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Issue Details

Issue #40
Published Fall 1966
Frequency quarterly
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 68
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details

Characters Little Pureheart the Powerful; Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Fangs Fogarty; Penny Peabody
Genre children

13 page Little Archie story "The Venomous Vixen"

Characters Little Pureheart the Powerful [also appears as Little Archie Andrews]; Little Evilheart [also appears as Little Reggie Mantle]; Black Widow; Little Veronica Lodge
Synopsis When the Black Widow kidnaps Veronica, Pureheart and Evilheart compete to see who will rescue her.
Genre children; superhero
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Letters Dexter Taylor
Notes In his interview in Comic Book Artist magazine (March 2004) Dexter Taylor explained that his editor, Richard Goldwater, ordered him to include the "Pureheart the Powerful" concept in Little Archie: "He decided to do the Pureheart, Little Pureheart name. It's a silly title, but you know, you do it... Captain Pureheart was in the regular Archie comic books, but I don't know how successful that was. I never got too much feedback on that. I used to get letters all the time, but not on Little Pureheart, so I don't know if they were crazy about it or what."

6 page Little Archie story "Caddy on the Job"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mr. Crump; Spotty
Synopsis Little Archie gets a job at the golf course, where he caddies for Fred and his boss.
Genre children; humor

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Flower Girl"

Characters Li'l Jinx
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

1 page text article "The Strangest Creature in the World"

Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Article on the platypus.

11 page Little Archie story "Secret of the Old Cliffs"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Barracuda; Jimmy; Mr. Penbinder; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Archie is helping cub reporter Jimmy as his photographer and assistant when they stumble upon the Barracuda and his gang of crooks.
Genre children; humor

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Just Ask!"

Characters Li'l Jinx
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

1 page Little Archie story "TV Test"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Spotty
Genre children; humor

10 page Little Archie story "Grizzly"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Waffles; Chick (camp counselor)
Synopsis Away at summer camp, Jughead befriends a squirrel that he names Waffles. Later, while looking for Waffles in the woods, Jughead and Archie are menaced by a grizzly bear.
Genre children; adventure

1 page Little Archie filler "Laugh It Up"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Little Reggie Mantle
Genre children; humor

1 page text article "Ancient Mongol War Ponies"

Genre fact
Letters typeset

9 page Little Archie story "Pest Control"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Fangs Fogarty; Penny Peabody; Miss Grundy
Synopsis Penny Peabody likes Jughead, but Fangs Fogarty is jealous and wants to beat Juggie up.
Genre children; humor