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Issue: The Adventures of Little Archie #32
Publication Date: September 1964
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Issues: #32 of 35 Issues (37 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
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: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (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
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Time Taxi

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Bolling (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bob Bolling
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mad Doctor Doom; Chester Punkett
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Gorilla

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
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Smedlington Smythe; un-named boater
Synopsis: An unusually intelligent gorilla, bound for the Riverdale zoo, escapes from his cage while being unloaded from the "Pride of Walvis Bay." The next day, the gorilla comes upon Little Archie and Jughead in their treehouse, and chases Little Archie through the woods, across the rocks of Carson's Creek, and finally out into the ocean on a rolling log.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagArchie Classics - The Adventures of Little Archie #1 [unnamed variant] published October 2004
as Gorilla [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The events of this story happen concurrently with those of the following story, "Time Taxi."

The newspaper headline at the end includes another of Bolling's references to the "Prune Fungus."
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Time Taxi

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, fantasy, humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Mad Doctor Doom; Chester Punkett; Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Smedlington Smythe; Cap'n Moon; unnamed Egyptian
Synopsis: When the gorilla escapes from the "Pride of Walvis Bay," Mad Doctor Doom and Chester take advantage of the commotion to jump ship again and head back to Crackstone Manor. Realizing that fate has decreed that Little Archie will always foil his plans for world domination, Mad Doctor Doom builds a time machine to take him and Chester back to B.L.A. (Before Little Archie) so they can take over the world without interference. But no matter where or when they go, an ancestor of Little Archie is there to stand in their way.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Classics - The Adventures of Little Archie #1 [unnamed variant] published October 2004
as Time Taxi [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: The events of this story happen concurrently with the preceding story, "Gorilla." Doom and Chester escape from the ship as the events of "Gorilla" begin, and meet up with Little Archie just after "Gorilla" ends.

In his interview with Gary Brown (Comic Book Artist, March 2004), Bob Bolling called this "one of my favorite stories."
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Fishing Fool

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; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Betty proves that she's better than Little Archie at catching fish.
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In Issue: FlagArchie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine #6 published May 1983
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Pages: 2
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Mystery of the Old Boathouse

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's Girls, Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Susan Johnson; un-named camp director; un-named crooks
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica go to Silver Lake Camp, near the site of a recent rash of bank robberies. Betty thinks she notices someone hiding out in the old abandoned boathouse near the camp. She goes to investigate and is captured by the bank robbers. Veronica then goes looking for Betty.
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Pages: 9
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Far Out Prize

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 Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; un-named aliens
Synopsis: Two new characters win first prize at Veronica's costume party for their alien costumes.
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Pages: 1
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Let's Face It!

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; Merry Holiday
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Pages: 1
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A Quiet Weekend In the Country

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, science fiction
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Zeena; un-named Globs; un-named Zentroxians
Synopsis: In another solar system, the planet Zentrox dominates the tourism industry. The planet Glob, full of ugly, superstitious creatures who worship a stone god named "Hob-Glob," plans to invade and take over Zentrox. Zeena, the beautiful daughter of Zentrox's president, is out for a joyride when a glob ship shoots her down and she crash-lands near the farm where Little Archie is staying with his grandmother. Zeena and Little Archie are both captured and taken as prisoners to Glob, where they overhear the plan to launch the final invasion of Zeena's planet.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Zeena appears to be partly a parody of Lynda Bird Johnson, the first daughter at the time.
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Yellowstone Kelly

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, informational
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Pages: 0.75
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Brainstorm

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; un-named druggist
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Pages: 1
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Treasure of the Deep

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; Little Betty Cooper; Chick Cooper; Susan Johnson
Synopsis: In 1861, the ship "Atlanta" sank to the bottom of the ocean, carrying with it a fortune in coins. In 1964, Little Archie, his babysitter Susan, and Betty's brother Chick discover the lost ship and its treasure while diving, but they also discover that they are threatened by sharks.
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Pages: 9

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