(February 1969)
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 Goes Ma-ad
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
Issue Notes
Cover title is "Madhouse Ma-ad Jokes" but indicia title is "Archie's Madhouse".
Gap Flap
Madhouse Presents / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A new rock group called "The Tooth Gap".
The Groovy Guru
Mad House / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A guru is meditating.
- Keywords
- guru
Zippy and the Zappers
Mad House / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Zippy and the Zappers
- Synopsis
- Zippy and the Zappers are a rock group that plays their concerts from a car.
Thrill Skill
Porter the Reporter / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- George Gladir ?
- Pencils
- Gus Lemoine
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Porter the Reporter
- Synopsis
- Porter the Reporter must spice up his sports broadcast or he will lose his sponsor.
- Reprints
-
in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #2 (1976-77)
-
- Keywords
- octopus; volcano
Everyday Film Monsters
cartoon / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- The Amazing Pizza Blob; The Juke Box Creature; The Giant Homework Assignment; The Girl's Kid Brother; The Incredible Shrinking Allowance; The Date's Father
Indexer Notes
Various humorous one-panel "Monster" type films.
Act Tact
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Otto; Max; Elmer
- Synopsis
- One lion wonders why the lion-tamer never does the head-in-the-mouth trick with him.
- Reprints
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #2 (1976-77)
-
- Keywords
- circus; lion-tamer; lions
Hustle Bustle
Zippy and the Zappers / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Zippy and the Zappers
- Synopsis
- A reporter interviews the band Zippy and the Zappers.
Star Student
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A spoof on TV kitchen commercials.
- Reprints
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #3 (1977-78)
-
Headed for Trouble
Mad House / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The trouble with two-headed Martians.
- Keywords
- Martian
Lasses with Glasses
Groovy Greta / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Groovy Greta
- Synopsis
- Groovy Greta wants glasses.
The Mad House Collection of Super Thin Books for Teen-Agers
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Humorous books for teen-agers.
- Reprints
- in The Mad House Glads (Archie, 1970 series) #79 (August 1971) [Illustration of man replaced with illustration of Dick Diddit]
-
Rock Shock
Fran the Fan / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fran the Fan; The Aardvarks
- Synopsis
- Fran the Fan meets a rock band.
Indexer Notes
First appearance of Fran the Fan, who would go on to become a central character in the Madhouse Glads series.
Frail Mail
Zippy and the Zappers / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Zippy and the Zappers
- Synopsis
- Zippy and the Zappers get their first fan mail.
Terror Error
Mad House / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Zippy and the Zappers
- Synopsis
- Parents wonder what that horrible sound is and where it's coming from.
- Keywords
- bagpipe
Pop Flop
Mad House / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Zippy and the Zappers; J. Bookum
- Synopsis
- Zippy has a slipped disc.
- Keywords
- chiropractor
Dizzy Disco Dilemma
Desmond / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Desmond; Desmond's unnamed assistant; The Blueberry Wrist Watches
- Synopsis
- Desmond is the greatest Discotheque lightman.
Hip Dip
Lippy the Hippy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lippy the Hippy
- Synopsis
- Lippy has to take a bath.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Why is your dog barking at that fish?"]
-
1.
Gap Flap
Madhouse Presents -
2.
The Groovy Guru
Mad House -
3.
Zippy and the Zappers
Mad House -
4.
Thrill Skill
Porter the Reporter -
5.
["Everything's Archie!"]
The Archies -
6.
Everyday Film Monsters
-
7.
Act Tact
-
8.
Hustle Bustle
Zippy and the Zappers -
9.
Star Student
-
10.
Headed for Trouble
Mad House -
11.
Lasses with Glasses
Groovy Greta -
12.
Help Yelp
Mad House -
13.
["Get in the groove for a giant fun-in!"]
Archie Quarter Comics -
14.
The Mad House Collection of Super Thin Books for Teen-Agers
-
15.
Rock Shock
Fran the Fan -
16.
Frail Mail
Zippy and the Zappers -
17.
Terror Error
Mad House -
18.
More Rhyme Time
-
19.
Pop Flop
Mad House -
20.
Dizzy Disco Dilemma
Desmond -
21.
Hip Dip
Lippy the Hippy -
22.
Gift Tift
L'il Cool Fool
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- Luke A.
- Merlin Haas
- Antonio Marques
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- Bjorn Wallin
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