(April 1967)
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
- 1967-02-01
- 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)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (cartoon); Dan DeCarlo (border)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (border); ? (cartoon)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dan DeCarlo (border); ? (cartoon)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Professor, turn back the time machine 5 minutes so I can eat my ice cream all over again!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Captain Sprocket; Clyde Diddit
- Keywords
- ice cream; jet; moths; paper airplane; time machine
Indexer Notes
Three one-panel gags. With this issue's border, series mascot Clyde Diddit sports longer hair in the hippie style that was popular at the time. He would continue with this look until becoming a character in The Madhouse Ma-ads (and then Glads).
Special De-Vine Issue
table of contents / 1 page
- Keywords
- jungle; miniskirts; monkeys
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Lester of the Chimps
Zartan / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; jungle
- Characters
- Zartan; Lester of the Chimps
- Synopsis
- Lester sells counterfeit goods to a safari and then takes credit for battling a tiger, when Zartan did the job.
- Reprints
-
in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #6 (1980-81) - in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #15 (April 2012)
-
- Keywords
- counterfeit; ivory; jungle; lion; stock market; yo-yo
Indexer Notes
Script credit from digest reprint.
Out of Sight!
Captain Sprocket / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Sprocket; Gladys
- Synopsis
- Sprocket makes his dragster streamlined like a rocket ship and even uses rocket fuel. You can guess what happens.
- Reprints
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #15 (April 2012)
-
- Keywords
- dragster; rocket
Fab Lab
Professor Transistor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Professor Transistor
- Synopsis
- Professor Transistor has the most automated laboratory in the world.
- Keywords
- automation; computers; insect spray
Car Man
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Car Man; Blue Bolt (villain)
- Synopsis
- Car Man (half-man, half automobile) captures villain Blue Bolt and his Blue Thunder car.
- Reprints
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #7 (1981-1982)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #15 (April 2012)
-
- Keywords
- automobiles; traffic light
Indexer Notes
Script credit from the digest reprint.
[no title indexed]
Captain Sprocket / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How about a date, Doris?
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Sprocket; Doris
- Synopsis
- Captain Sprocket is broke until he rents the back of his cape for a soft drink advertisement.
- Keywords
- advertising
A Mad House Strange Story
comic story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Synopsis
- Robots are on strike at a factory because their jobs are being taken over by small robots.
- Keywords
- automation; picket line; robots; strike
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1966
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Script
- Louis H. Silberkleit (publisher)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1966. Average paid distribution for the past 12 months was 220,056. Single issue nearest to filing date was 294,583.
The Space Case
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Synopsis
- Spacemen find that Martians are only two inches tall. However, they also find, like Gulliver, they can be a problem.
- Reprints
- in Mad House Annual (Archie, 1970 series) #11 (1973-1974)
-
- Keywords
- aliens; Gulliver's Travels; Mars; Martians; spacemen
[no title indexed]
Bad Guy Section / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mad House villains always get it -- in the end!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A Mad House villain is chased by vicious dogs.
- Reprints
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #7 (1981-1982)
-
School Scamp
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina; Miss Thompson; Miss Hawkins; Brenda; Jimmy; Mr. Jenkins
- Synopsis
- Sabrina uses witchcraft to help her get Jimmy to ask her to the dance, but everything goes wrong.
- Reprints
- in Mad House Ma-ad Annual (Archie, 1969 series) #7 (1969-1970)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #31 (November 1980)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #4 (December 1987)
- in Sabrina the Teenage Witch Complete Collection (Archie, 2017 series) #1 - 1962-1972 ([2017])
- in Sabrina: 60 Magical Stories (Archie, 2022 series) (2022)
-
- Keywords
- basketball; blackboard; brew; detention; magic; mail carrier
Indexer Notes
Opening panel is reminiscent of Dagwood Bumstead bowling over the mailman in the Blondie comic strip.
Writer, Inker and Letterer credits from the reprint in Sabrina the Teenage Witch Complete Collection (Archie, 2017 series) #1.
Nice Slice
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dr. Suture
- Synopsis
- Dr. Suture is called to emergency because he's the only one who can slice a pizza properly.
- Reprints
- in Mad House Annual (Archie, 1970 series) #11 (1973-1974)
-
- Keywords
- hospital; pizza
[no title indexed]
More Madhouse Maddies / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Professor, is your new shrinking formula really effective?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Three two-panel gags: shrinking formula; centaur as a cavalryman; and false front for a shack.
- Reprints
- in Mad House Ma-ad Annual (Archie, 1969 series) #7 (1969-1970)
-
- Keywords
- cavalry; centaur; shrinking formula; telephone
Juke Fluke
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Synopsis
- Aliens mistake a jukebox for a talkative Earth girl.
- Keywords
- aliens; jukebox
Indexer Notes
Three vertical panels.
Loony Lover
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Synopsis
- Female aliens think cactus plants are handsome Earth creatures.
- Keywords
- aliens; cactus; flying saucer
Indexer Notes
Three vertical panels
Flat Hat!
Mad House Maddy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man mistakes a small flying saucer for his wife's wind-blown hat.
- Keywords
- flying saucer; hat; miniature alien
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Pantomime story.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Professor, turn back the time machine 5 minutes so I can eat my ice cream all over again!"]
-
1.
Special De-Vine Issue
-
2.
["Mad House super heroes don't know their own strength!"]
Good Guy Section -
3.
Lester of the Chimps
Zartan -
4.
Out of Sight!
Captain Sprocket -
5.
Dig This Crazy Offer!
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals -
6.
Fab Lab
Professor Transistor -
7.
Car Man
-
8.
Archie Says...Get This Raincoat Free!
Archie Comics -
9.
["How about a date, Doris?"]
Captain Sprocket -
10.
A Mad House Strange Story
-
11.
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1966
-
12.
The Space Case
-
13.
["Mad House villains always get it -- in the end!"]
Bad Guy Section -
14.
School Scamp
Sabrina -
15.
25¢ x 5 = $1.00
Little Archie -
16.
Nice Slice
-
17.
["Professor, is your new shrinking formula really effective?"]
More Madhouse Maddies -
18.
Juke Fluke
-
19.
Loony Lover
-
20.
Sneak Preview!
Betty and Veronica Spectacular -
21.
Flat Hat!
Mad House Maddy -
22.
["Newsstand sold out?"]
Archie Giant Series
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