(October 1967)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- seven times a year: February, April, June, August, September, October, and December
- 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
With this issue, Archie's Madhouse drops the sectioned format it had used since Issue 18; most of the space would go to third-party advertising in the next issue.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (cartoon); Dan DeCarlo (border)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (cartoon); ? (border)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino (cartoon); ? (border)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Careful! I think the fink is trying to distract us!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Clyde Diddit
- Keywords
- biplane; pin-up; World War I
Table of Nonsense
Mad House / table of contents / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Table of contents coupled with the so-called benefits of reading Madhouse instead of watching TV.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. This is the last appearance of a table of contents in Mad House; the inside front cover would give way to advertising in the next issue.
The Mad Mod
Captain Sprocket / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Sprocket; Mad Mod; Blips
- Synopsis
- Captain Sprocket battles the Mad Mod and his 50-weapon guitar.
- Keywords
- boogaloo; dance contest; discotheque; guitar; op art; scooter; skateboard; umbrella
Lamp Champ
Ali Bubu / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ali Bubu; Fatima; The Chimps; The Genie; Blips
- Synopsis
- Ali Bubu's girlfriend has a crush on The Chimps rock group and no magic he or his genie come up with seems to change her mind.
- Reprints
-
in Mad House Annual (Archie, 1970 series) #10 (1972-73) - in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #6 (1980-81)
- in The Best of Archie's Madhouse (IDW, 2011 series) (July 2011)
-
- Keywords
- bed of nails; cobra; flying carpet; genie; handstand; magic lamp; record player; rock concert; rope trick; sitar
Indexer Notes
Spoof on Beatle fan types.
Girl Whirl
Space Ranger Kaz A. Nova / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Private Kaz A. Nova; Zelda; Klanko; Blips
- Synopsis
- Kaz gets involved in a love triangle with Pizzarovian robots.
- Reprints
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #7 (1981-1982)
-
- Keywords
- robots; spaceship
Introducing Agent X-48
Miss X / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir ?
- Pencils
- Chic Stone (signed)
- Inks
- Chic Stone (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- Agent X-48; Chief; Big Bertha; Blips
- Synopsis
- In an effort to get promoted to Agent X-1, Agent X-48 goes after Big Bertha and her gang.
- Reprints
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #7 (1981-1982)
- in The Best of Archie's Madhouse (IDW, 2011 series) (July 2011)
-
- Keywords
- department stores; gossip; judo; makeup; spies; umbrella
Blip Quips
Blips / cartoon / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Blips
- Synopsis
- Gags and puns.
- Reprints
- in Mad House Annual (Archie, 1970 series) #10 (1972-73)
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #7 (1981-1982)
-
[no title indexed]
Guess Which One / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ...Just found out the pool is empty!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Four easy guesses: pool is empty, who will get to phone first, made the best catch, is going surfing for the first time.
- Keywords
- baseball; surfing; swimming pool; telephone
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Careful! I think the fink is trying to distract us!"]
-
1.
Table of Nonsense
Mad House -
2.
The Mad Mod
Captain Sprocket -
3.
["Order any of these groovy Archie giant quarter comics, now!"]
Archie Giant Series -
4.
Lamp Champ
Ali Bubu -
5.
Dig This Crazy Offer!
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals -
6.
Girl Whirl
Space Ranger Kaz A. Nova -
7.
Archie Says...Get This Raincoat Free!
Archie Comics -
8.
The Mad House Guide to Rock 'n' Roll Dances
-
9.
Introducing Agent X-48
Miss X -
10.
Blip Quips
Blips -
11.
It's a Gas!
The World of Jughead -
12.
["...Just found out the pool is empty!"]
Guess Which One -
13.
No Matter How You Look at It...
Archie's Mad House Annual
This issue was modified by, among others
- Luke A.
- Peter Croome
- Rodrigo Duarte
- Merlin Haas
- Edgar Loftin
- Antonio Marques
- Mike Nielsen
- Tom Sager
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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