(December 1968)

Archie, 1959 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
seven times a year: February, April, June, August, September, October and December
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] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gus Lemoine
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey man... I didn't order no massage!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Clyde Did-It
Synopsis
A barber loses his scissors in a hippie's hair.
Keywords
barber; hippie

The Broken Streak (Table of Contents: 1)

Stan the Deejay / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Stan The Man
Synopsis
A father tells his son how Stan's record of broadcasting for 4,652 consecutive days was broken.
Reprints
Keywords
deejay; laryngitis; Niagara Falls

Act Tact (Table of Contents: 2)

Lippy the Hippy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Lippy the Hippy; J. Booker
Synopsis
Lippy the Hippy plays guitar with his toes.
Reprints

The Wet Set (Table of Contents: 3)

Clyde Didit / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Hartley
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Clyde Didit
Synopsis
Clyde gives his customers everything, including the kitchen sink.
Reprints

It's a Beast (Table of Contents: 4)

The Mad House Discotheque / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Hartley
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Synopsis
The Red Lemon Discotheque really rocks! It's next to a construction site.
Reprints

The Adventures of Tigerboy (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Uniroyal; Tigerboy / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

People in the News! (Table of Contents: 6)

Mad House Presents / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Hartley
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Amos Freakout; Pietro Hashslinger; Bruce Noodnik; Gracie Honk; Gloria Grooviekins
Synopsis
Humorous fake news items.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Gracie Honk, of The Jefferson Crate, is a parody of Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane.

Tough Stuff (Table of Contents: 7)

Zippy and the Zappers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob White
Inks
Mario Acquaviva
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Zippy and the Zappers
Synopsis
Zippy and the Zappers get a Brand New Bag.

Light Delight (Table of Contents: 8)

Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob White
Inks
Mario Acquaviva
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Sabrina the Teen-age Witch [Sabrina Spellman]; Aunt Zelda [Zelda Spellman] (introduction)
Synopsis
Sabrina's Aunt Zelda gets a neon tube for her broom handle.
Reprints

Big Gig (Table of Contents: 9)

The Mad House Giant / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob White
Inks
Mario Acquaviva
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
The Mad House Giant
Synopsis
Unemployed giant decides to mow lawns with his electric razor.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

A Mad House Maddy / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gus Lemoine
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look! Flying Saucermen!
Genre
humor
Synopsis
Flying saucermen fly an advertising banner behind their spacecraft.
Keywords
flying saucer

[Archie Groovy Stationery Kit] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

Sky Guy (Table of Contents: 12)

Zippy and the Zappers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Zippy and the Zappers
Synopsis
The Zappers dress as WWI aviators and get attacked by the Red Baron.
Keywords
biplane

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Archie Quarter Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Muddled Medallion (Table of Contents: 14)

Randy the Dandy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gus Lemoine
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Randy the Dandy
Synopsis
Randy's girlfriend gives him a new medallion: an anchor.

Door Chore (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A rich gentleman has all the doors opened for him.
Reprints

Scour Power (Table of Contents: 16)

Clyde Didit Presents / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Hartley
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; western-frontier
Characters
The Cactus Kid
Synopsis
The Cactus Kid is coming to clean up the town.

Indexer Notes

Victor Gee is the proprietor of the Last Chance Saloon, a reference to Archie Comics employee Victor Gorelick.

Leather Lunacy (Table of Contents: 17)

Zippy and the Zappers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gus Lemoine
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Zippy and the Zappers
Synopsis
The Zappers get Sole Power.

Madison Ave. Goes Ape (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gus Lemoine
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Genre
humor
Synopsis
With the popularity of the advertising slogan "Put a tiger in your tank", what other animals will be used to advertise products?

Indexer Notes

"Mowan and Rartin Laugh-In" is a parody of popular TV show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.

Fly Flair (Table of Contents: 19)

A Madhouse Maddy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gus Lemoine
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Genre
humor
Synopsis
Flies argue what is the grooviest.

Name Game (Table of Contents: 20)

Zippy and the Zappers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Hartley
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Zippy and the Zappers
Synopsis
The Zappers refuse to play in Madison Square Garden.

Cycle Saga (Table of Contents: 21)

Pete and Pat / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gus Lemoine
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Pete; Pat
Synopsis
Pete and Pat contemplate trying cross-country racing because the chicks dig it.
Keywords
motorcycle racing

Bead Need (Table of Contents: 22)

Lippy the Hippy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gus Lemoine
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Lippy the Hippy
Synopsis
Zippy gets a necklace with an animal tooth in it.

Socket to Me (Table of Contents: 23)

A Madhouse Maddy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gus Lemoine
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Synopsis
At the Citrus Juice Discotheque, even the dancers are electric.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Hey man... I didn't order no massage!"]
  2. 1. The Broken Streak
    Stan the Deejay
  3. 2. Act Tact
    Lippy the Hippy
  4. 3. The Wet Set
    Clyde Didit
  5. 4. It's a Beast
    The Mad House Discotheque
  6. 5. The Adventures of Tigerboy
    Uniroyal; Tigerboy
  7. 6. People in the News!
    Mad House Presents
  8. 7. Tough Stuff
    Zippy and the Zappers
  9. 8. Light Delight
    Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch
  10. 9. Big Gig
    The Mad House Giant
  11. 10. ["Look! Flying Saucermen!"]
    A Mad House Maddy
  12. 11. [Archie Groovy Stationery Kit]
  13. 12. Sky Guy
    Zippy and the Zappers
  14. 13. ["Get in the groove for a giant fun-in!"]
    Archie Quarter Comics
  15. 14. Muddled Medallion
    Randy the Dandy
  16. 15. Door Chore
  17. 16. Scour Power
    Clyde Didit Presents
  18. 17. Leather Lunacy
    Zippy and the Zappers
  19. 18. Madison Ave. Goes Ape
  20. 19. Fly Flair
    A Madhouse Maddy
  21. 20. Name Game
    Zippy and the Zappers
  22. 21. Cycle Saga
    Pete and Pat
  23. 22. Bead Need
    Lippy the Hippy
  24. 23. Socket to Me
    A Madhouse Maddy
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Luke A.
  • Shad Z. Daly
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Edgar Loftin
  • Antonio Marques
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Mark Semich