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Issue: The Adventures of Little Archie #22
Publication Date: March 1962
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Issues: #22 of 35 Issues (40 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: 01/25/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 84
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1962 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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Disclose Reprinted In5
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy, humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Abercrombie; Stitch; un-named Martians
First Line: Will Little Archie solve the mystery of these strange creatures descending from the flying saucer?
Synopsis: Based on the story "Martians' Return."
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Martians' Return

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy, humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Abercrombie; Stitch; Grizbik
Synopsis: Abercrombie and Stitch, the Martians, return to Earth in a rocket ship cleverly disguised as a shooting star. While they inspect Little Archie's house to learn more about earth food, they give Little Archie a present: the Grizbik, a bearded, gibberish-spouting creature who exists only to make things neat and tidy. But the Grizbik's presence has one unfortunate side effect.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Second and last appearance of Abercrombie and Stitch, originally introduced in "Little Archie On Mars" (Little Archie # 18).
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Lawbreaker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Little Archie plays traffic cop, and starts making up all kinds of arbitrary new laws to put his friends in "jail." Then he transforms the jail into a police vehicle to chase after a speeding go-kart driven by Ambrose.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #25 published August 1977
In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #220 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 2011
as Lawbreaker [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Wright Brothers

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: Article on the Wright brothers.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Little Archie and the "Wishing Witch"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Wishing Witch
Synopsis: Little Archie is assigned to attract a bird to Miss Grundy's bird-feeding platform. An eccentric witch who lives at the library gives him a magical book with instructions on how to attract the most unusual bird the school has ever seen: a prehistoric pterodactyl.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The witch says that she was studying to become a TV quiz show contestant, but there are "no more big time TV quiz shows." This is a reference to the fact that most prime-time game shows had been canceled in the wake of the quiz-show scandals of the late '50s.
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Money Talk!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Shrimpy finds a dollar.
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Pages: 1
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Tell the Tooth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Detective O'Hara; George; unnamed woman
Synopsis: When Little Archie puts a tooth under his pillow, "Tooth Fairy" Fred has to go out in the snow to borrow some change.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Movie Madness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): unnamed babysitter; unnamed ticket taker; unnamed projectionist; unnamed candy counter woman
Synopsis: Fred and Mary go to the movies and leave Little Archie with a babysitter, but he sneaks out of the house, stows away in their car, and changes the program at the movie theatre.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine #2 published May 1977
as Movie Madness [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: One of the most elaborate of Taylor's many pantomime stories: there is no dialogue in this entire story until the final panel.
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Spotty Strikes Back

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: After Spotty chases Caramel up a tree, Betty forces Little Archie to help her cat get down.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Reprinted in 2007 in "Little Archie: The House That Wouldn't Move" (where it was mistakenly credited to Bob Bolling).
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Turnabout Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Beefy Brawnson; unnamed boy; Mr. Rabbit; little rabbit
Synopsis: A rabbit tells his son the story of a group of humans who discovered the truth about rabbit's feet: they're not lucky.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie's Double Digest Magazine #11 published July 1984
as Turnabout Tale [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Close the Door!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx keeps forgetting to close doors.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Though officially named Hap, Li'l Jinx's dad is addressed as "Bill" in this story. Story is 4.25 pages with remaining 0.75 page filled with list of kids who want to be "Li'l Jinx Pen Pals."
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One for the Book

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Little Archie borrows a book from Miss Grundy.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Nothing But the Tooth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): unnamed Mayor; unnamed beaver
Synopsis: Little Archie brings a pet beaver to school.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: Article on the inventor of microscopes.
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Pages: 1
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Has a Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, childrens, drama, fantasy
Feature(s): Caramel
Character(s): Taffy; Honey; Cocoa; unnamed adults; unnamed little girl
Synopsis: When Betty and Ronnie comment on how lazy Betty's cat Caramel is, Caramel reveals that she has the ability to talk to them (but only while they're still small children). Caramel tells them the story of her life: she had three kittens and lived with them in an old abandoned house. When the house was destroyed, the four cats set off on a journey across America, where Caramel found homes for each of her children -- and almost lost her own life in the process.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Archie Comics #2 published January 2012
as Caramel Has a Tale [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: As Caramel promises in the story itself, this is the only time Caramel ever talks to anyone.

The story is also an example of how Bolling changed the designs depending on the type of story: while the girls are drawn in a cartoony style, Caramel is drawn more realistically than usual, and the adults are drawn in a realistic style.

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