(December 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
- 1962-10-09 ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
table of contents / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be sure to redeem these Mad House trading stamps...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hilda the Witch; The Pink Martian; Lester Cool; Chester Square
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Fright Court
Hilda the Witch and her Monster Section / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hilda the Witch
- Synopsis
- Hilda the Witch is charged with acting in a non-frightening manner.
I Was an Exiled Monster!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ergu
- Synopsis
- Ergo is exiled from his home planet for being Double Ugly and travels the solar system looking for a new home.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #2 (1964-5 edition) - in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #1 (1975-76)
-
Professor Transistor
Hilda's Mad Lab Section / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hilda the Witch (host); Professor Transistor; Archie Andrews (cameo); Jughead Jones (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Professor Transistor shows off the robots he invented.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #2 (1964-5 edition)
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #1 (1975-76), #7 (1981-1982)
-
Indexer Notes
First appearance of Professor Transistor, who would become a recurring character in Madhouse.
King Kongo Lets His Hair Down!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- King Kongo
- Synopsis
- King Kongo thinks the Statue of Liberty is his girlfriend.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #2 (1964-5 edition)
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #2 (1976-77)
-
[no title indexed]
Teen-Age Section / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cats 'n' chicks, let me introduce...
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Lester Cool; Chester Square; Hilda the Witch
- Synopsis
- Lester uses Hilda's magic umbrella to make Chester disappear.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #3 (1965-66)
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #1 (1975-76)
-
Video Wonderland
Les 'n' Ches / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Lester Cool; Chester Square; Mr. Cool
- Synopsis
- Les 'n' Ches climb into their television set and find themselves in the middle of Westerns, commercials, medical shows, and sci-fi shows.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #2 (1964-5 edition)
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #1 (1975-76)
-
[no title indexed]
Outer Space Section / comic story / 1.25 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear readers, it's time for...
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- The Pink Martian; Chester Square
- Synopsis
- The Pink Martian sends Chester into space and introduces the Outer Space Section.
- Reprints
- in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #17 (March 2007)
-
Have Typewriter Will Travel!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Bob Weber; Zexo
- Synopsis
- Bob Weber would give anything to be a successful science fiction writer, and he gets his wish when an alien from Venus drops by his house.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #3 (1965-66)
- in Mad House Annual (Archie, 1970 series) #12 (1974-1975)
- in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #17 (March 2007)
- in The Best of Archie's Madhouse (IDW, 2011 series) (July 2011)
-
The Gabooza
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- The Pink Martian (host); Perkins; Donald (his son)
- Synopsis
- Perkins brings home a Neptunian Gabooza for his son with an insatiable appetite for pizza.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie, 1962 series) #2 (1964-5 edition)
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #1 (1975-76)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #261 (April 2010)
-
Your Money Buys More When You Buy Archie Giant Series Magazines
Archie Giant Series Magazines / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
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Table of Contents
-
0.
Two Haircuts for the Price of One
Archie's Madhouse -
1.
["Be sure to redeem these Mad House trading stamps..."]
-
2.
Fright Court
Hilda the Witch and her Monster Section -
3.
I Was an Exiled Monster!
-
4.
Professor Transistor
Hilda's Mad Lab Section -
5.
King Kongo Lets His Hair Down!
-
6.
["Cats 'n' chicks, let me introduce..."]
Teen-Age Section -
7.
Video Wonderland
Les 'n' Ches -
8.
["Dear readers, it's time for..."]
Outer Space Section -
9.
Have Typewriter Will Travel!
-
10.
The Gabooza
-
11.
Your Money Buys More When You Buy Archie Giant Series Magazines
Archie Giant Series Magazines -
12.
Metal Madness
-
13.
Dig This Crazy Offer!
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
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- Luke A.
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- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
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