(April 1962)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- seven times a year in February, April, June, August, September, October, and December
- On-sale Date
- 1962-01-25
- 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
With this issue, the Archie characters are officially dropped in favor of a magazine with distinct sections, each of which contains its own host and one-off stories, though such stories had previously appeared in the Archie era issues.
Contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Characters
- Phantom Frank; Lester Cool; Chester Square; The Pink Martian Man
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Table of contents with illustrations.
[no title indexed]
Monster Section / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Welcome, dear reader to our Monster Section!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Phantom Frank; Clyde Diddit (mentioned)
Indexer Notes
Art previously credited to Orlando Busino.
The Phantom's Comeback!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Phantom Frank (host); The Phantom of the Opera
- Synopsis
- The Phantom of the Opera is out of date. He decides to re-invent himself as a rock 'n' roll singer.
- Keywords
- guitar; opera; rock 'n' roll; slang
Followed!
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Phantom Frank (host)
- Synopsis
- A man notices a big ugly man following him and tries to elude him. The man finally catches up to him and there's a twist ending.
Indexer Notes
Aside from the cartoony art, this could have been a straight suspense story until the final panel.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We're giving away free copies of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
-
from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #16 (December 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Promo for subscriptions to Archie's Pals 'n' Gals with mail-in coupon. Four issues for $1.00 with a free bonus issue.
[no title indexed]
Outer Space Section / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is the Pink Martian Man inviting you to share in our out of this world adventures!
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Pink Martian Man
- Synopsis
- The Pink Martian Man shows all the documents needed for space travel.
- Keywords
- flying saucer; passport; red tape
Charming Choice!
Mad House / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- The Pink Martian Man; Matty
- Synopsis
- The Pink Martian Man offers to take Matty to Mars, where he would have no homework. But after seeing photos of Martian girls, Matty decides that homework is a better choice.
- Keywords
- algebra; aliens; homework; Martian; photographs
Strange Custom!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- The Pink Martian Man (host)
- Synopsis
- Aliens can't understand Earth families gathering together to watch television.
- Keywords
- aliens; television
Earth in 2062 A.D.
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- The Pink Martian Man (cameo, host)
- Synopsis
- Duck-like aliens visit Earth in 2062 A.D. and find that robots are in charge and humans are slaves. Or so it seems.
- Keywords
- 2062 AD; aliens; robots; slaves
Indexer Notes
The aliens bear a resemblance to Archie's "Super Duck" character and come from the planet Onisub, which is Busino spelled backwards, a reference to Archie artist Orlando Busino.
[no title indexed]
Teen-Age Section / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is Square Chester and Cool Lester inviting you to the...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Lester Cool; Chester Square
- Synopsis
- Les steals Chester's date.
[no title indexed]
Ronald the Rubber Boy / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you were suddenly gifted with special powers...
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Lester Cool (host); Ronald the Rubber Boy (origin)
- Synopsis
- Ronald swallows so much chewing gum, his body becomes stretchable. He first uses his powers for good, then becomes an arrogant jerk and meets with a sad end.
- Reprints
- in The Best of Archie's Madhouse (IDW, 2011 series) (July 2011)
-
- Keywords
- cheating; chewing gum; erasers; football; pencils
Indexer Notes
Though Ronald appears to meet his demise at the end of the story, he returns for further adventures in later issues. Art previously credited to Orlando Busino.
Go East Young Man
Les 'n' Ches / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lester Cool; Chester Square
- Synopsis
- A swami climbs a rope to catch a ride on a flying carpet.
- Keywords
- flying carpet; rope trick
Piece of Pizza
Les 'n' Ches / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Lester Cool; Chester Square
- Synopsis
- Les and Ches face a monster made of pizza.
- Keywords
- pizza
Indexer Notes
Lester is shown reading Archie's series "Tales Calculated To Drive You Bats."
Ape Caper
Les 'n' Ches / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Lester Cool; Chester Square; Mildred; Mr. Congo (ape)
- Synopsis
- The giant ape Mr. Congo falls in love with the teen girl Mildred.
- Keywords
- giant ape
Indexer Notes
Previously credited to Orlando Busino.
A Spectacular Event
Betty and Veronica Spectacular / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Indexer Notes
Promo for Betty and Veronica Spectacular #16 with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with original art with a circus theme.
The Shoe Show
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; science fiction; teen
- Synopsis
- A harried shoe salesman has a problem finding shoes to fit a teen girl with four legs.
- Keywords
- shoes
[no title indexed]
Archie Giant Series Magazines / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Follow the star-studded trail of the biggest buy in comics!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #14 (August 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Promo for Archie Giant Series Magazines (also called Archie Quarter Comics) with mail-in coupon for ordering individual issues for 25 cents each. Issues available are Archie Annual #13, Archie Pals 'n' Gals #19, The World of Jughead #14, Katy Keene Holiday Fun #12, Betty and Veronica Summer Fun #13, Betty and Veronica Spectacular #11, Katy Keene Pin-Up Parade #15, and Archie's Christmas Stocking #15. Covers of some issues are partially depicted.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Doesn't that make you homesick, Zenon?"]
-
1.
Contents
-
2.
["Welcome, dear reader to our Monster Section!"]
Monster Section -
3.
The Phantom's Comeback!
-
4.
Followed!
-
5.
["We're giving away free copies of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals!"]
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals -
6.
["This is the Pink Martian Man inviting you to share in our out of this world adventures!"]
Outer Space Section -
7.
Charming Choice!
Mad House -
8.
Strange Custom!
-
9.
Earth in 2062 A.D.
-
10.
To Each His Own
-
11.
["This is Square Chester and Cool Lester inviting you to the..."]
Teen-Age Section -
12.
["If you were suddenly gifted with special powers..."]
Ronald the Rubber Boy -
13.
Go East Young Man
Les 'n' Ches -
14.
Piece of Pizza
Les 'n' Ches -
15.
Ape Caper
Les 'n' Ches -
16.
A Spectacular Event
Betty and Veronica Spectacular -
17.
The Shoe Show
-
18.
["Follow the star-studded trail of the biggest buy in comics!"]
Archie Giant Series Magazines
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- Luke A.
- Merlin Haas
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Jonathan Sari
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