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Issue: Little Archie #74
Publication Date: October 1972
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Issues: #74 of 127 Issues (130 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: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 62
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 28 (9 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US, then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Character(s): Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Veronica; Little Jughead
First Line: Run, Little Archie!
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Monster of the Deep

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Character(s): Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Veronica; Little Jughead; Little Reggie
Synopsis: The gang heads to the beach to go clam digging but what they find instead is a giant egg that hatches with mama nearby. The baby likes peanut butter sandwiches and Little Archie fights off mama when she grabs Little Veronica. The monsters recede into the ocean. Little Archie and the gang use the opportunity to beat feet for home.
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Job Number: AC-2
Disclose Notes: Enter the Popsicle 1972 Junior Astronaut sweepstakes and win one of 7 trips for 2 to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
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The Trap

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Veronica; Little Reggie; Pop Tate; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: Little Betty gets depressed over Little Archie's infatuation with Little Veronica. Pop Tate comes up with a plan to get Little Archie to pay attention to her.
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The End!

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Character(s): Li'l Jinx Holliday; Charley Hawse
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx encourages Charley Hawse to spell "mouse". He can not get the last letter without her prompt.
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Character(s): Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Veronica; Little Jughead
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First Swim

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Little Archie; Little Jughead; Little Reggie
Synopsis: Little Archie, Little Jughead and Little Reggie race to the swimming hole each trying to be the first one in for the season. Little Jughead sticks his toe in to test the temperature only to be bit by a turtle making Little Archie and Little Reggie the first ones in.
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Job Number: (BS-Z) DOD
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Happy Birthday

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Character(s): Li'l Jinx Holliday; Hap Holliday
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx announces what she will get her dad for his next birthday.
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Ghost Stories

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Character(s): Miss Grundy; Little Archie; Little Reggie; Fangs Fogarty; Little Betty; Little Veronica; Little Jughead
Synopsis: Miss Grundy reads the class a ghost story she wrote.
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Food Fun

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Little Archie; Little Jughead; Little Betty; Little Veronica; Little Reggie
Synopsis: Little Jughead promises to bring a "doll" to a party and shows up with a toy doll.
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Disclose Notes: Send off for a foot and a half Archie doll for $2.00 plus 0.25 cents shipping and handling. Get a free Archie comic with every doll ordered.
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The Ball Game

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Character(s): Little Archie; Spotty; Little Jughead; Fred Andrews; Mr. Andrews co-worker; Mary Andrews; two police officers; a juvenile deliquent
Synopsis: After Little Archie breaks another window playing baseball, Fred "blew his cool". On Fred's way home he encounters a juvenile being taken to the police station and realized how lucky he is to have a boy who is involved in sports and stays out of trouble.
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Job Number: 33
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Monkey Business

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Little Sabrina; Little Reggie; Little Jughead; Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Veronica; Pop Tate; Hirum Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Tony the Organ Grinder; The Lodge Chauffeur
Synopsis: Little Reggie plays several mean jokes on Little Sabrina who turns him into a monkey. The gang, hanging out in the Chok'lit Shop, sees the monkey and rush outside chasing it down the street ending up at an Organ Grinder who has his own monkey. Both monkeys dance and attract a crowd including the Lodge's who are driving by. Meanwhile Little Sabrina feels guilty for turning Little Reggie into a monkey and finds the gang dancing to the Organ Grinder's music. She turns him back. Everyone heads to the Chok'lit Shop except Little Reggie who can't seem to shake hanging in a tree and eating bananas.
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Character(s): Mac, Hero of the Beach
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