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Issue: The Adventures of Little Archie #28
Publication Date: September 1963
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Issues: #28 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: 07/01/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from mikesamazingworld.com
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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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[untitled]

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Genres: adventure, mystery
First Line: I've got to help Ronnie!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Based on the story "The China Doll Mystery." The only Bob Bolling cover based on a Dexter Taylor story.

Bolling's signature is omitted from the cover, but the art and lettering are identifiable as his.
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Sneak, Squeak and Creek

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): unnamed thief; unnamed policemen
Synopsis: While Spotty is at the vet's recovering from an infection, the only thing remaining to warn the Andrews family of an attempted car theft is a little squeak from the rusty garage door. As the thief drives away with their car, Little Archie hops on his bike and tries to catch the crook himself.
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Pages: 9
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Miss-Fortune!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Another version of the old fortune-telling machine joke ("It got your weight wrong too!").
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Pages: 1
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Little Archie and the Astral Amphibian

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Genres: fantasy, humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Tad; Jarvis; Officer O'Beez; unnamed policemen; unnamed frogs
Synopsis: Tad, a friendly but snobbish frog from planet Sog, comes to Earth to take notes on the inferior human race. He meets Little Archie, who brings Tad to a costume party at the Lodge house, so that he can observe humans while everyone thinks he's a kid in a costume. But when Tad begins pocketing the silverware to bring back as samples to his home planet, Mr. Lodge thinks he's the noted disguise-wearing criminal Midgit Morris.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Jaime Hernández named this as one of his favorite Bob Bolling stories (in the book "In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists").

In a digest reprint, the name of Jarvis (Mr. Lodge's butler in this story) was changed to the butler's usual name, Smithers.
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Hayley Mills

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: Article on child star Hayley Mills.
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Pages: 1
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Little Archie Learns to Be Nice to Little Girls

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mary's father; Fred's father; Lori Day
Synopsis: To teach Little Archie that he should be nicer to Betty, both his parents tell him the story of how they first became interested in each other. But they both tell completely different stories.
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Pages: 9
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Timing!

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx writes a letter.
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In Good Taste

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The teachers try to get Little Archie more physically active by having a race.
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Pages: 2
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Troubles of a Money Lender

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fatty Fuller; Weasel Williams
Synopsis: Little Archie waits outside the school to collect a debt from Mushy Miller, but he doesn't seem as anxious to shake down the other kids he lent money to.
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In Content Item: FlagLittle Archie Comics Digest Annual #3 published November 1978
as Troubles of a Money Lender [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Laugh Along with Little Archie

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: One-panel gags with the Little Archie gang.
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Disclose Notes: The last appearance of Ambrose (who had already been dropped from the main stories) in the original run of "Little Archie." He returned in the '80s.
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A Perfect Afternoon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Susan Johnson; Mr. Johnson; Mr. Johnson
Synopsis: Little Archie stays with the Johnsons, and Mr. Johnson is driven crazy waiting for Little Archie to cause some kind of disaster.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Annual Digest #35 published January 1979
as A Perfect Afternoon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The China Doll Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, mystery
Character(s): Professor Chu; unnamed shopkeeper; unnamed cook
Synopsis: After Ronnie buys a small statue in a china shop, a mysterious stranger follows Ronnie, Mr. Lodge and Little Archie to the Lodge house and tries to steal the statue by any means necessary.
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Pages: 8
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Highway to Danger

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): unnamed policeman
Synopsis: Little Archie and Betty are riding in a truck with Betty's brother Chick. When the brakes get jammed and the truck crashes, they escape unharmed because they were wearing seat belts.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: This story encourages the readers to wear seat belts, which were still not widely used at the time.
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Elvis Presley - Show Business Legend

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: Article on Elvis Presley.
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Pages: 1
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Food Facts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Jughead explains that he thinks about other things besides food.
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In Content Item: FlagJughead's Double Digest #192 [Direct Edition] published July 2013
as Food Facts [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3

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