(June 1966)
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
- 1966-04-01
- 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)
Special Spring Issue
Table of Corn-tents / table of contents / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Captain Sprocket (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Mad House Magazine is a blast because it's full of hot air.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
[no title indexed]
Good Guy Section / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Some finks are saying that Mad House heroes can't fight their way out of a paper bag!
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Sprocket
- Synopsis
- The old gag about "not being able to fight their way out of a paper bag" proves correct.
- Keywords
- paper bags
The Big Gig
Captain Sprocket / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Sprocket
- Synopsis
- Sprocket is sent on a secret mission to Glopstockia to bring back an enlarging machine.
- Keywords
- chicken; cow; egg; enlarging ray; hospital; nurse; parachute; secret mission; slingshot; toothbrush
Race Riddle!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The driver of a race car can't understand why the car seems to be driving itself.
- Keywords
- slot-car racing
Music Hath Harm
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Rocky the Jockey; Herbie
- Synopsis
- Rocky the disk jockey hires an energetic young assistant to do all the dangerous work in his job--like giving out free records.
- Keywords
- autographs; disk jockey; flagpole; radio station; rock 'n' roll
A Rug Tale
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A fakir gets a fill-up so his flying carpet can have a "tiger in the tank."
- Keywords
- flying carpet; gas station
Indexer Notes
Gag is based on the Esso Gasoline "Put a Tiger in Your Tank" TV commercials.
[no title indexed]
Bad Guy Section / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's a nasty rumor going around...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Mad House bad guys shower before they fight.
- Keywords
- shower
Statement of Ownership
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Synopsis
- Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1965. Average total copies printed for previous year was 414,664 with total paid circulation of 231,934. Nearest issue to filing was total printed of 497,281 with total paid 304,468.
Juke Box Joe: Part Two
Captain Sprocket / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Sprocket; Professor Transistor; Juke Box Joe (villain)
- Synopsis
- Juke Box Joe defeats Professor Transistor's attempt to capture him, but meets his demise at the hands of a horde of rabid Beatles fans.
- Keywords
- Beatles; juke box; records; souvenirs; vacuum
Indexer Notes
Continued from Issue 45. Reference to the Beatles' movie "Help!"
The Confessions of a Bad Guy Spy! Part 1: I Was a Teen-Age Spy
Zeke the Sneak / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- Zeke the Sneak (origin)
- Synopsis
- Zeke sells secrets to his fellow teenagers and organizes a network of spies called F. I. N. K. (Fiendish Intelligence Network of Kids).
- Keywords
- conscience; diary; eavesdropping; football; spies; wiretapping
Indexer Notes
Continued in the next issue.
Boning Up!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- When a doctor takes an x-ray of a sailor with a girl tattooed on his chest, the bones of the girl show up, too.
- Keywords
- doctor; sailor; tattoo; x-ray
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story.
Baby Talk
Mad House / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Synopsis
- Aliens studies various Earth languages, but can't understand baby talk.
- Keywords
- aliens; baby; flying saucer; language; playpen
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Is Captain Sprocket famous?"]
Captain Sprocket -
1.
Special Spring Issue
Table of Corn-tents -
2.
["Some finks are saying that Mad House heroes can't fight their way out of a paper bag!"]
Good Guy Section -
3.
The Big Gig
Captain Sprocket -
4.
Race Riddle!
-
5.
Music Hath Harm
-
6.
Dig This Crazy Offer!
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals -
7.
A Rug Tale
-
8.
["There's a nasty rumor going around..."]
Bad Guy Section -
9.
Statement of Ownership
-
10.
Juke Box Joe: Part Two
Captain Sprocket -
11.
25¢ x 5 = $1.00
Little Archie -
12.
The Confessions of a Bad Guy Spy! Part 1: I Was a Teen-Age Spy
Zeke the Sneak -
13.
Boning Up!
-
14.
Baby Talk
Mad House -
15.
Machine Marvel
-
16.
Two Giants
Archie Annual -
17.
Wonder Blunder
-
18.
Archie Says...Get This Raincoat Free!
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