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Issue: Little Archie #1
Publication Date: January 1956
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Issues: #1 of 4 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten
Disclose Notes: This issue marks the first appearance of Little Archie.

In his interview with Gary Brown in Comic Book Artist (March 2004), Little Archie's creator Bob Bolling recalled that editor Harry Shorten called him in and said "I want you to do a book of Archie as a little boy, but before you do, I want you to do some sketches and I'm going to mail them to [publisher] John Goldwater." Bolling designed the Archie characters as children, and once they were approved by Shorten and Goldwater, he wrote and drew the entire first issue.

Bob Bolling told Gary Brown that Bob White inked most of this issue.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Format
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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No! You're not seeing things! This is really Archie when he was a little kid!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling
Inker(s): Bob White
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge
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Pages: 1
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Hunting

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Bolling
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling
Inker(s): Bob White
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bob Bolling
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: After Archie's mom asks him to stop playing hunter inside the house, he and his friends go outside to hunt wild animals, and come upon a snapping turtle.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The characters call the title character "Archie" in these early stories. In later stories this would change, and he would always be addressed as "Little Archie."
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Racing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Bolling
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling
Inker(s): Bob White
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bob Bolling
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Little Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie builds an "imported Italian sports racer" for the soapbox derby.
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Pages: 4
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Playing House

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Bolling
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling
Inker(s): Bob White
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bob Bolling
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Archie and Ronnie play house and fight even more than real married couples. Betty tries to get in on the act by marrying her cat to Archie's dog.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: First appearance of Betty's cat, who would later be named "Caramel." Little Archie's dog would soon be re-designed and evolve into his regular dog, Spotty.
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Troops

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Bolling
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling
Inker(s): Bob White
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bob Bolling
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason
Synopsis: General Archie and Sergeant Moose try to prevent Ronnie from joining their army, but she gains the troops' loyalty with her "secret orders."
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Pages: 7

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