(September 1962)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- seven times a year in February, April, June, August, September, October, and December
- On-sale Date
- 1962-06-20
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What did you say the name of this planet was?
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Reprints
-
in The Best of Archie's Madhouse (IDW, 2011 series) (July 2011)
-
- Keywords
- eight-ball; rocket
![Cover Thumbnail for Archie's Madhouse (1959 series) #21 [15¢]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/913/w100/913970.jpg?3167690122923742370)
The Only Magazine with a Split (3-Ways) Personality
table of contents / 1 page
- Characters
- Hilda the Witch; Lester Cool; Chester Square; The Pink Martian
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
[no title indexed]
Teen-Age Section / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Poor Lester is quarantined with the measles!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Lester Cool; Chester Square
- Synopsis
- Chester does the introduction while Lester is quarantined inside his house with the measles.
- Keywords
- measles
Debutante Twist
Lester Cool and Chester Square / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Lester Cool; Chester Square; Brenda Van Loot
- Synopsis
- Chester spends a fortune trying to impress rich girl Brenda Van Loot, but fails. Lester is broke, so when he dates Brenda he does it on the cheap and Brenda is impressed by the novelty.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #2 (1964-5 edition)
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #6 (1980-81)
- in The Best of Archie's Madhouse (IDW, 2011 series) (July 2011)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #16 (May 2012)
-
- Keywords
- carrier pigeon; city dump; hot dogs; opera; pheasant; playground; scooter; twist
Indexer Notes
Credits from World of Archie Double Digest #16 reprint.
Lester the Hipster
Lester Cool and Chester Square / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Lester Cool; Chester Square
- Synopsis
- Martians capture Lester and show him all their latest weapons. Instead of being frightened, Lester thinks the weapons would be useful on Earth. The Martians decide Earth people are too crazy to be frightened and call off their invasion.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #2 (1964-5 edition)
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #5 (1979 - 1980)
- in The Best of Archie's Madhouse (IDW, 2011 series) (July 2011)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #16 (May 2012)
-
- Keywords
- aliens; caterpillar; flying saucer; freezing gun; growth ray; ice cream; Martians; robot; shrinking ray; skin diving; Twist
Indexer Notes
Reference to Chubby Checker and the Twist. Credits from World of Archie Double Digest #16 reprint.
[no title indexed]
Outer Space Section / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whether you like to do your space traveling in a rocket...
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- The Pink Martian
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #3 (1965-66)
- in The Best of Archie's Madhouse (IDW, 2011 series) (July 2011)
-
- Keywords
- flying saucer
The Thought Machine
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Synopsis
- A professor entertains space travelers with a thought machine that converts energy into matter. The thought machine was invented long ago and the population eventually became so bored that it lost its will to live. The professor is the last one on the planet and when he gets bored his thought items disappear, leading to a twist ending.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #3 (1965-66)
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #1 (1975-76)
- in The Best of Archie's Madhouse (IDW, 2011 series) (July 2011)
-
- Keywords
- 3-D television; boredom; pizza; thought machine
Indexer Notes
Almost a straight science fiction story.
[no title indexed]
Monster Section / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Monsters are getting more popular these days!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hilda the Witch; Frankenstein's Monster (staute); Dracula (statue); The Blob (statue)
- Synopsis
- Hilda introduces the Monster Hall of Shame.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #4 (1966-67)
- in The Best of Archie's Madhouse (IDW, 2011 series) (July 2011), (July 2011) [Original art only, in black-and-white.]
-
- Keywords
- Hall of Fame; statues
Dr. Sy Klops
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Hilda the Witch (host); Professor Sy Klops; Joe; Janet
- Synopsis
- Professor Klops tests a vitamin ray on teens Joe and Janet, but it shrinks them instead. The teens find some advantages to being small, but also some dangers.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #2 (1964-5 edition)
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #1 (1975-76)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #265 (August 2010)
- in The Best of Archie's Madhouse (IDW, 2011 series) (July 2011)
-
- Keywords
- enlarging ray; mosquito; shrinking ray; spider
Indexer Notes
The character is called Professor Klops everywhere except in the title logo. The Professor is a cyclops with one eye.
The Son of Dr. Jerkyll
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hilda the Witch (host); Son of Dr. Jerkyll
- Synopsis
- The son of Dr. Jerkyll continues his father's experiments and turns into rock star Melvin Preston. After a close escape with autograph hunters, he decides to change his features to Eliot Mess, the FBI agent. That doesn't work either, because gangs target him. He tries an antidote, but forgets to dilute it and ends up in an even worse predicament.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #2 (1964-5 edition)
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #1 (1975-76)
- in The Best of Archie's Madhouse (IDW, 2011 series) (July 2011)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #16 (May 2012)
-
- Keywords
- autograph hunters; gangs; machine guns; potions; rock star
Indexer Notes
Melvin Preston is a parody of Elvis Presley and Eliot Mess is a parody of Elliot Ness. Credits from World of Archie Double Digest #16 reprint.
Presto Chango!
Hilda the Witch / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hilda the Witch
- Synopsis
- When readers claim Hilda is a fake, she changes herself into part of the comic book itself.
- Keywords
- comic book; magic
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; fourth wall; magic
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["What did you say the name of this planet was?"]
-
1.
The Only Magazine with a Split (3-Ways) Personality
-
2.
["Poor Lester is quarantined with the measles!"]
Teen-Age Section -
3.
Debutante Twist
Lester Cool and Chester Square -
4.
Lester the Hipster
Lester Cool and Chester Square -
5.
Wanted
The World of Jughead -
6.
["Whether you like to do your space traveling in a rocket..."]
Outer Space Section -
7.
The Thought Machine
-
8.
["Monsters are getting more popular these days!"]
Monster Section -
9.
Dr. Sy Klops
-
10.
The Son of Dr. Jerkyll
-
11.
Presto Chango!
Hilda the Witch -
12.
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