Issue | #22 |
Published | Spring 1962 |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 84 |
Editing | Richard Goldwater |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Abercrombie; Stitch; un-named Martians |
Synopsis | Based on the story "Martians' Return." |
Genre | humor; fantasy; science fiction |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Abercrombie; Stitch; Grizbik |
Synopsis | Abercrombie and Stitch, the Martians, return to Earth in a rocket ship cleverly disguised as a shooting star. While they inspect Little Archie's house to learn more about earth food, they give Little Archie a present: the Grizbik, a bearded, gibberish-spouting creature who exists only to make things neat and tidy. But the Grizbik's presence has one unfortunate side effect. |
Genre | humor; fantasy; science fiction |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Notes | Second and last appearance of Abercrombie and Stitch, originally introduced in "Little Archie On Mars" (Little Archie # 18). |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Ambrose Pipps; Little Dilton Doiley |
Synopsis | Little Archie plays traffic cop, and starts making up all kinds of arbitrary new laws to put his friends in "jail." Then he transforms the jail into a police vehicle to chase after a speeding go-kart driven by Ambrose. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Synopsis | Article on the Wright brothers. |
Genre | fact; history |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Little Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Wishing Witch |
Synopsis | Little Archie is assigned to attract a bird to Miss Grundy's bird-feeding platform. An eccentric witch who lives at the library gives him a magical book with instructions on how to attract the most unusual bird the school has ever seen: a prehistoric pterodactyl. |
Genre | humor; fantasy |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Notes | The witch says that she was studying to become a TV quiz show contestant, but there are "no more big time TV quiz shows." This is a reference to the fact that most prime-time game shows had been canceled in the wake of the quiz-show scandals of the late '50s. |
Characters | Shrimpy |
Synopsis | Shrimpy finds a dollar. |
Genre | humor; children |
Script | Joe Harold |
Pencils | Joe Harold |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Detective O'Hara; George; un-named woman |
Synopsis | When Little Archie puts a tooth under his pillow, "Tooth Fairy" Fred has to go out in the snow to borrow some change. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Dexter Taylor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
Inks | Dexter Taylor |
Letters | Dexter Taylor |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; un-named babysitter; un-named ticket taker; un-named projectionist; un-named candy counter woman |
Synopsis | Fred and Mary go to the movies and leave Little Archie with a babysitter, but he sneaks out of the house, stows away in their car, and changes the program at the movie theatre. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Dexter Taylor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
Inks | Dexter Taylor |
Letters | Dexter Taylor |
Notes | One of the most elaborate of Taylor's many pantomime stories: there is no dialogue in this entire story until the final panel. |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Spotty; Caramel |
Synopsis | After Spotty chases Caramel up a tree, Betty forces Little Archie to help her cat get down. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Dexter Taylor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
Inks | Dexter Taylor |
Letters | Dexter Taylor |
Notes | Reprinted in 2007 in "Little Archie: The House That Wouldn't Move" (where it was mistakenly credited to Bob Bolling). |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Evelyn Evernever; Beefy Brawnson; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; un-named boy; Mr. Rabbit; little rabbit |
Synopsis | A rabbit tells his son the story of a group of humans who discovered the truth about rabbit's feet: they're not lucky. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Dexter Taylor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
Inks | Dexter Taylor |
Letters | Dexter Taylor |
Characters | Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday; Merry Holliday |
Synopsis | Li'l Jinx keeps forgetting to close doors. |
Genre | humor; children |
Script | Joe Edwards |
Pencils | Joe Edwards |
Inks | Joe Edwards |
Letters | Joe Edwards |
Notes | Though officially named Hap, Li'l Jinx's dad is addressed as "Bill" in this story. |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy |
Synopsis | Little Archie borrows a book from Miss Grundy. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Dexter Taylor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
Inks | Dexter Taylor |
Letters | Dexter Taylor |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Little Jughead Jones; un-named Mayor; un-named beaver |
Synopsis | Little Archie brings a pet beaver to school. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Dexter Taylor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
Inks | Dexter Taylor |
Letters | Dexter Taylor |
Synopsis | Article on the inventor of microscopes. |
Genre | fact; history |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Caramel; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Taffy; Honey; Cocoa; un-named adults; un-named little girl |
Synopsis | When Betty and Ronnie comment on how lazy Betty's cat Caramel is, Caramel reveals that she has the ability to talk to them (but only while they're still small children). Caramel tells them the story of her life: she had three kittens and lived with them in an old abandoned house. When the house was destroyed, the four cats set off on a journey across America, where Caramel found homes for each of her children -- and almost lost her own life in the process. |
Genre | fantasy; drama |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Notes | As Caramel promises in the story itself, this is the only time Caramel ever talks to anyone. The story is also an example of how Bolling changed the designs depending on the type of story: while the girls are drawn in a cartoony style, Caramel is drawn more realistically than usual, and the adults are drawn in a realistic style. |