(February 1972)
Archie,
1970 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- 5 times a year in Feb., May, Aug., Sept. & Nov.
- On-sale Date
- 1971-11-30
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Enterprises Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
Experience Teaches
The Glads / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; romance; teen
- Characters
- Clyde Didit; Dick Didit; Dippy Didit; Fran "the Fan" Frazier; Alice
- Synopsis
- Fran prefers romantic, unpredictable Dick over prosaic, safe Dippy, until she learns that Dick learned to be romantic by practicing on many other girls.
- Reprints
-
in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #3 (1977-78)
-
Groan Up
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Jinx didn't finish supper.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #31 (1977)
-
The Secret of Carswell Crypt
The Glads / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; teen
- Characters
- Clyde Didit; Dippy Didit; Fran "the Fan" Frazier; Annette
- Synopsis
- A mysterious stranger who asks Fran for help is kidnapped; the gang tracks him to a graveyard where Fran also disappears.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- cemetery
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #2, the inks are credited to Rudy Lapick.
Fran the Fan's Glad Mail Corner
letters page / 2 pages
- Characters
- Fran "the Fan" Frazier; Clyde Didit; Dan Didit; Dippy Didit; Dick Didit
Let's Face It!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- A boy thinks he's seen Jinx somewhere before.
- Reprints
- in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #2 (September 1977)
-
Sound Off
The Glads Madhouse Madness / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Dippy Didit; Dick Didit; Dan Didit; Clyde Didit; Fran "the Fan" Frazier
- Synopsis
- Fran tries to give the Madhouse Glads a message.
Pretty Crummy
Madhouse Madness / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Dippy Didit; Dick Didit; Clyde Didit; Dan Didit; Archie Andrews (cameo, on comic book cover)
- Synopsis
- The Madhouse Glads get a box of homemade cookies in the mail.
- Reprints
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #40 (July 2014)
-
The Eye Tooth
Madhouse Madness / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Dick Didit; Dan Didit; Dippy Didit; Rod the Mod
- Synopsis
- Rod the Mod goes to the dentist.
- Reprints
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #40 (July 2014)
-
Big Brother
Madhouse Madness / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Clyde Didit; Dan Didit; Rod the Mod; Fran "the Fan" Frazier
- Synopsis
- Dan Didit throws a tomato at Rod the Mod.
Girl Chaser
Madhouse Madness / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Dan Didit; Dick Didit; Sharon; Rod the Mod
- Synopsis
- Ron the Mod is always stealing Dan Didit's girl.
- Reprints
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #40 (July 2014)
-
I Got the Message
Madhouse Madness / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Bippy the Hippy; Rod the Mod; Clyde Didit
- Synopsis
- Clyde gives Bippy a message for Rod.
- Reprints
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #40 (July 2014)
-
Operation Didit
Fran the Fan / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- drama; humor; teen
- Characters
- Dan Didit; Dippy Didit; Fran "the Fan" Frazier
- Synopsis
- When Fran bikes fifteen miles to see Dan and Dippy, they leave her and refuse to give her a ride back, but feel bad when it begins to storm and they find her bike crushed under a fallen tree.
[no title indexed]
A Madhouse Glads Pin-Up / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We older folks are with it, man!
- Characters
- Bippy the Hippy; Dan Didit; Dick Didit; Clyde Didit; Dippy Didit; Fran "the Fan" Frazier
- Synopsis
- Older folks tell it like it was.
- Reprints
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #40 (July 2014)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Secret of Carswell Crypt!
Mad House Glads -
1.
Experience Teaches
The Glads -
2.
["Get in the groove for a giant fun-in!"]
Archie Quarter Comics -
3.
Groan Up
Li'l Jinx -
4.
The Secret of Carswell Crypt
The Glads -
5.
Fran the Fan's Glad Mail Corner
-
6.
Let's Face It!
Li'l Jinx -
7.
["Here's a real groovy offer, kids!"]
Archie's Big 3 Giants -
8.
Sound Off
The Glads Madhouse Madness -
9.
Pretty Crummy
Madhouse Madness -
10.
The Eye Tooth
Madhouse Madness -
11.
Big Brother
Madhouse Madness -
12.
Girl Chaser
Madhouse Madness -
13.
I Got the Message
Madhouse Madness -
14.
Operation Didit
Fran the Fan -
15.
["We older folks are with it, man!"]
A Madhouse Glads Pin-Up
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