(April 1966)
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
- 1966-02-01
- 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)
Issue Notes
Some indexing information from Daniel Smith, 2006-03-25.
Special Spy Guy Issue
table of contents / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Table of Contents is "Censored. Sorry! But we cannot reveal this "Top Secret" information"
We Feature the Most Chicken Spies in the World!
Good Guy Section / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Keywords
- spies
Indexer Notes
Thematic gag introduction to the next two stories.
Spy Spoof
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- Agents 0098; Agent 0099; Mr. Silverfinger
- Synopsis
- Agents 0098 and 0099 graduate spy school, become gofers for more respected agents, and bumble their way into stopping "Notorious Spy, Mr. Silverfinger" with a toaster.
- Keywords
- camera; fire hydrant; gadgets; skateboard; spy school; toaster; yo-yo
Mission Mish-Mash!
Professor Transistor / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- Professor Transistor; Archie Andrews (cameo); Jughead Jones (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Professor Transistor invents spy weapons. The Chief decides to send the Professor on a mission to Pizzarovia.
- Reprints
-
in Mad House Ma-ad Annual (Archie, 1969 series) #7 (1969-1970) - in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #57 (March 1985)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #39 (March 1989)
-
- Keywords
- gadgets; parachute; rocket belt; scooter; spies; trading stamps
Indexer Notes
Professor Transistor is a parody of Bond's "M".
Earth Mirth!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Martians; female ice-skater
- Synopsis
- Martians mistake a female ice-skater's clumsiness as a new dance.
- Keywords
- ice-skating; Martians
Blast Repast
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Someone eats a cereal "shot from rockets".
- Reprints
- in Mad House Ma-ad Annual (Archie, 1969 series) #7 (1969-1970)
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #2 (1976-77)
-
- Keywords
- breakfast cereal
Indexer Notes
Parody of Quaker cereals "shot from guns."
The Mad House Race for Space
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- astronauts
- Synopsis
- After a 10 year journey, Earthmen are ready to "make history" by finally reaching distant planet Zoro. They land and are met by ... other Earthmen. Last panel dialog reads "Five years after you left Earth we invented a faster rocket that covered this distance in only ONE YEAR!"
- Keywords
- spaceship
[no title indexed]
Bad Guy Section / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our villainous spies will stop at nothing...
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Synopsis
- A spy steals a girl's diary. A spy shoots a turnpike toll gun.
- Keywords
- diary; spies; turnpike toll
Indexer Notes
Thematic gag introduction to the next story.
The Diamond Demon
Carbo Man / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Carbo Man [short for Carborundum Man]; Ruby (villain); Emerald (villain); Sapphire (villain); Union of Super Heroes; Steel Men; Sabrina the Teenage Witch (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Ruby, Emerald, and Sapphire easily defeat the efforts of the "Union of Super Heroes" to stop their crimes because the villains' bodies are made of solid gemstone, and "diamonds are the hardest substance in the world". Carborundum Man defeats the male villains "with psychology", and ends story by proposing to Sapphire.
- Reprints
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #7 (1981-1982)
-
- Keywords
- baseball; jewels
Indexer Notes
Super-hero parody introducing Carbo Man. Sapphire looks like a cross between Smurfette and Bizarro Lois Lane. The Diamond Man is colored red like a ruby. At the super-hero headquarters, one of the heroes is reading a "Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch" comic book.
Smile Wile
Mad House / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A photographer has trouble getting a monster to smile for a picture. He succeeds when he has the monster look at a vulture instead of a toy bird.
- Keywords
- monster; photographer
Hold That Tiger
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Martian anthropomorhpic tigers; Madison Avenue spokesperson
- Synopsis
- Martian anthropomorphic tigers decide to vacation on Earth because of Earth's commercials. On Earth, they become offended by the "Put a Tiger in Your Tank" gasoline campaign, kidnap a Madison Avenue spokesperson, and return to Mars to start a Martian ad campaign for "Clawo Gas! It puts a Human in your tank!"
- Reprints
- in Mad House Ma-ad Annual (Archie, 1969 series) #7 (1969-1970)
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #2 (1976-77)
-
- Keywords
- flying saucer; Madison Avenue; Martians; tigers; TV commercials
Indexer Notes
This story is thematically similar to the cover for Archie's Mad House #51. Parodies of Esso Gasoline's "Put a Tiger in Your Tank!" and Uniroyal Tires "Tiger Paws" TV commercials.
Space Spoof
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Synopsis
- Earth explorers land on Mars and find the inhabitants act just the same as Earth people.
- Keywords
- Mars; radio; record player; spacemen; television
Indexer Notes
On inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Two cheeseburgers, two malteds, and a tank of oxygen!"]
-
1.
Special Spy Guy Issue
-
2.
We Feature the Most Chicken Spies in the World!
Good Guy Section -
3.
Spy Spoof
-
4.
Mission Mish-Mash!
Professor Transistor -
5.
Earth Mirth!
-
6.
Blast Repast
-
7.
The Mad House Race for Space
-
8.
Dig This Crazy Offer!
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals -
9.
["Our villainous spies will stop at nothing..."]
Bad Guy Section -
10.
The Diamond Demon
Carbo Man -
11.
Smile Wile
Mad House -
12.
Hold That Tiger
-
13.
Join the Parade!
Betty and Veronica Spectacular -
14.
Space Spoof
-
15.
Archie Says...Get This Raincoat Free!
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