(1964-5 edition)
Archie,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Once a year
- On-sale Date
- 1964-10-01
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Radio Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
![Cover Thumbnail for Archie's Madhouse Annual (1962 series) #2 [Canadian]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/913/w100/913331.jpg?7131802825885338723)
A Mild Child
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A monster couple consults a child psychologist because their small son is too normal.
- Reprints
-
from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #20 (July 1962)
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- Keywords
- child psychologist
The Son of Dr. Jerkyll
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hilda the Witch (host); Son of Dr. Jerkyll
- Synopsis
- The son of Dr. Jerkyll continues his father's experiments and turns into rock star Melvin Preston. After a close escape with autograph hunters, he decides to change his features to Eliot Mess, the FBI agent. That doesn't work either, because gangs target him. He tries an antidote, but forgets to dilute it and ends up in an even worse predicament.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #21 (September 1962)
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- Keywords
- autograph hunters; gangs; machine guns; potions; rock star
Indexer Notes
Melvin Preston is a parody of Elvis Presley and Eliot Mess is a parody of Elliot Ness. Credits from World of Archie Double Digest #16 reprint.
Debutante Twist
Lester Cool and Chester Square / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Lester Cool; Chester Square; Brenda Van Loot
- Synopsis
- Chester spends a fortune trying to impress rich girl Brenda Van Loot, but fails. Lester is broke, so when he dates Brenda he does it on the cheap and Brenda is impressed by the novelty.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #21 (September 1962)
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- Keywords
- carrier pigeon; city dump; hot dogs; opera; pheasant; playground; scooter; twist
Indexer Notes
Credits from World of Archie Double Digest #16 reprint.
The Uncharted Planet!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- The Pink Martian Man (host)
- Synopsis
- Two space travelers arrive on an uncharted planet and are amazed that inanimate objects come to life there. Their spaceship refuses to leave because he likes it there.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #20 (July 1962)
-
- Keywords
- cigarettes; dump truck; spacemen; steam shovel; television; uncharted planet
Indexer Notes
The space travelers' uniforms are very similar to Adam Strange's in design and color, including the eagle crest on the forehead. A dump truck exclaims "For Krypton's sake!"
[no title indexed]
Archie's Jokes / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tired? (Of the Brand X product?)
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Archie's Jokes #27 in the style of a drug advertisement.
The Son of Dr. Jerkyll
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hilda the Witch (host); Son of Dr. Jerkyll
- Synopsis
- The son of Dr. Jerkyll continues his father's experiments and turns into rock star Melvin Preston. After a close escape with autograph hunters, he decides to change his features to Eliot Mess, the FBI agent. That doesn't work either, because gangs target him. He tries an antidote, but forgets to dilute it and ends up in an even worse predicament.
- Keywords
- autograph hunters; gangs; machine guns; potions; rock star
Indexer Notes
Melvin Preston is a parody of Elvis Presley and Eliot Mess is a parody of Elliot Ness. Credits from World of Archie Double Digest #16 reprint.
Dr. Sy Klops
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Hilda the Witch (host); Professor Sy Klops; Joe; Janet
- Synopsis
- Professor Klops tests a vitamin ray on teens Joe and Janet, but it shrinks them instead. The teens find some advantages to being small, but also some dangers.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #21 (September 1962)
-
- Keywords
- enlarging ray; mosquito; shrinking ray; spider
Indexer Notes
The character is called Professor Klops everywhere except in the title logo. The Professor is a cyclops with one eye.
The Nosey Photographer
Hilda the Witch / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Hilda the Witch; The Cat Girl; The Creature from the Lagoon; The Fly; The Mole Man; The Spider Man; The Phantom of the Opera; Dr. Cyclops; The "Thing"
- Synopsis
- Hilda asks "How do you like being a monster in Hollywood?" and each monster replies.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #20 (July 1962)
-
- Keywords
- Hollywood; monster; movies
Indexer Notes
"The Spider Man" shown here actually looks like a spider with a human face. The cover date of this issue is one month before the cover date of Marvel's Spider-Man debute in Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 series) #15 (August, 1962).
[no title indexed]
Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get my new lucky piece...free!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
I Was an Exiled Monster!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ergu
- Synopsis
- Ergo is exiled from his home planet for being Double Ugly and travels the solar system looking for a new home.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #23 (December 1962)
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Video Wonderland
Les 'n' Ches / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Lester Cool; Chester Square; Mr. Cool
- Synopsis
- Les 'n' Ches climb into their television set and find themselves in the middle of Westerns, commercials, medical shows, and sci-fi shows.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #23 (December 1962)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here it is!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Professor Flutesnoot; Mrs. Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Mr. Lodge; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
The Rat Race For Space!
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Pink Martian Man; Johnny; unnamed girl; Archie Andrews (cameo, on future television); Veronica Lodge (cameo, on future television)
- Synopsis
- A young boy and girl ask the Pink Martian Man to take them to 2062 because 1964 is too boring. The kids imagine the advantages of the future, but the Martian reminds them that school will be much harder. The kids decide to stay home.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #20 (July 1962) [Reference to 1962 re-lettered to read 1964. ]
-
- Keywords
- fish bowl; future; homework; robots; space helmet; wrist telephones
Indexer Notes
One of the future inventions is a wrist phone. Credits from reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #17.
The Prime Time Machine
Hilda the Witch Presents / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Hilda the Witch (host); The Genius Monster; Gustav (monster assistant)
- Synopsis
- The Genius Monster invents a time machine, but his assistant is more interested in eating chocolate cake.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #20 (July 1962) [Some, but not all, references to 1962 are re-lettered to read 1964. ]
-
- Keywords
- 2062; chocolate cake; future; rockets; stock market; time machine
Indexer Notes
Credits from reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #17.
King Kongo Lets His Hair Down!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- King Kongo
- Synopsis
- King Kongo thinks the Statue of Liberty is his girlfriend.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #23 (December 1962)
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The Gabooza
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- The Pink Martian (host); Perkins; Donald (his son)
- Synopsis
- Perkins brings home a Neptunian Gabooza for his son with an insatiable appetite for pizza.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #23 (December 1962)
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Lester the Hipster
Lester Cool and Chester Square / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Lester Cool; Chester Square
- Synopsis
- Martians capture Lester and show him all their latest weapons. Instead of being frightened, Lester thinks the weapons would be useful on Earth. The Martians decide Earth people are too crazy to be frightened and call off their invasion.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #21 (September 1962)
-
- Keywords
- aliens; caterpillar; flying saucer; freezing gun; growth ray; ice cream; Martians; robot; shrinking ray; skin diving; Twist
Indexer Notes
Reference to Chubby Checker and the Twist. Credits from World of Archie Double Digest #16 reprint.
Professor Transistor
Hilda's Mad Lab Section / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hilda the Witch (host); Professor Transistor; Archie Andrews (cameo); Jughead Jones (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Professor Transistor shows off the robots he invented.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #23 (December 1962)
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An Eye Full
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Hal
- Synopsis
- Hal has a blind date from Jupiter lined up for his pal. He promises that this one doesn't have four eyes like the girl from Mars or three eyes like the girl from Saturn. It turns out her two eyes are stacked, not side by side.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #20 (July 1962)
-
- Keywords
- alien; blind date; eyes; Jupiter; Mars; Saturn
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[No Fishing]
-
1.
A Mild Child
-
2.
The Son of Dr. Jerkyll
-
3.
Debutante Twist
Lester Cool and Chester Square -
4.
The Uncharted Planet!
-
5.
["Tired? (Of the Brand X product?)"]
Archie's Jokes -
6.
The Son of Dr. Jerkyll
-
7.
Dr. Sy Klops
-
8.
The Nosey Photographer
Hilda the Witch -
9.
["Get my new lucky piece...free!"]
Archie -
10.
I Was an Exiled Monster!
-
11.
Video Wonderland
Les 'n' Ches -
12.
["Here it is!"]
Archie Annual -
13.
The Rat Race For Space!
-
14.
The Prime Time Machine
Hilda the Witch Presents -
15.
King Kongo Lets His Hair Down!
-
16.
The Gabooza
-
17.
Lester the Hipster
Lester Cool and Chester Square -
18.
Professor Transistor
Hilda's Mad Lab Section -
19.
An Eye Full
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20.
["Dig this crazy offer!"]
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
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- Luke A.
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Jonathan Sari
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