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Issue: The Adventures of Little Archie #27
Publication Date: June 1963
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Issues: #27 of 35 Issues (37 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: 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
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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What shadowy furtive figure threatens Little Archie?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling
Inker(s): Bob Bolling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Bob Bolling's signature does not appear here, but the art appears to be his.
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The Missing Astronaut Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Bolling
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Bolling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bob Bolling
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): 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
Synopsis: 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
In Issue: FlagLaugh Comics Digest #7 published November 1976
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 25
Disclose Notes: 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).
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Just Testing

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; Hap Holliday
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx learns how to test reflexes.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Shelley Fabares, Typical Teenager

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, informational
Feature(s): Teen
Synopsis: Article on teen star Shelley Fabares.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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210 Oak Street

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Bolling
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Bolling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bob Bolling
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Ambrose Pipps; Pamela; un-named girl
Synopsis: 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.
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In Content Item: FlagLaugh Comics Digest #3 published March 1976
as 210 Oak Street [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: After this story, Ambrose was dropped from the comic. He would return in the mid-'80s.
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Surprise

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; Fred Andrews
Synopsis: Little Archie catches a fish.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Some Shape

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; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee tells Little Archie to get in shape.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: One of several Archie comics stories around this time that reference President Kennedy's call for young people to excercise more.
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Quiz Whiz

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): Mr. Weatherbee
Character(s): Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Little Jughead Jones; Plato Potts; un-named principal; un-named host
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee enters Jughead in a televised quiz competition with Stoneyburg Grammar School.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Big Show

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 Reggie Mantle; Spotty; un-named fleas; un-named circus performers
Synopsis: A troupe of performing fleas settles on Spotty.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Annual Digest #27 published January 1975
as The Big Show [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Going... Going...Gone

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
Synopsis: Greg will do anything for ice cream.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Tommy Sands... Pinch Hitter for Fame

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, informational
Feature(s): Tommy Sands
Synopsis: Article on pop star Tommy Sands.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Matter of Time

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; Spotty; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy; un-named adults
Synopsis: 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
In Content Item: FlagArchie Annual Digest #27 published January 1975
as A Matter of Time [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9

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