Issue | #24 |
Published | Fall 1962 |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Richard Goldwater |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews |
Synopsis | Cover based on the story "The Gentle Way." |
Genre | children; adventure; humor |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling |
Colors | Victor Gorelick |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Notes | Victor Gorelick mentioned as the colorist for this issue at http://www.comic-con.org/common/03upd2005_little_archie_50th.shtml |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; judo instructor; un-named woman; un-named thug; un-named boys |
Synopsis | Little Archie starts taking judo lessons, over the objections of his mother, who fears that it will turn him into a roughneck. |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling |
Colors | Victor Gorelick |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Notes | Bob Bolling was himself taking judo lessons at this time, according to his interview in Comic Book Artist (March 2004). |
Characters | Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday (Li'l Jinx's daddy) |
Synopsis | Li'l Jinx won't go to sleep, and instead asks her daddy what time it is. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Joe Edwards |
Pencils | Joe Edwards |
Inks | Joe Edwards |
Letters | Joe Edwards |
Characters | Polly Cooper; Little Betty Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Mr. Cooper; Gregory; Officer O'Beez; Caramel |
Synopsis | Mr. Cooper climbs up on the roof to rescue Betty's cat, just as Polly is walking home with her new boyfriend. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling |
Colors | Victor Gorelick |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Synopsis | A historical article on Jamestown, Virginia. |
Genre | fact; history |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mad Doctor Doom; Chester Punkett; Chester's boss; un-named shoppers and clerks |
Synopsis | Mad Doctor Doom places a devilish device inside toy robots from the Tacky Toy company, which gives them the power to hypnotize people at his command. |
Genre | humor; adventure |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling |
Colors | Victor Gorelick |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Notes | First appearance of Mad Doctor Doom and Chester, who would become the most popular Little Archie villains. This issue appeared on newsstands at around the same time as the first appearance of Dr. Doom in "Fantastic Four"; the similar names appear to be a coincidence. (See http://www.oddballcomics.com/article.php?story=archive2004-02-20 for more information on the timeline of the two characters' first appearances.) The decision to make Mad Doctor Doom green came from the colorist, Victor Gorelick. Bolling recalled (http://www.comic-con.org/common/03upd2005_little_archie_50th.shtml) that he asked Gorelick "what did you color him green for?" but grew to like the idea. |
Reprinted | in Archie Classics - The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 2004 series) #1 |
Characters | Shrimpy; un-named kid in beret |
Synopsis | Shrimpy claims that when you make a wish on a wishbone, it comes true. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Joe Harold |
Pencils | Joe Harold |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Mr. Johnson; Mrs. Johnson; Susan Johnson |
Synopsis | Little Archie comes along on the Johnsons' family trip to the beach, to Mr. Johnson's horror. |
Script | Dexter Taylor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
Inks | Dexter Taylor |
Colors | Victor Gorelick |
Letters | Dexter Taylor |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy |
Synopsis | Miss Grundy tells the lethargic Little Archie to show some get-up-and-go. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Dexter Taylor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
Inks | Dexter Taylor |
Colors | Victor Gorelick |
Letters | Dexter Taylor |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews |
Synopsis | Little Archie fixes a TV defect that makes it look like the characters have ghostly doubles, but then he gets a "TV ghost" himself. |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling |
Colors | Victor Gorelick |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge |
Synopsis | Mr. Lodge takes Little Archie and Veronica up in a plane, but the plane malfunctions and crashes. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Dexter Taylor |
Pencils | Dexter Taylor |
Inks | Dexter Taylor |
Colors | Victor Gorelick |
Letters | Dexter Taylor |
Notes | Mr. Lodge is named "Henry" in this story. Taylor draws the adult characters in this story in a more realistic style, imitating the style Bolling used for his adventure stories. |
Characters | Little Archie Andrews; The Eel; Fats; Little Moose Mason; Little Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; un-named policemen. |
Synopsis | A bank robber stashes his loot at the bottom of Carson's Creek. When he comes back to get it, Little Archie, Reggie and Moose are diving there, looking for old bottles. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Bob Bolling |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling |
Colors | Victor Gorelick |
Letters | Bob Bolling |
Notes | Little Archie gets shot (or at least grazed by a bullet) in this story. |