grundle

This has three complete stories - two of which are an entire issue long.

Notice that Professor Pither talks with a lisp, which gives a clue as to what his real name is. Heh heh.

These are unlike any other Sabrina stories - and are far better in every way:


http://theprideofwalvisbay.blogspot....b-bolling.html

grundle

The writer of the blog cites the source for only two of the three stories - "Professor Pither's Pill" is in Sabrina 76, and "Sabrina and the Crystal Skull" is in Archie Giant Series 544.

Judging by the cover art of all the issues of the 1971 Sabrina series (at comics.org), plus the covers of the Archie Giant Series, I don't think the remaining story ("Dimension Thirteen") is from any of those. So I have no idea where the "Dimension Thirteen" story was originally published. If anyone here knows, please post it.

Here are the covers for the two that are cited:

Here's the cover for Sabrina 76, the source of "Professor Pither's Pill"

http://www.comics.org/issue/277518/cover/4/

And here's the cover for Archie Giant Series 544, the source of "Sabrina and the Crystal Skull"

http://www.comics.org/issue/222652/cover/4/

The source of the other one ("Dimension Thirteen") seems to be very difficult to track down. If anyone knows its source, please post it.

grundle

Here's a Bob Bolling story called "Jogger Jill" where Archie meets the ghost of a woman who was killed by a drunk driver:

http://theprideofwalvisbay.blogspot....rchie-and.html


And here's a Bob Bolling story called "Caramel has a Tale" where Little Betty's cat tells Little Betty and Little Veronica how tough it was for her to raise her three kittens and find homes for them when they were homeless during the winter before she met Little Betty:

http://zvbxrpl.blogspot.com/2009/03/...heyd-make.html

bluetoast

Wow. Thanks for these finds, I'm an Archie fan (including Sabrina, etc).

grundle

Your welcome.

Fanboy

Thanks grundle. I've always been a fan of Bolling's work. He always brought a strange, sci-fi/fantasy vibe to the Archie universe.

bluetoast

Is he the one who did the "Weezinblatt" storyline? Where Archie buys a new stereo but finds out it was stolen property. He later learns that Mr. Weatherbee's stereo was stolen as well. The general tone and look makes me think it was his.

grundle

You're welcome.

Check out the archives at that site - it has a lot more of his work.


I don't know - I've neither read nor heard of that one.