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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: Archie
Title: Little Archie
Page Count: 84
Genre: Children, Humor
Era: Silver
Cover Price: 0.25 USD
Cover Date: October 1957
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Country: United States
Little Archie starts his own taxi service, taking money to drive people around in his soapbox derby. Betty and Veronica open a competing taxi service and fight with Little Archie for passengers. Jughead creates his own taxi, a wagon pulled by a dog. And Ambrose becomes a traffic cop.; The boys play "navy" on a raft in the middle of Carson's Creek. The girls attack their craft with a barrage of apples.; Fred is talked into acting as the judge in Little Archie's neighborhood pet show.; After seeing a fast-talking salesman sell his father things he doesn't need, Little Archie tries to become a super salesman, opening up the "West Side big bargain store" with the boys. But the girls retaliate by becoming salespeople themselves and creating an urgent need for the boys to buy their hornet exterminating service.; Ronnie's dad gives her a diamond ring. Jughead figures out how to make it look like Betty has one too.; Betty and Veronica hate each other, but they're best friends.; Little Archie, Betty and Veronica spend all their playtime fighting with each other.; The kids roll hoops.; The girls play nurse and bandage the boys.; After watching a movie about a judge, the kids hold a trial with Little Archie as the judge and Ambrose as the defendant.; Reggie's dad keeps boring the boys with stories of his past as a boxer and telling them that "boxing pays off." The boys figure out how to exploit make these stories pay off for them.; Bunny skips rope even though she's sick.; Scotty and Dotty argue over who will get to pet the new dog.; Scout wants to ride on a pogo stick.