#1
1956 · 0.10 USD · 36 pages
On sale 1956-07-17
Rated Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Synopsis
The editors recount how the increased popularity in Archie has led to questions about his background, so extensive research was conducted into Archie's childhood with "the finest talent" hired to draw the collected stories.
Notes
On sale date from Library of Congress, Periodicals 1956.
This issue marks the first appearance of Little Archie.
In his interview with Gary Brown in Comic Book Artist (March 2004), Little Archie's creator Bob Bolling recalled that editor Harry Shorten called him in and said "I want you to do a book of Archie as a little boy, but before you do, I want you to do some sketches and I'm going to mail them to [publisher] John Goldwater." Bolling designed the Archie characters as children, and once they were approved by Shorten and Goldwater, he wrote and drew the entire first issue.
Bob Bolling told Gary Brown that Bob White inked most of this issue.
Reprinted in
- The Jughead Jones Comics Digest #2
- Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine #8— Title added; grammatical changes
- Archie's Double Digest Magazine #102— Title added; new colors
- Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine #33
- Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine #3— Title added
- Little Archie #1
- Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest #3
- Archie's Big Book #1
Credits
- Script
- Harry Shorten, Bob Bolling
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling, George Frese
- Inks
- Bob White
- Letters
- Bob Bolling
- Editor
- John L. Goldwater
- Managing editor
- Harry Shorten
Characters
- Little Archie
- Little Veronica Lodge
- Little Betty Cooper
- Little Moose Mason
- Little Jughead
- Little Reggie
- Fred Andrews
- Mary Andrews
- Archie Andrews
- Veronica Lodge
- Betty Cooper
Ratings
Other printings & variants
Facsimile Edition- Facsimile Edition (Bob Bollng Foil Cover)
- Facsimile Edition (Bob Bolling Pops Cover)
- Facsimile Edition (Bob Bolling Foil Virgin Cover)
- Facsimile Edition (Erin Hunting Little Archie & Friends)
- Facsimile Edition (Erin Hunting Foil Virgin Cover)
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