| Issue | #21 |
| Published | Winter 1961-1962 |
| Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
| Pages | 84 |
| Editing | Richard Goldwater |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews |
| Synopsis | Cover illustration based on the story "Pirates." |
| Genre | adventure; humor; children |
| Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Bolling |
| Letters | Bob Bolling |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Little Jughead Jones; un-named teacher; un-named kids; Fred Andrews |
| Synopsis | Little Archie is constantly acting up and getting into trouble at school. But on his way to Little Archie's house to talk to his father, Mr. Weatherbee sees the boy doing nothing but good things for everyone. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Bob Bolling |
| Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Bolling |
| Letters | Bob Bolling |
| Characters | Li'l Jinx; Bridget |
| Synopsis | Bridget tries to outdo Li'l Jinx at everything. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Joe Edwards |
| Pencils | Joe Edwards |
| Inks | Joe Edwards |
| Letters | Joe Edwards |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; un-named inventor; Little Veronica Lodge; James; Blackbeard; un-named pirates; Captain Morgan; un-named sailors |
| Synopsis | When gas escapes from a mysterious old man's "invention," it transports Little Archie hundreds of years back in time, where he is captured by pirates and forced to be a cabin boy on Blackbeard's ship. On the pirate ship, Little Archie overhears Blackbeard's plan to destroy the ship of the king's favorite, Captain Morgan. Can he stop the pirates, and will he ever get back to his own time? |
| Genre | adventure; fantasy |
| Script | Bob Bolling |
| Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Bolling |
| Letters | Bob Bolling |
| Reprinted | in Archie Classics - The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 2004 series) #1 |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy |
| Synopsis | Little Archie and Reggie show their less-than-stellar math skills. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Dexter Taylor |
| Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
| Inks | Dexter Taylor |
| Letters | Dexter Taylor |
| Notes | This story is told without dialogue. |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Spotty |
| Synopsis | Little Archie tries to teach Spotty some table manners. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Dexter Taylor |
| Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
| Inks | Dexter Taylor |
| Letters | Dexter Taylor |
| Synopsis | An article on the covered wagons that were used by the people who went West. |
| Genre | fact; history |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Ambrose Pipps; Effie Fibgabber; Officer McNickle; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; un-named old man |
| Synopsis | While Little Archie's mom is shopping, Little Archie and Ambrose make a kite tail out of sausages, causing havoc at the supermarket. Then, when Mrs. Andrews stops to talk to someone on the way out, the boys get into a shopping cart and wind up going for a high-speed ride along a crowded street. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Bob Bolling |
| Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Bolling |
| Letters | Bob Bolling |
| Notes | A memorable example of Bolling's ability to combine observational humor (about the things kids do while waiting for adults to finish shopping or talking) with wild slapstick. |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Captain Roderick |
| Synopsis | Ronnie is kidnapped from her bed by a mysterious man. Little Archie, who spent most of the day with her, is called over to Mr. Lodge's house to answer questions, but the police don't know where Ronnie might be. After they leave, though, Little Archie's suspicions lead him to discover a secret in the Lodge home. |
| Genre | adventure; mystery |
| Script | Dexter Taylor |
| Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
| Inks | Dexter Taylor |
| Letters | Dexter Taylor |
| Notes | Pages 1-3 and 8-10 are done without any dialogue. This was the only Dexter Taylor story included in Gary Brown's list of the 12 best Little Archie stories (in Comic Book Artist vol. 2 no. 3, March 2004). |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason; Little Dilton Doiley |
| Synopsis | Dilton demonstrates his new solar energy kit. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Dexter Taylor |
| Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
| Inks | Dexter Taylor |
| Letters | Dexter Taylor |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty |
| Synopsis | When Little Archie says there's no Santa Claus, Fred decides to rekindle his son's belief by dressing up as Santa. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Dexter Taylor |
| Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
| Inks | Dexter Taylor |
| Letters | Dexter Taylor |
| Characters | Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday; Greg |
| Synopsis | Daddy teaches Li'l Jinx some wise old sayings. |
| Genre | humor; children |
| Script | Joe Edwards |
| Pencils | Joe Edwards |
| Inks | Joe Edwards |
| Letters | Joe Edwards |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Little Reggie Mantle |
| Synopsis | A stray baseball from Little Archie's yard lands in Mr. Weatherbee's birdbath. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Dexter Taylor |
| Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
| Inks | Dexter Taylor |
| Letters | Dexter Taylor |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty |
| Synopsis | After watching "Lovely Louella Leech, Lady Lawyer," Little Archie tries to eat the last piece of chocolate cake, but is called to the phone. While he's gone, all his family members contemplate eating the cake, but their consciences won't let them. Yet when Little Archie comes back, the cake is gone. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Bob Bolling |
| Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Bolling |
| Letters | Bob Bolling |
| Synopsis | Article on the value and uses of gold. |
| Genre | fact; history |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty |
| Synopsis | Little Archie tries to make his mother breakfast in bed on her birthday, and nearly wrecks the place doing it. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Dexter Taylor |
| Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
| Inks | Dexter Taylor |
| Letters | Dexter Taylor |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Spotty |
| Synopsis | Spotty takes pride in his ability to jump through hoops. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Bob Bolling |
| Pencils | Bob Bolling |
| Inks | Bob Bolling |
| Letters | Bob Bolling |
| Notes | Bolling's signature does not appear on this one-page story or the two that follow it, but the artwork appears to be his. |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Moose Mason; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper |
| Synopsis | Little Archie tries to get Betty and Veronica to put more energy into rowing a raft. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Bob Bolling |
| Pencils | Bob Bolling |
| Inks | Bob Bolling |
| Letters | Bob Bolling |
| Characters | Spotty; Caramel |
| Synopsis | Spotty assures us that if he weren't tied up, he would make Caramel stop sassing him. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Bob Bolling |
| Pencils | Bob Bolling |
| Inks | Bob Bolling |
| Letters | Bob Bolling |
| Notes | Caramel is mistakenly colored brown in this story. |