Little Archie #3 (1957) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Series: Little Archie (Archie, 1956 series)
Issue: #3
Publication date: Summer 1957
Key date: July 1957
On-sale date: May 14, 1957
Indicia publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price: $0.25
Pages: 100
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Traffic cop	cover	1	pencils: Bob Bolling; inks: Bob Bolling	Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge
1	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Bob Bolling; inks: Bob Bolling; letters: Bob Bolling	Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Spotty
2	Tea Tempest	comic story	8	pencils: Bob White	Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones
3	Little Archie Does It!	activity	1
4	-	comic story	9	script: Bob Bolling; pencils: Bob Bolling; inks: Bob Bolling; letters: Bob Bolling	Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Ned the cartoonist
5	Easy Does It!	activity	1
6	On the Ball	comic story	1	pencils: Leon Winik	Bunny
7	The Catnapper	comic story	10	script: Bob Bolling; pencils: Bob Bolling; inks: Bob Bolling; letters: Bob Bolling	Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mr. Mantle; Mrs. Mantle
8	The Deer	text article	1	letters: typeset
9	Little Betty Fun Page	activity	1
10	Tooth of a Kind	comic story	1	script: Samm Schwartz; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz; letters: Samm Schwartz	Scotty; Dotty
11	From Dad To Worse	comic story	1	script: Samm Schwartz; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz; letters: Samm Schwartz	Scotty; Dotty; Daddy
12	The Fall Guy	comic story	9	script: Bob Bolling; pencils: Bob Bolling; inks: Bob Bolling; letters: Bob Bolling	Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
13	Weight and See	comic story	6	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards	Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason
14	The Harder They Fool	comic story	10	script: Bob Bolling; pencils: Bob Bolling; inks: Bob Bolling; letters: Bob Bolling	Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Fred Andrews
15	Wedded Blitz	comic story	6	pencils: Bill Vigoda	Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews
16	Peep Squeak	comic story	3	script: Samm Schwartz; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz; letters: Samm Schwartz	Little Scout
17	The Alligator	text article	1	letters: typeset
18	Food Feud	comic story	11	script: Bob Bolling; pencils: Bob Bolling; inks: Bob Bolling; letters: Bob Bolling	Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Dilton Doily; Little Moose Mason; Lead-belly; Ambrose; Spotty
19	The Elephant	text article	1	letters: typeset
20	Moon Muddle	comic story	10	script: Bob Bolling; pencils: Bob Bolling; inks: Bob Bolling; letters: Bob Bolling	Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle

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