| Characters |
Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Moose Mason; Lefty Todd; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Brad Williams; Peggy Clark |
| Synopsis |
Little Archie gets a signed baseball from big league star Lefty Todd just before pitching for Riverdale in the big game against the Carson City Sparrows. With the game on the line, Carson City's Brad Williams hits a home run off Little Archie, leaving him crushed. When Fred takes his son out to Pop's to cheer him up, they witness a hold-up, and when Little Archie follows the robber, only his good ol' arm and Lefty's signed ball can stop the thief from shooting it out with the police. |
| Genre |
children; humor; drama; adventure |
| Script |
Bob Bolling |
| Pencils |
Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Inks |
Bob Bolling (signed) |
| Colors |
Barry Grossman |
| Letters |
Bill Yoshida |
| Notes |
This story uses an older, heavier version of Little Archie's mom, closer to her appearance in the regular Archie comics. In subsequent Little Archie stories, she reverted to her usual svelte bombshell look.
In his article on Bolling in Comic Book Artist (March 2004) Gary Brown picked this as Bolling's best post-1960s Little Archie story. |