Little Archie Comics Digest Magazine #24
In "A Nose for Danger," Little Archie and Dilton team up to protect a peregrine falcon and her chick from the South Side Serpents' reckless shooting, using Dilton’s radio-controlled plane and a harmless dummy bomb to intervene. When the Serpents’ BBs damage the plane—knocking off its propeller—Dilton faces a crisis: without it, he can’t compete in the upcoming model prop meet. Written and illustrated by Bob Bolling, with coloring by Barry Grossman and lettering by Bolling himself, this 1987 adventure blends quick thinking with a touch of urgency, all under Dexter Taylor’s cover art.
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While out in a field testing Dilton's new radio-controlled model plane, Little Archie and Dilton see the South Side Serpents preparing to shoot a peregrine falcon and her baby out of the sky. They use the plane and its little dud bomb to help the falcon and drive the Serpents away. But the Serpents' BBs have battered Dilton's plane, and its propeller falls off. The boys search for the propeller but can't find it anywhere, leaving Dilton unable to enter the plane in the model prop meet.
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