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Issue: The Adventures of Little Archie #27
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 1963
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 12 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Goldwater
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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What shadowy furtive figure threatens Little Archie?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Bob Bolling
Bob Bolling
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Subject Matter
adventure, childrens, humorous, mystery
Little Archie
Little Archie Andrews
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Bob Bolling's signature does not appear here, but the art appears to be his.
The Missing Astronaut Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Bolling
Bob Bolling (signed)
Bob Bolling
?
Bob Bolling
Subject Matter
adventure, mystery
Little Archie
Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Caroline Baker; Sandra Fleming; Mr. Fleming; Mrs. Fleming; Jim Farrell; J.P. Knudge; Hob Kane; Coast Guard officer; un-named beachcomber; un-named spy
Little Archie goes along with his dad on a business trip to the Bahamas, near the site of a planned rocket launch with Caroline Baker, America's first female astronaut. Soon Little Archie discovers that the area is full of spies, American and Russian, and that there's a plot to kidnap Caroline Baker and ensure a Soviet victory in the Space Race.
Reprinting
FlagLaugh Comics Digest #7 published November 1976
 
Miscellaneous
25
The story has the same length, format and approach as the "Little Archie Mystery Comics" published that same year (including the device of drawing most of the characters, except Little Archie, in a realistic style).
Just Testing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Li'l Jinx learns how to test reflexes.
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Miscellaneous
1
Shelley Fabares, Typical Teenager

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Typeset
Subject Matter
biography, informational
Teen
Article on teen star Shelley Fabares.
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Miscellaneous
1
210 Oak Street

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Bolling
Bob Bolling (signed)
Bob Bolling
?
Bob Bolling
Subject Matter
fantasy
Little Archie
Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Ambrose Pipps; Pamela; un-named girl
Little Archie finds an old pair of glasses that magically turn back time when he puts them on. When the glasses are taken away by a young woman at 210 Oak Street, he is transported back to the present. Investigating, he and his friends go back to 210 Oak Street, now a dilapidated and apparently deserted house.
Reprinting
FlagLaugh Comics Digest #3 published March 1976
as 210 Oak Street [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
After this story, Ambrose was dropped from the comic. He would return in the mid-'80s.
Surprise

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
?
Dexter Taylor
Subject Matter
humorous
Little Archie
Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews
Little Archie catches a fish.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Some Shape

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
?
Dexter Taylor
Subject Matter
humorous
Little Archie
Little Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee
Mr. Weatherbee tells Little Archie to get in shape.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
One of several Archie comics stories around this time that reference President Kennedy's call for young people to excercise more.
Quiz Whiz

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
?
Dexter Taylor
Subject Matter
humorous
Mr. Weatherbee
Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Little Jughead Jones; Plato Potts; un-named principal; un-named host
Mr. Weatherbee enters Jughead in a televised quiz competition with Stoneyburg Grammar School.
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Miscellaneous
6
The Big Show

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
?
Dexter Taylor
Subject Matter
humorous
Little Archie
Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Spotty; un-named fleas; un-named circus performers
A troupe of performing fleas settles on Spotty.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Annual Digest #27 published January 1975
as The Big Show [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Going... Going...Gone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
?
Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx; Greg
Greg will do anything for ice cream.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Tommy Sands... Pinch Hitter for Fame

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
biography, informational
Tommy Sands
Article on pop star Tommy Sands.
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Miscellaneous
1
A Matter of Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
Dexter Taylor
?
Dexter Taylor
Subject Matter
adventure
Little Archie
Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy; un-named adults
Little Archie has to chain Spotty up outside the school. Chasing a rabbit, Spotty pulls the chain out of the ground and escapes, but then gets chained to the train tracks.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Annual Digest #27 published January 1975
as A Matter of Time [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
9

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