(February 1962)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- seven times a year in February, April, June, July, August, October and December
- On-sale Date
- 1961-11-09
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Strange Change
Archie's Mad House / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Jayson
- Synopsis
- Mr. Jayson switches personalities.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
A Vampire Meets A Vamp
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ludwig the Vampire; Velma; Freddy (a bat; host)
- Synopsis
- A vampire falls hard for a mortal, only to discover that she's also a vampire.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #5 (1967-68) - in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #1 (1975-76)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #197 (December 2004)
-
Indexer Notes
The bat is unnamed, but is likely the same bat (Freddy) that narrated the stories in "Tales Calculated To Drive You Bats," released in the same period.
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
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #5 (1967-68)
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #2 (1976-77)
-
Genius at Work
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead gets a genie to wash his car.
[no title indexed]
Aunt Juggie's Advice to the Lovelorn / text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I am a very shy boy.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Aunt Juggie [Jughead Jones] (host)
- Synopsis
- "Aunt Juggie" answers letters from the lovelorn.
Double-Earpiece Phone
Betty Says / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Betty Cooper (host); Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Introducing a phone with two earpieces for girls to share.
Nursery Crimes!
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Humpty Dumpty
- Synopsis
- What Humpty Dumpty would be like as a movie.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #5 (1967-68)
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #1 (1975-76)
- in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #16 (January 2007)
-
People We Can Do Without
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
One-Panel cartoons that show various people asking stupid questions or saying stupid things.
If Teen-Agers Ran Parents..!
Archie Says / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- How things would be different if teen-agers ran parents, including changes to newspaper articles, new merit awards, and new parent report cards.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #5 (1967-68)
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #1 (1975-76)
- in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #10 (June 2006)
-
[Introducing a New Magazine...BATS!]
Tales Calculated To Drive You Bats / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Lights Camera Action
Director Otto Von Jughead Presents / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Otto Von Jughead [Jughead Jones]; Elvis Rockmore; Eddie
- Synopsis
- Hollywood star Elvis Rockmore deals with a mummy, an empty dive tank, an oncoming train, and a snapped rope climbing cord.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #5 (1967-68)
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #1 (1975-76)
-
Wall-to-Wall Carpet Shoes!
Jughead Says / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead's new invention, shoes with carpet on the bottom so you are always walking on carpet.
The Chuck-le Wagon
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #5 (1967-68)
-
Indexer Notes
Two four-panel western themed cartoons.
Guess Which One
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Guess which one has no trouble getting dates, isn't going to graduate, has a three o'clock date at the skating rink, and won't be invited again.
Indexer Notes
Four one-panel cartoons.
Mad House's Warehouse Clearance Sale
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Humorous products, including a TV set with genuine rabbit ears, his and hers garage doors, and bubble gum with real bubbles.
Better Not Believe It!
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Zelda Wiffenpoof; Hi Bludpresher; J. Walker Lowslung; Clinton P. Hornswoggle; Elmer Hook; Ima Gog
- Synopsis
- Parody of Ripley's Believe It Or Not.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #5 (1967-68)
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #1 (1975-76)
-
Card Trick
Jughead's Dipsy Doodles / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead paints three people to play cards with.
Nursery Crime Of Simple Simon
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Simple Simon; Pieman
- Synopsis
- A movie version of Simple Simon.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #5 (1967-68)
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #1 (1975-76)
-
Space Date
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two members of the space patrol have blind dates.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #5 (1967-68)
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #1 (1975-76)
- in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #21 (August 2007)
-
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Archie Giant Series Magazines / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I didn't think you were that kind of wolf!"]
Archie's Mad House -
1.
Strange Change
Archie's Mad House -
2.
A Vampire Meets A Vamp
-
3.
The Martian Report
-
4.
Genius at Work
Jughead -
5.
["I am a very shy boy."]
Aunt Juggie's Advice to the Lovelorn -
6.
Double-Earpiece Phone
Betty Says -
7.
Nursery Crimes!
-
8.
People We Can Do Without
-
9.
If Teen-Agers Ran Parents..!
Archie Says -
10.
[Introducing a New Magazine...BATS!]
Tales Calculated To Drive You Bats -
11.
Lights Camera Action
Director Otto Von Jughead Presents -
12.
Wall-to-Wall Carpet Shoes!
Jughead Says -
13.
The Chuck-le Wagon
-
14.
Guess Which One
-
15.
Mad House's Warehouse Clearance Sale
-
16.
Better Not Believe It!
-
17.
Card Trick
Jughead's Dipsy Doodles -
18.
Nursery Crime Of Simple Simon
-
19.
Space Date
-
20.
[Follow the star-studded trail of the biggest buy in comics!]
Archie Giant Series Magazines -
21.
Madhouse Monologues
-
22.
[We're giving away free copies of Archie's Pals 'N' Gals]
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- Luke A.
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Keith Alan Morgan
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