About Little Archie Comics Digest Annual Magazine #5
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COVER DETAILS
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Pop Tate
STORY DETAILS
Title:
A Birthday Present
Pages:
5.000
Title:
The Party Man
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Little Archie has a job helping out at birthday parties.
Pages:
1.000
Title:
Monster of the Deep
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle
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.
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Dexter Taylor ?
Pencils:
Dexter Taylor ?
Title:
Weight for Me
Pages:
6.000
Title:
I Want to Be A Loan
Pages:
4.000
Title:
Make a Wish!
Characters:
Li'l Jinx
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Joe Edwards
Pencils:
Joe Edwards
Inks:
Joe Edwards
Letters:
Joe Edwards
Title:
The Weather Vain
Characters:
Super Duck; Rocky Fields
Pages:
5.670
Title:
Muscle Tussle
Characters:
Little Veronica; Little Jughead; Little Betty; Little Archie; Little Reggie
Synopsis:
A muscle building show on the beach prompts Little Archie and Little Reggie to try some gymnastics to impress the girls.
Pages:
5.000
Pencils:
Dexter Taylor ?
Title:
Ghost Stories
Characters:
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.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Dexter Taylor ?
Pencils:
Dexter Taylor ?
Title:
Cool Thinking
Characters:
Li'l Jinx; Greg; Mr. Selnick
Synopsis:
Greg has a devious way to beat the summer heat.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Joe Edwards
Pencils:
Joe Edwards
Inks:
Joe Edwards
Letters:
Joe Edwards
Title:
Adventure At Mystery Manor
Characters:
Little Archie; Little Veronica; Little Jughead; Little Betty; Little Reggie; Pop Tate
Pages:
8.000
Title:
Some Change
Characters:
Little Sabrina Spellman; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Fangs Fogerty; Newslady Nell; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Waldo Weatherbee; Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Dilton Doiley; Little Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis:
A reporter sees Little Sabrina use her magic powers and reveals that she is a witch in the local paper.
Pages:
8.000
Title:
Little Archies in Color
Characters:
Little Archie; Little Jughead; Little Betty; Little Reggie; Pop Tate; Little Veronica; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
The Little Archies play at the Chok'lit Shop but Pop Tate chases them out, and all his business with them.
Pages:
7.000
Title:
Hurry Home
Pages:
2.000
Title:
Fence Signs
Characters:
Little Betty; Little Veronica; Mr. Weatherbee; Little Jughead
Pages:
1.000
Notes:
Three gag strips. First strip, Little Betty and Little Jughead share a locker.
Title:
The Ball Game
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Little Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mr. Andrews’s co-worker; Mary Andrews; unnamed police officers; juvenile deliquent
Synopsis:
After Little Archie breaks another window while 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.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Dexter Taylor ?
Pencils:
Dexter Taylor ?
Title:
A Slaphappy Birthday
Characters:
Super Duck; Uwanna Duck; Scandolf Rott; Miss Glamorpinz; Brenda Horsephase
Synopsis:
Li'l Jinx, Greg and her dad try to have a picnic in their back yard.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Joe Edwards
Pencils:
Joe Edwards
Inks:
Joe Edwards
Letters:
Joe Edwards
Title:
First Swim
Characters:
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.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Dexter Taylor ?
Pencils:
Dexter Taylor ?
Title:
The Magic Man
Characters:
Little Reggie; Little Jughead; Fangs Fogarty; Little Archie; Little Betty; Penny
Synopsis:
Little Reggie tries to sabotage Little Jughead's magic show.
Pages:
6.000
Pencils:
Dexter Taylor ?
Title:
Bigger and Bigger
Characters:
Little Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Salem
Pages:
6.000
Title:
The Boy From R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E.
Characters:
Little Archie; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Barney Redman; Rajah (tiger); Sally (monkey); Rosebud (donkey); Sad Sam; Tiny Tator; Janet Redman; C.R.U.S.H.; Bomba
Synopsis:
Fred takes his family to visit a circus and Little Archie discovers a C.R.U.S.H. agent sabotaging the circus.
Pages:
11.000
Title:
Puzzle Story
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis:
Little Archie and Little Reggie hide from Little Jughead when they see him coming.
Pages:
2.000
Notes:
Story done rebus-style with pictures replacing some words.
Title:
No Scents
Pages:
1.000
Title:
The Far-Out Car
Characters:
Little Archie; Little Jughead; Mr. Weatherbee
Pages:
6.000
Title:
Kitten Cut-Up
Pages:
6.000
Title:
Absent-minded
Pages:
3.000
Title:
Up and Down
Characters:
Li'l Jinx; Hap Halliday
Synopsis:
Hap thinks everything is going up until he sees Li'l Jinx's report card.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Joe Edwards
Pencils:
Joe Edwards
Inks:
Joe Edwards
Title:
Food Fancy
Characters:
Little Archie; Little Jughead; Fred Andrews; Little Veronica
Synopsis:
Little Archie borrows money from his father to go to a movie with Little Jughead.
Pages:
6.000
Title:
The Black Mine Adventure
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jerry Johnson; Mr. Johnson; Rex (dog); Elvis (frog); Mr. Boggs; Sarah Johnson; man from the animal shelter; Mr. Black
Synopsis:
Little Archie learns that his friend Jerry Johnson's dog, Rex, is going blind and is about to be put to sleep. Little Archie and Jerry go for one last walk with Rex, and wind up trapped in an abandoned mine.
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