(1976-77)
Archie,
1975 Series
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 160
- Indicia Frequency
- once a year
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Radio Comics Inc.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
indicia says "1976-77 edition."
[no title indexed]
Professor Transistor / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say professor! Got any more of this delicious soda?
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Prof. Transistor
- Keywords
- aliens; flying saucer; Frankenstein; mermaid; mummy; robots; werewolf; witches
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Madhouse #15
A Time Trip
Professor Transistor / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Professor Transistor; Blips
- Synopsis
- Professor Transistor takes two teen-agers in his time machine to Columbus's Landing, the Boston Tea Party, and World War I France.
- Reprints
-
from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #55 (August 1967)
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Vain Brain
Captain Sprocket / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Van Loot jewelry has been stolen!
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero; humor
- Characters
- Captain Sprocket; Blips
- Synopsis
- Captain Sprocket battles a criminal computer.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #61 (June 1968)
-
Open House For Monsters
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Igor; Freddie; Dracula; Superguy
- Synopsis
- To debunk the rumors that Igor and Freddie read comic books all day, they give us a look at their Monster Mondays, where they give advice to monsters.
- Reprints
- from Tales Calculated to Drive You Bats (Archie, 1961 series) #3 (March 1962)
-
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
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #66 (February 1969)
-
The Digger
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- The Digger (origin); Inspector Blodgett
- Synopsis
- A police inspector trails a criminal capable of burrowing through anything.
Fran the Fan Meets the Madhouse Ma-ads
The Madhouse Ma-Ads / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Fran the Fan; Dan Didit; Dick Didit; Clyde Didit; Dippy Didit
- Synopsis
- Fran the Fan schemes to get the autographs of each member of the Mad House Ma-ads.
The Mad Ad Monster Part I
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- The Mad Ad Monster
- Synopsis
- Scientists create a product that will cure bad breath, dandruff, and B.O. However, after their announcer drinks the product on a live TV commercial, he gains strange powers and decides to ruin all TV commercials.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #42 (September 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Part 1 of 2.
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
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #66 (February 1969)
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Everyday Film Monsters
comic story / 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
- Synopsis
- Various humorous one-panel "Monster" type films.
Laff Gaff
Chester the Jester / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Chester the Jester
- Synopsis
- A jester tries to cheer up a depressed king.
Shrink Fink
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Hector Zap; Mike; Al; Martha
- Synopsis
- An appliance repairman shrinks his workers to fix his electronics -- and shave his beard.
- Reprints
- from Mad House Annual (Archie, 1970 series) #9 (1971-72)
-
Blips
comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ...and suddenly this astronaut whisked past me and...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Blips
- Synopsis
- The "origin" of the Blips.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #55 (August 1967)
-
Strife Magazine
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- An inside look at how Transylvania's Strife Magazine is published.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #19 (June 1962)
-
The Transylvanian Touch
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Tales Calculated to Drive You Bats (Archie, 1961 series) #3 (March 1962)
-
The Mad Ad Monster Part 2
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- The Mad Ad Monster
- Synopsis
- The Ad Monster wreaks havoc on the broadcast channels by ruining their TV commercials. Transylvania comes to the rescue.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #43 (October 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Part 2 of 2.
[no title indexed]
Space Section / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Welcome to the Space Section!
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- The Pink Martian Man
- Synopsis
- Introduction to the Space Section. The Pink Martian Man compares Earth pizza to diamonds from Venus or metal from Neptune.
Animals From Outer Space
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- The Pink Martian (host)
- Synopsis
- Hybrid animals from other planets.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #22 (October 1962)
-
Space Sports
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; science fiction; teen
- Synopsis
- Aliens try to go to a sci-fi movie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #22 (October 1962)
-
Zalula the Love Sick Space Monster
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Zalula; Space Patrolman #17
- Synopsis
- An astronaut lands on a planet and encounters a giant alien who has fallen for him.
Space Hunter
Godfrey Gooch / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Godfrey Gooch
- Synopsis
- The Earth Space Zoo director wants Godfrey to get the zoo something new. He tries several different planets but has no success. He tries Planet X-305, where he finds many rare animals, but he turns out to be the rarest of them all.
The Martian Report
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Zenbo (martian); Mikrik (martian)
- Synopsis
- A pair of Martians return to Mars with the most fascinating sight of their lives, a woman's purse full of stuff.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #17 (February 1962)
-
Light Flight!
Professor Transistor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Professor Transistor; his nephew
- Synopsis
- Professor Transistor invents a rocket ship that goes faster than light. That way he can overtake light waves and watch yesterday's television programs.
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
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #46 (April 1966)
-
King Kongo Lets His Hair Down!
King Kongo / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- King Kongo
- Synopsis
- King Kongo thinks the Statue of Liberty is his girlfriend.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #23 (December 1962)
-
Meet the Press
The Madhouse Ma-ads / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dan Didit; Dippy Didit; Dick Didit; Clyde Didit
- Synopsis
- A reporter from The Daily Square is sent to interview the Ma-ads and gets more than he bargained for.
Jest For Laughs
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Several illustrated jokes. The first is "When is a train like a detective?"
The Next Hex!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hilda The Witch
- Synopsis
- After a close encounter with a re-entering nose cone, a witch looks for a hex to ward them off.
Who's Kicking?
Professor Transistor / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Professor Transistor; Robin; Handsome Harry
- Synopsis
- Professor Transistor invents a pair of automatic dancing shoes to impress his neighbor Robin.
The Super-White Knight Versus the Jolly Red Giant
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Super-White Knight; Jolly Red Giant; Blips
- Synopsis
- The Super-White Knight and the Jolly Red Giant turn their border dispute into a lifetime of television commercials.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #55 (August 1967)
-
Out of Order
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- When a soft drink machine doesn't work, a man kicks it. The machine kicks him back.
The Voice!
The Ma-ads / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fran the Fan; The Ma-ads [Clyde Didit; Dippy Didit; Dick Didit; Dan Didit]; Rod The Mod
- Synopsis
- In an effort to steal Fran's attention away from the Ma-ads, Rod joins a protest demanding youth positions in government.
Blast Repast
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Someone eats a cereal "shot from rockets".
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #46 (April 1966)
-
[no title indexed]
Mad House Hall of Fame / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sky diver Chuck Chuter..
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Chuck Chuter; Evelyn Dippydo; Nance Icewell; Horace Peeper
Indexer Notes
Four cartoons in a "Believe It or Not" format.
More Rhyme Time
comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once again it's time to play our favorite word game.
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Riddles with humorous rhyming answers.
Small Talk
comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh! There you are, old pal!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The bacteria on a microscope slide converse.
Blank Prank
comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Roger, you never want to face facts!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Roger
- Synopsis
- A man can't face anything.
Who's Zoo
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Synopsis
- A gorilla does the "she loves me, she loves me not" routine with bananas.
Tart Art
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A graffiti artist tries to get into an art convention.
Hex Marks the Spot
Sabrina / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Cousin Ambrose; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Sabrina wants to decorate her room in a normal human way, but the decorations she chooses are ones that were created to ward off witches.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #4 (October 1971)
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Gift Tift
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A king and queen ponder what to get their daughter for her birthday, and settle on a princess phone.
A Madhouse Maddy
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And here come the all-red Ferrari driven by the great Scarpi!
- Genre
- humor; car
- Characters
- Scarpi; announcer
- Synopsis
- The Great Scarpi's 100th Grand Prix win.
Squeaking Out
Ma-ads / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Didit (introduction); Clyde Didit; Dan Didit; Dick Didit; Bippy the Hippy; Dippy Didit
- Synopsis
- Mr. Didit tries to get his sons to wash his car, but they are all busy with other activities.
- Reprints
- from Mad House Ma-ad Jokes (Archie, 1969 series) #70 (September 1969)
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[no title indexed]
More Madhouse Maddies / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Professor, is your new shrinking formula really effective?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Three two-panel gags: shrinking formula; centaur as a cavalryman; and false front for a shack.
Hotel Hanky-Panky
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A couple has to spend the night at the spooky Transylvania Hotel.
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Table of Contents
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0.
["Say professor! Got any more of this delicious soda?"]
Professor Transistor -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
A Time Trip
Professor Transistor -
3.
Vain Brain
Captain Sprocket -
4.
Open House For Monsters
-
5.
Act Tact
-
6.
Mad House Double Takes
-
7.
The Digger
-
8.
Fran the Fan Meets the Madhouse Ma-ads
The Madhouse Ma-Ads -
9.
The Mad Ad Monster Part I
-
10.
Thrill Skill
Porter the Reporter -
11.
Everyday Film Monsters
-
12.
Laff Gaff
Chester the Jester -
13.
Shrink Fink
-
14.
Blips
-
15.
Strife Magazine
-
16.
The Transylvanian Touch
-
17.
Moon Swoon
Mad House -
18.
The Mad Ad Monster Part 2
-
19.
["Welcome to the Space Section!"]
Space Section -
20.
Animals From Outer Space
-
21.
Space Sports
-
22.
Zalula the Love Sick Space Monster
-
23.
Space Hunter
Godfrey Gooch -
24.
The Martian Report
-
25.
Light Flight!
Professor Transistor -
26.
Hold That Tiger
-
27.
King Kongo Lets His Hair Down!
King Kongo -
28.
Meet the Press
The Madhouse Ma-ads -
29.
Jest For Laughs
-
30.
The Next Hex!
-
31.
Who's Kicking?
Professor Transistor -
32.
The Super-White Knight Versus the Jolly Red Giant
-
33.
Out of Order
-
34.
The Voice!
The Ma-ads -
35.
Blast Repast
-
36.
["Sky diver Chuck Chuter.."]
Mad House Hall of Fame -
37.
More Rhyme Time
-
38.
Small Talk
-
39.
Blank Prank
-
40.
Fire Ire
-
41.
Who's Zoo
-
42.
Tart Art
-
43.
Hex Marks the Spot
Sabrina -
44.
Gift Tift
-
45.
A Madhouse Maddy
-
46.
Squeaking Out
Ma-ads -
47.
["Professor, is your new shrinking formula really effective?"]
More Madhouse Maddies -
48.
Hotel Hanky-Panky
-
49.
The Detergent Monster
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50.
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Archie Comics -
51.
[no title indexed]
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52.
[Archie Digest Offer]
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