(June 1965)
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
- 1965-04-01
- 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)
[no title indexed]
Captain Sprocket / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz (cartoon); Dan DeCarlo (border)
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz (cartoon); ? (border)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz (cartoon); ? (border)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What do we do now, Captain Sprocket?
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Sprocket; Clyde Didit
- Keywords
- crocodile; hippopotamus; jungle; tiger
Indexer Notes
Scene from interior story "Jungle Bungle."
Special Drippy Issue
table of contents / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Keywords
- TV commercials
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Mostly a parody of TV headache relief commercials. Essentially the same joke as last issue's table of contents. Art previously thought to be by Orlando Busino.
[no title indexed]
Good Guy Section / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Only Mad House super heroes contain super detergent power!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Captain Sprocket
- Synopsis
- Parody of TV laundry soap commercials.
- Keywords
- TV commercials; washing machine
Indexer Notes
Small corner parody of Lawrence Welk and his bubble machine.
Super Disguise vs. Super Market Man
Super Disguise / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Super Disguise; Super Market Man
- Synopsis
- Super Disguise has to battle a villain that can change his body into any object found in a super market. So far, Super Market Man is winning.
- Reprints
-
in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #4 (1978 - 1979)
-
- Keywords
- cash register; eggs; frozen food; salami; shopping cart; telephone; telephone booth; television newscast; watermelon; whipped cream
Indexer Notes
Part one of a continued story. P&A supermarket is a parody of A&P.
Jungle Bungle
Captain Sprocket / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Sprocket; Hector the Spector; Zartan the Gorilla Man; Professor Jaxon
- Synopsis
- Captain Sprocket escorts Professor Jaxon's daughter through the jungle to find her father.
- Reprints
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #4 (1978 - 1979)
-
- Keywords
- advertising; bi-plane; crocodiles; jungle; phone booth; quicksand; Tarzan; The Phantom; TV commercials
Indexer Notes
Sprocket runs into Hector the Spectre (a parody of The Phantom) and Zartan the Gorilla Man (a parody of Tarzan).
Dig This Crazy Offer!
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #20 (July 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Promo for subscriptions to Archie's Pals 'n' Gals with mail-in coupon. Four issues for $1.00 plus one bonus issue free.
A Frightful Dinner
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A traveler in Transylvania finds the only card a restaurant will accept is his blood donor's card.
- Reprints
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #4 (1978 - 1979)
-
- Keywords
- credit cards; Dracula; Frankenstein; restaurant; Transylvania
Indexer Notes
The restaurant is run by Dracula and Frankenstein's monster.
Rain Check
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- When it rains, a swami finds his flying carpet makes a good umbrella.
- Keywords
- flying carpet; umbrella
[no title indexed]
Bad Guy Section / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mad House super villains have 83% fewer cavities...
- Genre
- humor
- Keywords
- cavities; teeth; TV commercial
Indexer Notes
Parody of the Crest "My group had fewer cavities" TV commercial.
Captain Shark
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Shark (villain); Union of Super Heroes; Captain Sprocket; Diver Jiver; Porpoise Man; Water Beetle Man
- Synopsis
- Water Beetle Man uses his brains to capture Captain Shark.
- Reprints
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #7 (1981-1982)
-
- Keywords
- electric eels; mermaids; octopus; phone booth; sawfish; sharks; underwater
Indexer Notes
Art previously thought to be Samm Schwartz.
Dr. Bonehead's Boner
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Dr. Bonehead (villain)
- Synopsis
- Dr. Bonehead invents a formula that makes insects super-size, but gives them human intelligence. He plans to use them to commit crimes, but they have other ideas.
- Reprints
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #5 (1979 - 1980)
- in The Best of Archie's Madhouse (IDW, 2011 series) (July 2011)
-
- Keywords
- basketball; Beatles; beetle; butterfly; caterpillar; grasshopper; insects
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1964
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1964. Average paid distribution for previous 12 months was 252,261. Single issue nearest filing date: 311,580.
Nice Device
Professor Transistor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Professor Transistor
- Synopsis
- The Professor shows off his electronic brains. The most complicated of all delivers a bottle of soda pop when a dime is inserted at the other end.
- Keywords
- computers; electronic brains; soda pop
Here Comes Summer Fun #34
Betty and Veronica Summer Fun / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Promo for Betty and Veronica Summer Fun #34 with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with original art with a swimming theme.
Clean Sweep
Mad House Maddy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Janitors cleaning a 95% automated factory find that they've been replaced by a robot janitor.
- Keywords
- automation; janitors; robot
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Wishful Thinking
Mad House / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A witch tries to turn a mushroom into a sports car. The spell needs the aid of a good swift kick to the mushroom.
- Keywords
- magic; mushroom; sports car; witch
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
The Giant of Them All Is Still the Greatest Buy in Comics!
Archie Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Promo for Archie Annual #17 with mail-in coupon. Premium is 1966 Archie Pin-Up calendar. Annual and calendar are depicted. Small head shots of the Archie gang are shown, which may be original or may be clip art.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["What do we do now, Captain Sprocket?"]
Captain Sprocket -
1.
Special Drippy Issue
-
2.
["Only Mad House super heroes contain super detergent power!"]
Good Guy Section -
3.
Super Disguise vs. Super Market Man
Super Disguise -
4.
Read Carefully
-
5.
Jungle Bungle
Captain Sprocket -
6.
Dig This Crazy Offer!
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals -
7.
A Frightful Dinner
-
8.
Rain Check
-
9.
["Mad House super villains have 83% fewer cavities..."]
Bad Guy Section -
10.
Captain Shark
-
11.
Dr. Bonehead's Boner
-
12.
["Sure, Shorty, I'll deliver that letter to that house!"]
Mad House Maddies -
13.
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1964
-
14.
Nice Device
Professor Transistor -
15.
Here Comes Summer Fun #34
Betty and Veronica Summer Fun -
16.
Clean Sweep
Mad House Maddy -
17.
Wishful Thinking
Mad House -
18.
The Giant of Them All Is Still the Greatest Buy in Comics!
Archie Annual
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- Luke A.
- Merlin Haas
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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