The Pride of Walvis Bay

Little Archie # 13: "A Spotty Story," "The Flash," "The Big Shot," "Pop's Bad Day" and "The Deeds Do It" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-29T10:19:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 13 (Winter 1959-60)

1. "A Spotty Story" - Betty is angry at Spotty for always chasing Caramel.

2. "The Flash" - In first Little Archie adventure story, Little Archie finds himself pursued by a wolf.

3. "The Big Shot" - Little Archie must learn to "think big" when he gets into a prank war with Weasel Williams.

4. "Pop's Bad Day" - Little Archie's new squirrel causes trouble for his mom and pop alike.

5. "Robin's Revenge" - One-page gag starring Caramel.

6. "The Deeds Do It!" - Little Archie tries to do good deeds.

"A Spotty Story"

"The Flash"

"The Big Shot"

"Pop's Bad Day"

"Robin's Revenge"

"The Deeds Do It!"

Little Archie # 14: "Webfooted Warbler," "The Runaway," "Trust In Me," "The Lucky One," "On Time" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-29T10:18:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 14 (Spring 1960)

1. "Webfooted Warbler" - Little Archie brings his frog, Elvis, to school.

2. "The Run-Away" - Little Archie and Spotty set out for Europe on a raft.

3. "Trust in Me" - Betty tells Caramel to be more trustworthy.

4. "The Lucky One" - Little Archie tries to recover the lucky dime he put in the jukebox.

5. "On Time" - Little Archie comes up with a shortcut to get to school on time.

"Webfooted Warbler"

"The Run-Away"

Betty's Cat Caramel in "Trust In Me"

"The Lucky One"

"Little Archie On Time"

Little Archie # 15: "The Black Mine Adventure," "Left Field Concerto," "One Stormy Night" and "Headline Hunters" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-29T09:44:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 15 (Summer 1960)

1. "The Black Mine Adventure" - Little Archie and his friend Jerry get trapped in an abandoned mine.

2. "Left Field Concerto" - Ludwig La Stanza tries to listen to classical music while playing for the Good Ol' Gang's baseball team.

3. "One Stormy Night" - Betty sneaks out of the house in the middle of the night to find Caramel.

4. "Headline Hunters" - Little Archie tries to send Ambrose to Europe as a foreign correspondent.

Little Archie in "The Black Mine Adventure"

Ludwig La Stanza in "Left Field Concerto"

Little Betty in "One Stormy Night"

Ambrose in "Headline Hunters"

Little Archie # 16: "Goodbye Riverdale! Hello World!," "Bandits!," "Public Do-Nut Snitcher # 1" and "Fabian Field Mouse" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-29T09:17:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 16 (Fall 1960)

1. "Goodbye Riverdale! Hello World!" - Little Archie wants to become a famous auto racer and leave Riverdale, but he's forced to borrow Ronnie's carriage for a big race.

2. "Bandits!" - Little Archie is captured by two bank robbers hiding out in an abandoned house.

3. "Public Do-Nut Snitcher # 1" - Ambrose's baby brother Putnam ("Fleeble!") devises a way to steal donuts, and then put them back.

4. "The Fable of Fabian Field Mouse" - Caramel bites off the tail of Little Archie's pet mouse, and all the kids make fun of the mouse for his deformity.

"Goodbye Riverdale! Hello World!"

"Bandits!"

Ambrose's Baby Brother Putnam in "Public Do-nut Snitcher # 1"

"The Fable of Fabian Field Mouse"

Little Archie # 17: "The Big Loser," "Cougar," "Betty Discovers Radio" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-27T18:17:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 17 (Winter 1960-1)

1. "The Big Loser" - Ambrose tries to help Little Archie in an ice-boat race.

2. "Cougar" - On a trip up North, Little Archie is threatened by an avalanche and a mountain lion.

3. "Life's Funny That Way" (one-page gag)

4. "Little Betty Discovers Radio" - Betty sneaks a portable radio into school so she can follow the soap opera "The Romance of Jill and Bill."

"The Big Loser"

A Little Archie Adventure: "Cougar"

"Life's Funny That Way"

"Little Betty Discovers Radio"

Little Archie # 18: "Little Archie On Mars," "The Happy Gang" and "Watch Out For Girls" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-27T18:11:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 18 (Spring 1961)

1. "Little Archie On Mars" - The Martians Abercrombie and Stitch take Little Archie to their planet as a prisoner.

2. "The Happy Gang" - Little Archie convinces the Good Ol' Gang to get their picture taken for a contest.

3. "Watch Out For Girls" - Little Archie warns Ambrose about the sneakiness of girls, and one girl in particular: Ronnie Lodge.

"Little Archie On Mars"

"Little Archie And The Happy Gang"

"Watch Out For Girls"

Little Archie # 19: "The First Dance," "The Cat," "Troubles With Bubbles," "The Carson's Creek Story" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-27T18:10:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 19 (Summer 1962)

1. "The First Dance" - Ronnie tries to get Little Archie to take her to a dance.

2. "The Cat" - A cat burglar breaks into the Andrews home.

3. "Troubles With Bubbles" - Bubbles McBounce cheats to win a trip to the movies with Little Archie.

4. "The Carson's Creek Story" - A mysterious stranger helps Little Archie with his report on Riverdale's history.

"The First Dance"

"Little Archie Puts Out the Cat"

"Troubles With Bubbles"

"The Carson's Creek Story"

Little Archie # 20: "The Long Walk," "Buzzin' Cousin," "The Strange Case of Crawford Crab" and "Plesiosaur" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-27T18:05:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 20 (Fall 1961)

1. "The Long Walk" - In perhaps Bolling's most famous story, Little Archie tries to get out of his promise to walk Betty home from school by leading her through a dangerous shortcut.

2. "Buzzin' Cousin" - Little Archie recalls his first meeting with Ronnie's grinning cousin, Dewey Lippersnipper, who can do anything Little Archie can, only better.

3. "The Strange Case of Crawford Crab" - The story of Crawford, an iconoclastic crab who became an outcast at the bottom of the sea because nobody understood his sense of humor.

4. "Plesiosaur" - Little Archie is menaced by a prehistoric sea monster -- and only Waldo Pinckley's song "Stone Age Rock" can save him.

Little Archie in "The Long Walk"

Little Archie in "Buzzin' Cousin"

Little Archie presents "The Strange Case of Crawford Crab"

Little Archie in "Plesiosaur"

Little Archie # 21: "In Trouble," "Pirates," "Go Cart Go!," "Who's Guilty?"

2009-08-27T18:04:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 21 (Winter 1961-2)

1. "In Trouble" - Little Archie is always causing trouble in school, and Mr. Weatherbee decides to see what he's like outside of school.

2. "Pirates" - A mysterious gas transports Little Archie back in time, where he is forced to be a cabin boy on Blackbeard's pirate ship.

3. "Go Cart Go!" - Little Archie and Ambrose take a ride on a supermarket shopping cart.

4. "Who's Guilty?" - After watching "Lovely Louella Leech, Lady Lawyer," Little Archie discovers that his chocolate cake has been eaten and tries to find out who the guilty party is.

5. One Page Gags - Three one-page gags by Bolling: "Fit to Be Tied," "Heave," and "Hoop-La!"

"Little Archie In Trouble"

"Pirates"

"Go Cart Go!"

"Who's Guilty?"

One Page Gags

Little Archie # 22: "Caramel Has a Tale," "Martians Return," "Lawbreaker" and "The Wishing Witch" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-27T18:02:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 22 (Spring 1962)

1. "Caramel Has a Tale" - Revealing that she has the ability to speak (but only to little children), Caramel tells Betty and Veronica the story of her life as a stray cat, and how she found homes for her three kittens.

2. "Martians Return" - Abercrombie and Stitch return to Earth in a rocket ship cleverly disguised as a shooting star, bringing with them another Martian creature: the Grizbik, who exists only to make things neat and tidy.

3. "Lawbreaker" - Little Archie plays policeman, and puts all his friends in jail for breaking his arbitrary laws.

4. "The Wishing Witch" - Little Archie is assigned to work on a bird-feeding project, and an eccentric witch gives him a book that will tell him how to attract a very unusual bird.

"Caramel Has a Tale"

Little Archie in "Martians Return"

Little Archie in "Lawbreaker"

"Little Archie And The Wishing Witch"

Little Archie # 23: "Venus Revisited" and "Ga Ga Over Gary" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-27T14:01:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 23 (Summer 1962)

1. "Venus Revisited" - Little Archie meets Herbnik, an exile from the planet Venus, who becomes a musical sensation on Earth with his playing of the BaBongos.

2. "Ga Ga Over Gary" - Betty's sister Polly (in her first appearance) gets a date with the most popular boy in her class, and breaks her promise to help Betty make a dress for her doll.

Little Archie in "Venus Revisited"

Betty's Big Sister Polly in "Ga Ga Over Gary"

Little Archie # 24: "The Gentle Way," "Robots of Doom," "One Quiet Night," "The Chance of a Ghost" and "Makes the Eel Kneel" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-27T13:58:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 24 (Fall 1962)

1. "The Gentle Way" - Little Archie learns judo Based partly on writer-artist Bob Bolling, who was taking judo lessons at this time.

2. "Robots of Doom" - Mad Doctor Doom (in his first appearance) implants a "devilish device" in toy robots and uses them to hypnotize everyone in a department store... except Little Archie.

3. "One Quiet Night" - Mr. Cooper climbs up on the roof to rescue Betty's cat Caramel, just as Polly is walking home with her latest boyfriend.

4. "The Chance of a Ghost" - Little Archie starts to turn into a malfunctioning TV set.

5. "Little Archie Makes the Eel Kneel" - A bank robber hides his money in a suitcase at the bottom of Carson's Creek, and goes back for it just as Little Archie and his friends are diving there.

"The Gentle Way"

1 2 3 4

5 6 7

"Robots of Doom"

Polly in "One Quiet Night"

"The Chance of a Ghost"

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

"Little Archie Makes the Eel Kneel"

Little Archie # 25: "Uncle Burt Is Back," "Day of the Duponik," "Polly the Packer" and "The Frog Farm" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-27T13:56:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 25 (Winter 1962-3)

1. "Uncle Burt Is Back" - Mary Andrews' seafaring brother comes for a visit, causing Little Archie to compare Fred unfavorably to his adventurous uncle.

2. "Day of the Duponik" - An alien duplicator creates an exact double of Little Archie, which is too much for the school to handle.

3. "Polly the Packer" (one-page gag) - Polly and her boyfriend Danny go on a picnic.

4. "The Frog Farm" - Little Archie wants to start a frog farm with Elvis the Frog, while Ronnie wants Little Archie to take her to a "sissy" dance.

"Uncle Burt Is Back"

UNCLE BURT IS BACK

"Day of the Duponik"

"Polly the Packer"

"The Frog Farm"

Little Archie # 26: "A Reel Adventure," "Daddy's Diet" and "Made For Trouble" by Bob Bolling (Little Archie # 26)

2009-08-27T13:53:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 26 (Spring 1963)

1. "A Reel Adventure" - Little Archie unwittingly films two robbers with his new movie camera.

2. "Daddy's Diet" - Mr. Cooper promises Polly the blouse she wants if she'll help him stick to his diet.

3. "Muskrat Ramble" - One-page gag featuring one of the last appearances of Evelyn Evernever.

4. "Made For Trouble" - Little Archie meets a demon who offers him a chance to face and defeat his entire lifetime of troubles, in the form of a fire-breathing "trouble dragon."

"A Reel Adventure"

Polly in "Daddy's Diet"

"Muskrat Ramble"

"Made For Trouble"

Archie Annual # 14: "Past n' Present" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-27T13:52:00.000-07:00

From Archie Annual # 14 (1963)

"Past n' Present" - In a story that combines Little Archie and "big" Archie, Betty and Veronica are waiting for Archie and Reggie to pick them up, and they recall the first time the boys came to take them to a dance.

Little Archie in "Past n' Present"

Little Archie # 27: "210 Oak Street" and "The Missing Astronaut Mystery" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-27T13:51:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 27 (Summer 1963)

1. "210 Oak Street" - Little Archie finds a pair of glasses that turn back time.

2. "The Missing Astronaut Mystery" - While on a trip to the Bahamas, Little Archie stumbles on a Soviet plot to kidnap America's first female astronaut. This has the same length and format as the "Little Archie Mystery Comics," and may have originally been intended for that series.

Little Archie at "210 Oak Street"

1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7.

Little Archie in "The Missing Astronaut Mystery"

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Little Archie Mystery # 1: "The Egyptian Goddess Mystery" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-27T13:50:00.000-07:00

From Little Archie Mystery Comics # 1 (August 1963)

"The Egyptian Goddess Mystery" - Peggy Drake, Chic Cooper's girlfriend and amateur sleuth, recruits Little Archie to help her solve the mystery of a recent string of robberies.

"The Egyptian Goddess Mystery"

Little Archie # 28: "Astral Amphibian," "Sneak, Squeak and Creek" and "Troubles Of a Money Lender" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-27T13:46:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 28 (Fall 1963)

1. "Astral Amphibian" - Tad, a highbrow frog from Planet Sog, goes to Ronnie's costume party to learn more about Earth customs. Jaime Hernandez has cited this as one of his favorite Little Archie stories.

2. "Troubles of a Money Lender" (one-page gag)

3. "Sneak, Squeak and Creek" - Little Archie catches someone stealing the family car.

"Little Archie and the Astral Amphibian"

Little Archie in "Troubles of a Money Lender"

Little Archie in "Sneak, Squeak and Creek"

Little Archie Mystery # 2: "The Strange Case of the Mystery Map" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-27T13:43:00.000-07:00

From Little Archie Mystery Comics # 2 (October 1963)

"The Strange Case of the Mystery Map" - When Little Archie and aspiring reporter Jimmy Lee see a mysterious woman foil a robbery , it leads them on the trail of a newspaper-hating millionaire, his judo-expert niece, and a secret treasure map.

"The Strange Case of the Mystery Map"

Little Archie # 29: "Dig Those Grubbers," "Better Late" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-27T13:35:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 29 (Winter 1963)

1. "Dig Those Grubbers"

2. "Better Late"

Little Archie in "Dig Those Grubbers"

Little Archie in "Better Late"

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Little Archie # 30: "Sled With a Mission," "The Glacier Glow-Gun," "Bully For You," and "Stampede!" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-26T16:20:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 30 (Spring 1964)

1. "Sled With a Mission" - Little Archie delivers groceries for Midas Mudge, the stingiest man in Riverdale.

2. "The Glacier Glow-Gun" - Mad Doctor Doom seeks to cause global warming by building a special gun to melt the polar ice caps.

3. "Bully For You" - Tired of Fangs Fogarty's bullying, Little Archie sets out to prove that bullies always get cold feet.

4. "Stampede!" - Little Archie goes on a magic carpet ride with the cigar-smoking carpet-weaver Abu Broadloombo.

"Sled With A Mission"

"The Glacier Glow-Gun"

"Bully For You"

"Stampede!"

Little Archie # 31: "Picnic," "Attack of the Ice Mice," "Never Too Old" and "Flight of the Penny Black" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-23T21:55:00.000-07:00

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From The Adventures of Little Archie # 31

1. "Picnic" - On a picnic, Little Archie and the girls encounter a giant turtle.

2. "Attack of the Ice Mice" - Mad Doctor Doom harnesses the power of a rare group of ice-breathing Arctic mice to help him steal the Rare Ruby Rooster.

3. "Never Too Old"- Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy overhear the children making up playtime chants about them.

4. "Flight of the Penny Black" - Little Archie uses one of his father's rare stamps on his model plane (a meeting of two of Bolling's own hobbies, both of which frequently find their way into the stories).

Little Archie in "Picnic"

Little Archie in "Attack of the Ice Mice"

Little Archie's Teachers are "Never Too Old"

Little Archie in "Flight of the Penny Black"

Little Archie # 32: "A Quiet Weekend In the Country," "Gorilla" and "Time Taxi" by Bob Bolling (Little Archie # 32)

2009-08-23T21:54:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 32 (Fall 1964)

1. "A Quiet Weekend in the Country" - Little Archie helps a beautiful alien woman against the creatures who are trying to take over her planet.

2. "Gorilla" - A gorilla escapes from the "Pride of Walvis Bay" and menaces Little Archie.

3. "Time Taxi" - Realizing that Little Archie is destined to foil all his plans of world conquest, Mad Doctor Doom invents a time machine so he can go back to before Little Archie was born.

"A Quiet Weekend in the Country"

"Gorilla"

"Time Taxi"

Little Archie # 33: "Lost Island," "The Hubcap Snatchers" and "The Hot Bicycle Racket" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-23T21:51:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 33 (Summer 1962)

1. "Lost Island" - Mad Doctor Doom and Chester steal an island.

2. "Little Archie Stamps Out the Hubcap Snatchers" - Little Archie tries to get some rare stamps from Chic Cooper, while Chic tries to get an introduction to a girl he likes.

3. "Secret Agent 007 2116 32 110 Smashes the Hot Bicycle Racket" - Little Archie suspects that the South Side Serpents are behind a recent rash of bicycle thefts.

"Lost Island"

"Little Archie Stamps Out the Hubcap Snatchers"

"Secret Agent 007 2116 32 110 Smashes the Hot Bicycle Racket"

Little Archie # 34: "Cuda Complex" and "The Incredible Cat-Caper" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-23T21:50:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 34 (Spring 1965)

1. "'Cuda Complex" - When his relative, the witch Mad Madam Doom, foresees his next encounter with Little Archie in the tropics, Mad Doctor Doom trains a giant barracuda to wipe out that meddlesome brat once and for all.

2. "The Incredible Cat-Caper" - Another encounter with aliens leaves Little Archie an inch and a half tall, flying a model plane and nearly eaten by his grandma's cat Bliggens.

"'Cuda Complex"

"The Incredible Cat-Caper!"

Little Archie # 35: "The Phantom of Landlocked Lakes" and "Fight to the Finish" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-23T21:46:00.002-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 35 (Summer 1965)

1. "The Phantom of Landlocked Lakes" - Little Archie discovers that America has an ancient monster similar to the Loch Ness Monster.

2. "Fight To the Finish" - Little Archie helps local beatnik Beato Kreech finish a song and impress a girl.

"The Phantom of Landlocked Lakes"

"Fight to the Finish!"

Little Archie # 36-38: "The Vanishing Cat," "Ski-Bee," "The Terrible Tornado Machine" by Bob Bolling

2009-08-23T21:45:00.000-07:00

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 36 (Fall 1965)

"The Vanishing Cat" - Polly wants to see the pop sensation The Blemishes, while Betty wants to see their lead singer's cat.

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 37 (Winter 1965-6)

"Ski-Bee" - Little Archie creates an elaborate shortcut to get to school on time.

From The Adventures of Little Archie # 38 (Spring 1966)

"The Terrible Tornado Machine" - Mad Doctor Doom invents a machine that creates remote-controlled tornadoes.

Little Betty in "The Vanishing Cat!"

"Ski-Bee"

Little Archie and "The Terrible Tornado Machine"

Little Archie # 1 by Bob Bolling

2009-07-31T23:38:00.000-07:00

From Little Archie # 1 (July 1956)

Introduction - Editor's introduction to the debut issue of Little Archie.

Story # 1 - In the very first Little Archie story, Little Archie pretends to be on a Safari and tries to round up animals. (Note: all the stories in the first two issues are untitled.)

Story # 2 - Little Archie tries to build the perfect soapbox derby racer

Story # 3 - Little Archie and Ronnie play at being married.

Story # 4 - Ronnie finds a way to win the loyalty of the troops in Little Archie's army.

Gag Page and comment form - A one-page gag and a form for kids to submit their opinions on the first issue of Little Archie..

Introduction

Story # 1
Script and Pencils: Bob Bolling
Inking: Bob White

Story # 2

Story # 3

Story # 4

Gag Page

Little Archie in Animal Land # 18 by Bob Bolling

2009-07-31T15:04:00.000-07:00

From Little Archie in Animal Land # 18 [actually the third issue] (Spring 1958)

1. "Dig That Fossil" - Fred tells the kids about dinosaurs and fossils, and gets them searching for fossils themselves.

2. "The Birds and the Bee" - After Mr. Weatherbee tells the kids about birds, Little Archie gets an idea for how he can be like a bird and soar.

3. "Spotty On the Spot" - Little Archie's dad doubts Spotty's skill as a retriever.

"Dig That Fossil"

"The Birds and the Bee"

"Spotty On the Spot"

Little Archie In Animal Land # 19 by Bob Bolling

2009-07-31T10:44:00.000-07:00

From Little Archie In Animal Land # 19 [Actually the fourth and final issue] (Summer 1958)

1. "On the Ball" - The kids see a snowshoe rabbit, who gives them an idea of how to recover a lost tennis ball.

2. "To the Rescue" - Ambrose tries to solve the mystery of who stole Fred's ice cubes, and the key to the mystery may be a St. Bernard Dog.

3. "Fish Facts" - Little Archie tries to use Chick Cooper's diving equipment for a trip to the aquarium.

"On the Ball"
Script and Art: Bob Bolling

Ambrose in "To the Rescue"
Script and Art: Bob Bolling

"Fish Facts"
Script and Art: Bob Bolling