(February 1964)
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
- 1963-12-01
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- John Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As the first ones on Mars this treasure belongs to us!
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (cameo)
- Reprints
-
in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2422 - It's a Mad House: Volume 1 ([August] 2019), #2869 - It's a Mad House Giant ([December] 2020)
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- Keywords
- IRS; Mars; taxes; treasure
Indexer Notes
Art previously thought to be by Bob White.
[no title indexed]
table of contents / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are TV commercials getting you down?
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. "Table of Con-Fusion" with illustrations.
[no title indexed]
Alice the Astronaughty Space Girl / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our story deals with a female astronaut...
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Alice (introduction); Brunhilda; Sam
- Synopsis
- Alice is chosen to be the first girl on the moon, but the launch of her rocket is almost sabotaged by her rival Brunhilda.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #6 (1968-69)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #9 (September 2011)
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- Keywords
- astronaut; female; make-up kit; moon; rocket; sabotage
Indexer Notes
Lots of stereotypical female jokes, like Alice wanting the rocket painted charteuse and having lace curtains inside.
Credits from World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #9.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When a headache strikes a Martian man, is he in trouble
- Genre
- satire-parody; science fiction
- Synopsis
- Headaches are trouble for Martians because they have three heads.
- Keywords
- dancing; headaches; Martians; Saturnians; TV commercials
Indexer Notes
Science fiction-themed parody of television commercials, specifically that of Bayer Aspirin.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Saturnians, do you dance like you've got two left feet?
- Synopsis
- Saturnians have trouble dancing because they have three left feet.
Indexer Notes
Science fiction-themed parody of television commercials, specifically that Arthur Murray Dance Studios.
[no title indexed]
Mad House Sports Section / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do you suffer from...
- Genre
- humor; sports
- Keywords
- baseball; basketball; bowling; football
Indexer Notes
Introduction to the Sports section with four illustrations
What's Wrong with Basketball?
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; sports
- Synopsis
- Mad House solutions for problems with basketball, like too tall teams, officials blowing the whistle too often, etc.
- Keywords
- basketball; cheerleaders; dunking; passing; referees; refrigerator
Mad House Sports Equipment
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; sports
- Synopsis
- Mad House sports equipment solves different sports problems.
- Keywords
- archery; basketball; bowling; football; golf; grease; magnets; pole vaulting; rocket belts; steeplechase; stilts; tape recorder
Mad House Bowling Tips
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; sports
- Synopsis
- Mad House suggestions for making bowling fun, whether you have any skill or not.
- Keywords
- bowling; gutter ball
Mad House Guide to Camping and Hunting
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Satirical look at camping and hunting.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #6 (1968-69)
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- Keywords
- camping; hunting; poison ivy; tents
[no title indexed]
The Brand X Section / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Every field has its own superior brand name product...
- Characters
- Oswald of Arabia
- Synopsis
- Mad House highlights its inferior "Brand X" products.
- Keywords
- Arabia; baseball; New York Mets; New York Yankees
Indexer Notes
Take off on TV commercials using "Brand X" as an alias for their competitors.
The Sandy Dandy
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure; satire-parody
- Characters
- Oswald of Arabia; Shishka Bee Bop
- Synopsis
- Oswald is assigned with driving the Turks out of Arabia.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #6 (1968-69)
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- Keywords
- Arabia; camels; desert; handcuffs; oil; sunstroke; Turks
Indexer Notes
A parody of "Lawrence of Arabia."
Mood TV
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch (host)
- Synopsis
- Watching TV programs from appropriate settings, like sea programs from the bathtub or psychiatrist programs from the couch.
- Keywords
- aquarium; bath tub; couch; dog house; periscope; television; TV commercials
TV Commercials of the Future
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- How sponsors will change their TV commercials to get noticed.
- Keywords
- 3-D; boxing; smellivision; telephone; television; TV commercials
The Fawseps School for TV Nurses
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- medical; satire-parody
- Characters
- Nurse Anna Stesia
- Synopsis
- A school teaches nurses the proper way to act for TV medical programs.
- Keywords
- nurses; television; TV commercials
[no title indexed]
Teen Section / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is Sabrina, your hexpert teen sorceress...
- Characters
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch; Salem (cat)
- Synopsis
- Sabrina has a variety of specialized love potions for specific boys.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- love potions
Indexer Notes
Introduction to the Teen Section.
Teen City
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; teen
- Synopsis
- A city designed exclusively with teens in mind.
- Keywords
- bowling; statues; telephone; vending machines
Indexer Notes
There are labeled statues of Elvis and Bobby Rydell in the Teen City park.
Archie Giant Series Comics Have More of What You Buy a Comic Magazine For!
Archie Giant Series / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Hillbilly Ads
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Hillbilly parodies of TV commercials.
- Keywords
- dancing; TV commercials
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Parodies of Hertz Rent-a-Car (Abner Hurts Rent-a-Hag Service--probably supposed to be "Rent-a-Nag") and Arthur Murray Dance Studios (Farmer Brown Dance School 'n' Chicken Farm) TV commercials.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["As the first ones on Mars this treasure belongs to us!"]
-
1.
["Are TV commercials getting you down?"]
-
2.
["Our story deals with a female astronaut..."]
Alice the Astronaughty Space Girl -
3.
["When a headache strikes a Martian man, is he in trouble"]
-
4.
["Saturnians, do you dance like you've got two left feet?"]
-
5.
["Do you suffer from..."]
Mad House Sports Section -
6.
What's Wrong with Basketball?
-
7.
Mad House Sports Equipment
-
8.
Mad House Bowling Tips
-
9.
Mad House Guide to Camping and Hunting
-
10.
["Every field has its own superior brand name product..."]
The Brand X Section -
11.
The Sandy Dandy
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12.
Mood TV
-
13.
TV Commercials of the Future
-
14.
The Fawseps School for TV Nurses
-
15.
["This is Sabrina, your hexpert teen sorceress..."]
Teen Section -
16.
Teen City
-
17.
Archie Giant Series Comics Have More of What You Buy a Comic Magazine For!
Archie Giant Series -
18.
Hillbilly Ads
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19.
Dig This Crazy Offer!
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
This issue was modified by, among others
- Luke A.
- Merlin Haas
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Taylor Rutstein
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