(December 1963)
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
- 1963-10-01
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- John Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)
Issue Notes
With this issue, the series drops its three regular section format (Teen, Monster, and Space) in favor of a more flexible format with sections changing from issue to issue. With this change, the hosts of each section were dropped, but would occasionally show up to host stories or appear in gags.
Table of Carnie-tents
table of contents / 1 page
- Characters
- Ronald the Rubber Boy; Dr. Ben Bones; Captain Sprocket; Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Circus theme
[no title indexed]
The TV Medical Section / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nurse Sue Ture, you're a disgrace to the TV nursing profession!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Nurse Sue Ture
- Synopsis
- A TV nurse is fired for dating a doctor from a rival TV station.
Dr. Ben's Boner
Dr. Ben Bones / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Dr. Killjoy; Dr. Ben Bones; Dr. Zooma; Walter Crankcase; Pallid Dan
- Synopsis
- Dr. Ben Bones decides his future is operating on other TV programs.
- Reprints
-
in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #21 (August 2007)
-
- Keywords
- doctors; globe; news; nurses; televison; TV broadcasts
Indexer Notes
Parodies of Ben Casey (Vince Edwards), Walter Cronkite, and Paladin (Richard Boone and Have Gun, Will Travel).
Dr. Scalpel
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; medical
- Characters
- Dr. Scalpel; Nurse Klunk
- Synopsis
- Three two-panel gags: testing reflexes of football player; patient keeps ringing for a pretty nurse; and status chart for a patient is going downhill.
- Reprints
- in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #21 (August 2007)
-
- Keywords
- doctors; hospital; nurses
[no title indexed]
Space Section / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just look at these fantastic photos of my space adventures!
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Sprocket
- Synopsis
- Captain Sprocket poses for some heroic photos by sticking his head through a hole in a mural.
- Reprints
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #7 (1981-1982)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #6 (June 2011)
-
- Keywords
- photographs; publicity
Space Chase
Space Marshal Dolan / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; science fiction
- Characters
- Space Marshal Dolan; Xyzenon; Outians; Kitty; Blackie (villain)
- Synopsis
- Space Marshal Dolan has to deal with space coach robbers, outer space Indians, and an ambush on main street in town.
- Reprints
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #6 (1980-81)
-
- Keywords
- bulletproof vest; cavalry; Indians; marshal; reward; robbers; saloon; space ships; taxes
Indexer Notes
A space version of the TV series "Gunsmoke", hitting all the cliches.
Space Ads
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- The Pink Martian (host); Dr. Ben Castaway
- Synopsis
- Versions of Earth advertising on other planets.
- Keywords
- advertising; Jupiter; Mars; Mercury; Saturn
Indexer Notes
Ads parodied include Charles Atlas "98 lb. weakling," Clairol hair coloring "Does she or doesn't she?", Camel cigarettes "Are you smoking more and enjoying it less?", CARE foreign aid charity, and Parke Davis "Great Moments in Medicine."
[no title indexed]
Teen-Age Section / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The girls were sure backward 500 years ago!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch
- Synopsis
- Sabrina, surrounded by bottles of lotions and perfumes, makes fun of the love charms and potions her witch ancestors used to help girls attract boys.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- charms; love potions; makeup; perfumes
Video High
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; teen
- Characters
- Lester Cool (host); Chester Square (host)
- Synopsis
- Predictions of what will happen when students have video teachers for their classrooms.
- Keywords
- bikinis; commercials; quiz shows; TV teaching
Indexer Notes
Parody of long-distance teaching by television. Art previously thought to be by Orlando Busino.
[no title indexed]
TV Lawyer Section / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your Honor, will you please overrule the D.A.'s last objection?
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Literal depictions of legal terms like overrule, file, badger, and "won't stand up in court."
- Reprints
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #6 (1980-81)
-
- Keywords
- judge; lawyers
Video Verdict
Dapper the Lawyer / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Dapper the Lawyer
- Synopsis
- Dapper is a lawyer who always loses in court. When his nephew gets a parking ticket, he goes to court and demands a jury trial.
- Reprints
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #6 (1980-81)
-
- Keywords
- bees; judge; jury; lawyer; parking ticker; television cameras; witness
Indexer Notes
Parody of TV courtroom dramas.
The Cold Stare
Mad House Maddies / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Namook
- Synopsis
- Eskimos live in the freezer compartment of a refrigerator.
- Keywords
- Eskimos; freezer; refrigerator
Flying High
Mad House Maddies / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Flies can't understand why humans walk on the floors instead of the ceilings.
- Keywords
- flies
Archie Says -- Get Lucky!
Archie Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #29 (October 1963)
-
Indexer Notes
Promo for subscriptions to various Archie titles with mail-in coupon. Ten issues for $1.00 with a premium of a Lucky Penny Horseshoe pocket piece.
Tragic Trap
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hilda the Witch (host)
- Synopsis
- A tourist gets stuck in a pillory and discovers he may be there for a while.
- Keywords
- pillory
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Archie Giant Series Comics Have More of What You Buy a Comic Magazine For!
Archie Giant Series / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #29 (October 1963)
-
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Promo for Archie Giant Series Magazines (also called Archie Quarter Comics) with mail-in coupon for individual issues for 25 cents each. Issues available are Archie Annual #15, Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #26, Archie's Jokes #22, Archie's Christmas Stocking #20, Little Archie #29, Betty and Veronica Spectacular #21, The World of Jughead #24, and Betty and Veronica Summer Fun #23. Covers of some issues are depicted in small size in monochrome color.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Desert Route 66]
-
1.
Table of Carnie-tents
-
2.
["Nurse Sue Ture, you're a disgrace to the TV nursing profession!"]
The TV Medical Section -
3.
Dr. Ben's Boner
Dr. Ben Bones -
4.
Dr. Scalpel
-
5.
["Just look at these fantastic photos of my space adventures!"]
Space Section -
6.
Space Chase
Space Marshal Dolan -
7.
Space Ads
-
8.
["The girls were sure backward 500 years ago!"]
Teen-Age Section -
9.
Fadsville Fun
-
10.
Video High
-
11.
["Your Honor, will you please overrule the D.A.'s last objection?"]
TV Lawyer Section -
12.
Video Verdict
Dapper the Lawyer -
13.
The Cold Stare
Mad House Maddies -
14.
Flying High
Mad House Maddies -
15.
Archie Says -- Get Lucky!
Archie Comics -
16.
Tragic Trap
-
17.
Archie Giant Series Comics Have More of What You Buy a Comic Magazine For!
Archie Giant Series
This issue was modified by, among others
- Luke A.
- Merlin Haas
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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