assigned to get something for Little Archie in the school's gift exchange program. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Dexter Taylor |
| Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
| Inks | Dexter Taylor |
| Letters | Dexter Taylor |
| Characters | Li'l Jinx; Greg |
| Genre | humor; children |
| Script | Joe Edwards |
| Pencils | Joe Edwards |
| Inks | Joe Edwards |
| Letters | Joe Edwards |
| Characters | Little Betty Cooper; Caramel; Mrs. Cooper; Mr. Cooper; Little Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Mrs. Weatherbee |
| Synopsis | While she's sick, Betty becomes addicted to the radio soap opera "The Romance of Jill and Bill." When she gets better, she smuggles a portable radio into school so she can keep listening to the show. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Bob Bolling |
| Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Letters | Bob Bolling |
| Notes | Mr. Weatherbee has a wife in this story (he addresses her as "wifey dear"). |