Issue | #18 |
Published | Spring 1961 |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 84 |
Editing | Richard Goldwater |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Abercrombie; Stitch |
Synopsis | A scene based on the story "Little Archie On Mars." |
Genre | adventure; science fiction |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | The first Little Archie cover where the main illustration is based on a story from the issue (all the previous covers were stand-alone gags in the usual Archie style). |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Moose Mason; Ambrose Pipps; Evelyn Evernever; Sheldon Broadbeam; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mr. Turner |
Synopsis | Little Archie convinces the Good Ol' Gang to pose for a photo to enter in a "happy gang" contest. But when he has to go home to get film for the camera, the kids have to hold their pose, without moving, until he gets back. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Characters | Shrimpy; un-named girl |
Synopsis | Shrimpy returns from getting vaccinated. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Joe Harold |
Pencils | Joe Harold |
Characters | Shrimpy; Brando |
Synopsis | Shrimpy is working on plans for a rocket ship. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Joe Harold |
Pencils | Joe Harold |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge |
Synopsis | Pop Tate hires Little Archie to work at the soda shop. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Dexter Taylor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
Inks | Dexter Taylor |
Letters | Dexter Taylor |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Abercrombie; Stitch; head of the Grand Council; Purple Creepnik; un-named Martians; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews |
Synopsis | The Martians Abercrombie and Stitch are sent to Earth to bring back one of its creatures, and they pick Little Archie. When he is brought to Mars, he makes a forbidden reference in front of the Grand Council, which leads to him being imprisoned in a Martian zoo. |
Genre | adventure; science fiction |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Notes | This is the first Little Archie science-fiction story. Sci-fi and fantasy elements would become much more prominent in the title from this point on. |
Reprinted | in Archie Classics - The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 2004 series) #1 |
Synopsis | The reader has to guess the names of ten different jobs based on the clues provided in the drawings. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Joe Harold |
Pencils | Joe Harold (signed) |
Characters | Li'l Jinx; Greg; Gigi |
Synopsis | Li'l Jinx and Greg play "getting married." |
Genre | humor |
Script | Joe Edwards |
Pencils | Joe Edwards |
Inks | Joe Edwards |
Letters | Joe Edwards |
Synopsis | An article on the tiny tropical fish known as the guppy. |
Genre | fact; nature |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Ambrose Pipps; Evelyn Evernever; Little Veronica Lodge; Smedley (cat) |
Synopsis | Little Archie teaches Ambrose to beware of girls, especially Ronnie Lodge, who is "sneakier than all the rest" and hits him whenever he touches her pedigreed cat Smedley. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Characters | Peggy; un-named girl |
Synopsis | The boys' baseball team allows a girl to join. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Joe Harold |
Pencils | Joe Harold |
Characters | Peggy; un-named girl |
Synopsis | Peggy demonstrates her mommy's way of curing aches and pains. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Joe Harold |
Pencils | Joe Harold |
Synopsis | Suggestions for future inventions. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Joe Harold |
Pencils | Joe Harold (signed) |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy |
Synopsis | When the kids give Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy anonymous valentines, the teachers think the cards came from a secret admirer. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Dexter Taylor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
Inks | Dexter Taylor |
Letters | Dexter Taylor |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason; Little Reggie Mantle |
Synopsis | Little Archie tries to get the boys to smile so he can take their picture. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Dexter Taylor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
Inks | Dexter Taylor |
Letters | Dexter Taylor |
Synopsis | An article about orang-utans. |
Genre | fact; nature |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Coach Kleats |
Synopsis | Miss Grundy tells the boys that Mr. Weatherbee was "heavyweight champion" in college. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Dexter Taylor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
Inks | Dexter Taylor |
Letters | Dexter Taylor |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Evelyn Evernever; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge: Ambrose Pipps; Spotty |
Synopsis | Little Archie warns his friends against actions that bring bad luck. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Dexter Taylor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
Inks | Dexter Taylor |
Letters | Dexter Taylor |
Characters | Li'l Jinx |
Synopsis | Li'l Jinx loudly eats peanut brittle. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Joe Edwards |
Pencils | Joe Edwards |
Inks | Joe Edwards |
Letters | Joe Edwards |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason; Ambrose Pipps; un-named adults |
Synopsis | When Little Archie starts hoarding his money, Fred thinks he's becoming a miser. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Dexter Taylor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
Inks | Dexter Taylor |
Letters | Dexter Taylor |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Little Jughead Jones |
Synopsis | Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy try to get Little Archie to create a painting. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Dexter Taylor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
Inks | Dexter Taylor |
Letters | Dexter Taylor |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Spotty |
Synopsis | Little Archie gives Fred a made-up excuse for being late. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Dexter Taylor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
Inks | Dexter Taylor |
Letters | Dexter Taylor |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty |
Synopsis | Little Archie plays April Fool's jokes on his father. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Dexter Taylor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
Inks | Dexter Taylor |
Letters | Dexter Taylor |