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Issue: The Adventures of Little Archie #20
Publication Date: September 1961
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Issues: #20 of 35 Issues (37 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: 07/27/1961
Volume: 1
Pages: 84
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Goldwater
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Little Archie and the Sea-Going Dinosaur

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Bolling (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Plesiosaur
Synopsis: Cover drawing based on the story "Plesiosaur."
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Plesiosaur

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Bolling
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Bolling (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bob Bolling ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Waldo Pinckley; un-named producer; un-named manager; Uncle Herbert; Dan; Vicki; Plesiosaur
Synopsis: While on vacation in Florida, Little Archie goes out in a boat with his cousin Dan and his girlfriend Vicki. While Dan and Vicki are diving, they are attacked by a prehistoric sea monster once thought to be a legend: Plesiosaur, an ancient creature who has come back from the depths to search for his long-lost mate. Little Archie's only hope of saving his friends may lie in an unlikely source: the new pop music hit "Stone Age Rock" by Waldo Pinckley.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #15 published December 1975
as Plesiosaur [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: The premise of this story is similar to (and possibly inspired by) the Ray Bradbury short story "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms" (aka "The Fog Horn") and its 1953 movie adaptation.

Bolling usually did his own lettering and much of the lettering appears to be his, but some of the punctuation looks like it has been re-lettered in a more typical Archie house style.
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Baseball Dope!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Gigi
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Strange Case of Crawford Crab

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Bolling
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Bolling (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bob Bolling ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie presents
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Crawford Crab; Buster Crab; Taxi Crab; Pearl; un-named shellfish
Synopsis: The story of Crawford, a crab who is shunned by the crab community for having a dull, unattractive shell. When Crawford leaves the sea and tries to seek his fortune on the shore, he is taken in by two giant "monsters," Little Archie and Ronnie. But when they have to put him back in the ocean, Ronnie decides to paint a message on his shell.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #14 published October 1975
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Mighty Midgets

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, nature
Synopsis: Article on prehistoric animals.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Buzzin' Cousin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Bolling
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Bolling (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bob Bolling
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Fangs Fogarty; Dewey Lippersnipper
Synopsis: Little Archie recalls his introduction to Ronnie's cousin Dewey Lippersnipper, a kid with a perpetual grin and an ability to do everything Little Archie can do, only better.
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In Issue: FlagArchie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine #7 published July 1983
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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By the Sea!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Just His Luck

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dexter Taylor
Penciller(s): Dexter Taylor
Inker(s): Dexter Taylor
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Dexter Taylor
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Little Archie finds a quarter.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Long Walk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Bolling
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Bolling (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bob Bolling
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Caramel; Little Veronica Lodge; the panda; the captain; the witch
Synopsis: Betty convinces Little Archie to walk her home after school. Not wanting to walk any more "sissy girls" home, Little Archie decides to take her via his famous short cut, through Spook Woods and the Hockomock Swamp, hoping that she'll turn back and go home by herself. Meanwhile, three of Betty's stuffed dolls -- a stupid panda, a vain sea captain, and a wise old witch -- comment on her behavior and try to figure out what (or who) is making her act so strangely.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Archie Comics #[1] published August 2011
as The Long Walk [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: One of the great masterpieces of comics, this is also Bob Bolling's personal favorite among his stories (see http://www.comic-con.org/common/03upd2005_little_archie_50th.shtml).

"The Long Walk" was also selected as the best Little Archie story by Gary Brown in Comic Book Artist magazine (March 2004).

Page 6 of this story is one of the most famous Bolling creations: Little Archie and Betty's entire walk is portrayed in one huge panel, in the form of a map.
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Nature's Notebook

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, nature
Synopsis: Article on porcupines.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Ghost of a Chance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dexter Taylor
Penciller(s): Dexter Taylor
Inker(s): Dexter Taylor
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Dexter Taylor
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Evelyn Evernever; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Spotty
Synopsis: After Little Archie's Halloween party, Evelyn is afraid to walk home because she's scared of ghosts.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Dollar Deal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dexter Taylor
Penciller(s): Dexter Taylor
Inker(s): Dexter Taylor
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Dexter Taylor
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Betty and Ronnie are about to share Archie's soda when Reggie lures them away with a Super Sundae.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This story is told with no dialogue.
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Law and Disorder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dexter Taylor
Penciller(s): Dexter Taylor
Inker(s): Dexter Taylor
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Dexter Taylor
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Reggie Mantle; Little Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Little Jughead Jones; un-named kids
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee tries to get Reggie to behave by making him a hall monitor, but it just makes him power-mad.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is a remake of an earlier "big" Archie story where Archie and Reggie became hall monitors. It even carries over some of the earlier story's dialogue in simplified form ("The entire faculty will have to stay" becomes "all the teachers will have to stay too").
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Boat Goat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dexter Taylor
Penciller(s): Dexter Taylor
Inker(s): Dexter Taylor
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Dexter Taylor
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: The Andrews family goes out in a boat that capsizes, and they wind up on a desert island.
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In Content Item: FlagLaugh Comics Digest #13 published November 1977
as Boat Goat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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On His Level

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Harold
Penciller(s): Joe Harold
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Shrimpy
Character(s): Shrimpy; Daphne
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In Content Item: FlagLaugh Comics Digest #13 published November 1977
as On His Level [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Fearless Heart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dexter Taylor
Penciller(s): Dexter Taylor
Inker(s): Dexter Taylor
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Dexter Taylor
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; un-named adults
Synopsis: Fred makes a derogatory comment about Spotty's toughness, but when a dangerous snake gets into the house, Spotty shows that what he lacks in size and strength, he makes up in courage.
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In Issue: FlagArchie's Double Digest Magazine #24 published September 1986
In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #18 published June 1976
as The Fearless Heart [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Dexter Taylor's first adventure story.

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