(September 1973)
Archie,
1970 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- 5 times a year in Feb., May, Aug., Sept., and Nov.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Enterprises Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- John Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)
Good Neighbor Clyde
Mad House Glads / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dan Diddit; Clyde Diddit; Dick Diddit
- Synopsis
- Clyde decides to tell off some rowdy neighbors that are preventing him from getting to sleep, only to find that the neighbors are attractive girls.
Dippy Diddit Recites Humpty Dumpty
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dippy Diddit; Clyde Diddit; Dick Diddit; Dan Diddit
- Synopsis
- A teenage retelling of Humpty Dumpty.
- Reprints
-
in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #5 (1979 - 1980)
-
A Dress for All Seasons
Fran's Fashion Fads / comic story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Fran the Fan; Clyde Diddit; Dan Diddit
- Synopsis
- Fran creates a maxie midi mini mod dress.
Hear Today Gone Tomorrow
Mad House Glads; Danny Diddit / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dan Diddit; Mr. Diddit
- Synopsis
- Dan and his father can't hear each other, but for different reasons.
Madhouse Beauty Tips
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Humorous tips of advice for things such as walking properly, sitting properly, and dental care.
The Cat and the Fiddle as Told by Fran
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Fran the Fan (host); Dippy Diddit; Clyde Diddit
- Synopsis
- A teenage retelling of The Cat and the Fiddle.
- Reprints
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #5 (1979 - 1980)
-
The Gentleman
Rod the Mod / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Rod the Mod; Fran the Fan
- Synopsis
- Rod tells Fran that it's time to leave the party.
Danny Diddit Explains What Groovy Is...
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dan Diddit; Fran the Fan
Now Hair This
Fran the Fan / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fran the Fan; Clyde Diddit
- Synopsis
- Fran takes pride in her hair, until she dances.
[no title indexed]
Archie Quarter Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get in the groove for a giant fun-in!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Archie Quarter Comics. Contains an order blank and the logos of the 20 titles.
Making the Teen Scene
Danny Diddit / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dan Diddit; Mr. Diddit
- Synopsis
- Mr. Diddit gets excited when Dan shows interest in fixing something.
Fran and Dippy Present Their T.V. Version of "Flake Off" with Wildman Cream Oil
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; sports; teen
- Characters
- Fran the Fan; Dippy Diddit; Clyde Diddit
- Synopsis
- Fran and Dippy present a satirical advertisement for hair cream oil.
Not So Stupid Establishment
Fran the Fan / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fran the Fan; Clyde Diddit
- Synopsis
- Clyde shows Fran how people used to dance.
Little Miss Muffet Recited by Clyde Diddit
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fran the Fan; Rod the Mod
- Synopsis
- A teenage retelling of Little Miss Muffet.
- Reprints
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #5 (1979 - 1980)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie Comics Digest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 160 pages of stories and fun in Archie's very first full color comics digest!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Big Ethel Muggs; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Li'l Jinx
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Archie Comics Digest #1 (advertised without a number). Contains an order blank, a paste-up of the cover, and original art with the heads of the gang.
Making the Green Scene
The Mad House Glads Present / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Rod the Mod; Fran the Fan; Dippy Diddit; Clyde Diddit (host); Dan Diddit (host); Dick Diddit (host)
- Synopsis
- The Glads present a satirical mouthwash commercial.
- Reprints
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #5 (1979 - 1980)
-
Fancy Stepping
Fran / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fran the Fan
- Synopsis
- Fran and her boyfriend make out at a dance.
Clyde's Famous Last Words
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Clyde Diddit; Fran the Fan
- Synopsis
- Clyde says he can go another 25 miles with the gas gauge needle on empty...and finds himself walking for gas.
- Reprints
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #5 (1979 - 1980)
-
Hair Today Gone Tomorrow
The Mad House Glads / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Clyde Diddit; Dippy Diddit; Mr. Diddit; Uncle Charlie
- Synopsis
- Clyde and Dippy look at their father's yearbook and laugh at the hairstyles of the past.
Togetherness
Danny Diddit / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dan Diddit; Fran the Fan
- Synopsis
- Dan and Fran dance together.
Alex-A-Auntie and His Caramba Coffee
Rod the Mod Presents / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody; teen
- Characters
- Alex-A-Auntie; Dick Diddit; Dippy Diddit; Fran the Fan
- Synopsis
- A satirical version of a coffee commercial.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Okay, so don't straighten up your room, Danny, leave it as a historical example of the way we used to live in the twentieth century!"]
-
1.
Good Neighbor Clyde
Mad House Glads -
2.
Dippy Diddit Recites Humpty Dumpty
-
3.
A Dress for All Seasons
Fran's Fashion Fads -
4.
Hear Today Gone Tomorrow
Mad House Glads; Danny Diddit -
5.
Madhouse Beauty Tips
-
6.
The Cat and the Fiddle as Told by Fran
-
7.
The Gentleman
Rod the Mod -
8.
Brain Strain
Li'l Jinx -
9.
Danny Diddit Explains What Groovy Is...
-
10.
Danny Diddit Explains What Uptight Is...
-
11.
Now Hair This
Fran the Fan -
12.
["Get in the groove for a giant fun-in!"]
Archie Quarter Comics -
13.
Making the Teen Scene
Danny Diddit -
14.
Fran and Dippy Present Their T.V. Version of "Flake Off" with Wildman Cream Oil
-
15.
Not So Stupid Establishment
Fran the Fan -
16.
Little Miss Muffet Recited by Clyde Diddit
-
17.
Questionable
Li'l Jinx -
18.
["160 pages of stories and fun in Archie's very first full color comics digest!"]
Archie Comics Digest -
19.
Making the Green Scene
The Mad House Glads Present -
20.
Fancy Stepping
Fran -
21.
Clyde's Famous Last Words
-
22.
Hair Today Gone Tomorrow
The Mad House Glads -
23.
Togetherness
Danny Diddit -
24.
Alex-A-Auntie and His Caramba Coffee
Rod the Mod Presents -
25.
Grown-Oops!
Li'l Jinx -
26.
Dear Fran the Fan
Fran -
27.
Help Wanted
Mad House Glads
This issue was modified by, among others
- Luke A.
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are
copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.