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Issue: The Adventures of Little Archie #29
Publication Date: December 1963
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Issues: #29 of 35 Issues (37 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Little Archie Giant ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (10 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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling
Inker(s): Bob Bolling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bob Bolling
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Phoebe Finch; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper
First Line: He's the one!
Synopsis: Based on the story "Better Late."
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Bob Bolling's signature is omitted, but the art and lettering are identifiable as his.
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Dig Those Grubbers

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, humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Mad Doctor Doom; Chester Punkett; Mary Andrews; the Grubbers
Synopsis: The return of Mad Doctor Doom and his assistant Chester, who were forced to flee Riverdale when Little Archie foiled their plan of world domination, and have been washing dishes on the ship "The Pride of Walvis Bay." Mad Doctor Doom's new plan involves the help of the Grubbers, a group of creatures who live beneath the Earth's crust. But when Little Archie steps into the elevator at Bigbucks' department store, it takes him down to the Grubbers' lair, where he discovers Doom and the Grubbers' plot to knock out the entire city with a "Vapour Vat" full of sleeping gas.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Annual Digest #31 published January 1977
as Dig Those Grubbers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Little Archie recognizes Mad Doctor Doom and Chester even though in their only previous appearance ("Robots of Doom," Little Archie # 24) he never met them or even knew of their existence.

The poem Mad Doctor Doom quotes ("From the damp earth impervious vapours rise/Increase the darkness, and involve the skies") is from Alexander Pope's translation of Statius's "The Thebaid."
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Salesmanship!

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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Better Late

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; Mary Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Phoebe Finch; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Little Dilton Doiley
Synopsis: Little Archie is constantly late for school, and is warned that he'll be kept in detention for two hours if he's late again. The next morning, he starts out early, but is delayed when he stops to put a baby bird back in its nest, and the mother bird attacks him.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Del Shannon - Runaway Music Man!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Children's Story

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: fantasy, humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Santa Claus; un-named kids
Synopsis: An alternate-universe Santa Claus from "Planet Peewee," a planet populated almost entirely by children, crash-lands his spaceship on Little Archie's roof.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #28 published February 1978
In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #223 published December 2011
as A Children's Story [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Tricks of the Trade

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 Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Fred Andrews; Mr. Jones
Synopsis: Little Archie and Jughead's fathers go over to the school to discuss why their sons are always getting into trouble. They start remembering all the trouble they got into when they were that age.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: In a reprint in Archie's Double Digest, Miss Grundy's final line ("Please! By then we'll have atomic energy!") was changed.
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Checked Off

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: Little Archie and Fred play checkers.
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Pages: 1
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Doris Day - The Girl Next Door

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Synopsis: Article on singer/actress Doris Day.
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Pages: 1
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Little Archie Joke Page

Cartoon  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 Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis: A series of one- and three-panel gags with the Little Archie gang.
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Pages: 1
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Fifty-Fifty!

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; Greg
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In Content Item: FlagBetty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #17 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1986
as Fifty-Fifty [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Dancing Demon

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; Miss Biddie; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Little Archie is dragged to dance class against his will. To get him moving so they can win the class dance contest, Betty puts itching powder down his shirt.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie's Double Digest Magazine #11 published July 1984
as Dancing Demon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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An Exercise in Persistence

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, mystery
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews; un-named adults
Synopsis: Little Archie and Betty go out bike riding, but a getaway car destroys Betty's bike. Little Archie tries to solve the mystery of who and where the crooks are.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #29 published April 1978
as An Exercise in Persistence [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Go West, Young Man

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; Sparky; General Custer
Synopsis: Little Archie imagines that he's back in the Old West.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9

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