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Issue: Little Archie #3
Publication Date: June 1957
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Issues: #3 of 4 Issues (5 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Little Archie Giant ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/14/1957
Volume: 1
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 21 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On sale date from Library of Congress, Periodicals 1958.

With this issue, "Little Archie" becomes a giant-sized comic, and would remain so (though with decreasing page counts) through issue #84.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Traffic cop

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Spotty
First Line: Wow! You mean all those thousn's n' thousn's of letters are for me, Mr. Bolling?
Synopsis: Little Archie and his creator Bob Bolling (in a photograph) discuss the huge amount of fan mail "Little Archie" is getting and the comic's switch to a 100-page giant book.
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Tea Tempest

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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones
Synopsis: The girls force Little Archie to come to their tea party.
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Pages: 8
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Little Archie Does It!

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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Ned the cartoonist
First Line: Hey, Mom, buy me that water pistol!
Synopsis: Inspired by his father's job as an editor at the "Riverdale Record," Little Archie starts his own newspaper with the other kids as his reporters.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: An un-named boy in a white shirt and large red cap turns up at the end of the story; though the design of the character is different, he eventually evolved into the character of Ambrose, who wore the same outfit.
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Easy Does It!

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On the Ball

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Bunny and the Kids
Character(s): Bunny
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The Catnapper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mr. Mantle; Mrs. Mantle
Synopsis: Fred has to try and figure out how to unload ten kittens that Reggie's dad gave to Little Archie.
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Pages: 10
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The Deer

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Little Betty Fun Page

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Tooth of a Kind

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Scotty; Dotty
Synopsis: Dotty asks a dentist if he can pull a tooth.
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From Dad To Worse

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Scotty; Dotty; Daddy
Synopsis: Scotty and Dotty ask how to spell a bunch of words.
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The Fall Guy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee is crushed when he overhears the children calling him a sissy, and the kids consider him even more of a "fraidy cat" after he stops them from parachuting off the roof with an umbrella. But then Mr. Weatherbee accidentally wins the children's respect when he falls off the roof himself.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: A key development in "Little Archie" because Bolling for the first time adds some sentiment to the comedy, portraying Mr. Weatherbee's despondency at not being respected by his students.

This story includes another Ambrose prototype; he's dressed differently, but has the gimmick of the cap that covers his eyes.
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Weight and See

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason
Synopsis: The boys try to prove that they're strong using the old fake-barbells trick.
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Pages: 6
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The Harder They Fool

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Fred Andrews
Synopsis: When Little Archie gets in trouble with Moose, Jughead suggests they settle it with a formal boxing match. In the fight, Little Archie tries to follow his father's advice that "a good fighter always looks for his opponent's weakness."
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Wedded Blitz

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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews
Synopsis: The girls play at getting married, and get Little Archie to play the groom.
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Pages: 6
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Peep Squeak

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Scout
Character(s): Little Scout
Synopsis: Scout tries to see the ball game through a peephole in the fence.
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Pages: 3
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The Alligator

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Food Feud

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Dilton Doily; Little Moose Mason; Lead-belly; Ambrose; Spotty
Synopsis: Little Archie opens his own restaurant
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Yet another prototype for Ambrose is included in this story: this kid has the same name, but otherwise looks completely different.
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The Elephant

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Moon Muddle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Little Archie finishes building a rocket ship and prepares to set off for the moon, but he has second thoughts about leaving his parents and his dog.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The first story where Little Archie's dog is named "Spotty."

This story also introduces some of the more elaborate angles, shadows and landscaping that would become an important feature of Bolling's Little Archie work.

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