Little Archie Comics Digest Annual #3

In "Stampede!", a magic carpet arrives at the Andrews home by mistake, setting off a wild ride with Abu Broadloombo, the carpet-weaver extraordinary and pin-ball champion of all Persia. With the carpet only staying aloft when Abu concentrates—and his concentration ruined by a missing cigar and lost matches—the flight over Africa becomes a high-stakes gamble of willpower and wits.

When Mr. Lodge suggests a peaceful picnic by the old swimming hole, Archie, Jughead, and Veronica are eager—until they realize their usual spot is now home to Farmer Farley’s notoriously grumpy bull.

When Little Archie’s babysitter Susan finds herself stuck in a one-sided romance with the boastful Jumbo Jones, the clever kid devises a plan to send the overgrown admirer packing—without saying a word. With a mix of mischief and imagination, Archie turns the tables in this lighthearted, laugh-filled tale from the 1978 Little Archie Comics Digest Annual #3.

When Mad Doctor Doom unleashes his heat gun with the power to melt the polar ice caps, it's up to Little Archie to stop him—though first, he's trapped in a gelatin vat at Crackstone Manor by Doom and Chester. With the fate of coastal cities hanging in the balance, the race is on to free Archie and foil the mad scientist's icy scheme.

When a gust of wind snatches Fred’s prized Penny Black stamp from his collection and sends it flying out the window, the gang springs into action—flying it back with Little Archie’s model plane. What starts as a simple rescue becomes a wobbly, wind-driven chase as the plane refuses to land, carried aloft by a capricious breeze.

In "Blow Up!", Dad tries to send Jo and the gang outside to cool off, but they gripe it’s too hot. He ends up blowing up a kiddie pool in frustration—only to have the kids come back inside when it starts raining.

Jo, a self-proclaimed money lender, waits outside school to collect a debt from Mushy Miller—though his usual hustle seems oddly relaxed when it comes to his fellow students.

In "Roger's Riot," Little Archie’s persistent chatter about his friend Roger finally stumps Fred and Mary, who assume he’s just imagining someone. When the moment comes, they’re stunned to realize Roger isn’t just in Archie’s head—he’s very much real.

In "Time Travels," Miss Grundy assigns her class an essay on "If Your Wish Could Come True," setting off a whimsical chain of events when Little Sabrina tries to make everyone’s dreams come true—only to find her good intentions spark some surprising, time-twisting results.

In this playful 1978 tale from Little Archie Comics Digest Annual #3, Super finds himself in a peculiar predicament when his Tasmanian Flunkie—a rare bird who lays just one egg annually—needs a companion. He brings in a feisty rooster to keep her company, but when the egg is finally laid, the rooster’s possessiveness puts a strain on the situation.

In "Fair Game," the gang gets lost in the woods, and Reggie’s brash attitude toward the animals quickly turns sour—until Jughead steps in with a quiet but firm reminder that nature has its own wisdom. The story finds humor and heart in the unlikely bond between the kids and the woodland creatures, all while keeping the mood light and the laughs genuine.

When a witch grants Little Archie the powers of his hero, Captain Courage, he and Spotty set out to prove they’re real-life heroes—only to team up with the very actor who plays the superhero on TV, a man far less brave than his on-screen persona.

In "The Master of Junk-Ri-La!", Tommy’s fly ring is stolen by the strict Mister March, but when a mysterious junk-plane begins stealing metal from the city, Tommy discovers his ring has a surprising power. Flying to the desert where the plane’s creator, the Junkman Hans Yunkmann, has built a hidden base, Tommy must outwit thugs and a massive mechanical flyswatter to stop the machine’s destructive force.

When the local theater raises its dime price at 5:00 p.m., Super races to beat the clock—only to get tangled up in a series of traffic violations that cost him a shocking $200 in fines.

In "All Dolled Up," Reggie and Jughead conspire to convince Veronica that Betty has a surprisingly sophisticated new doll—just to give her a taste of her own flashy ways. With a mix of mischief and middle-school logic, the duo sets up a prank that blurs the line between truth and showmanship, all while keeping Betty completely in the dark.

In "Daddy's Diet," Jo’s dad Hal makes a promise to buy her the five-dollar blouse she’s been eyeing—if she helps him stick to his diet. So Jo teams up with her boyfriend Danny to devise clever (and hilariously exaggerated) schemes to keep her father away from the kitchen.

In this charming 1978 tale from *Little Archie Comics Digest Annual #3*, Little Sabrina finds a Riverdale newspaper while at summer camp and flips through it, her eyes landing on reports of a sudden crime wave. Worried for her aunts back home, she taps into her magic to check on them—only to find herself drawn into a mystery that might be closer than she thinks.

In a quiet moment between lessons, Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy stumble upon a surprising scene in the school storeroom—students whispering teasing rhymes about her outfit and his toupee. The unexpected encounter sparks a rare, shared moment of vulnerability between the two longtime school figures.

In "Watch Out For Girls," Little Archie warns Ambrose to stay clear of girls—especially Ronnie Lodge, who’s notorious for her sharp wit and even sharper elbow, particularly when it comes to protecting her beloved cat, Smedley. With a mix of playful caution and classic comic mischief, the story unfolds as Ambrose learns the hard way that some feline guardians aren’t to be trifled with.

In "The Phantom of Landlocked Lakes," Little Archie uncovers a haunting legend tied to a mysterious creature in a lake near Mr. Lodge's country estate—rumored to be a relative of the Loch Ness Monster—and the ghostly Indian woman who has lingered there for generations, waiting by the water's edge since her mate was taken by the beast. The story weaves mystery and folklore into a quiet, eerie adventure that finds Archie confronting the past in ways he never expected.