(1971-72)
Archie,
1970 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Once a year
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Radio Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- John Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)
Shrink Fink
comic story / 6 pages
- Characters
- Hector Zap
- Synopsis
- An appliance repairman shrinks his workers to fix his electronics -- and shave his beard.
- Reprints
-
in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #2 (1976-77)
-
Jest For Laughs
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #60 (April 1968)
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Indexer Notes
Several illustrated jokes. The first is "When is a train like a detective?"
Vain Brain
Captain Sprocket / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joe Edwards
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero; humor
- Characters
- Captain Sprocket; Blips
- Synopsis
- Captain Sprocket battles a criminal computer.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #61 (June 1968)
-
- Keywords
- computer; paper route; psychology
Indexer Notes
Background store is named "Victor's Hippie Shop", likely a reference to Victor Gorelick.
The Squawking Squawkums
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Big Eagle; Hip Lip; Blips
- Synopsis
- Hip Lip helps the Squawkum tribe deal with their problems.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #60 (April 1968)
-
- Keywords
- American Indians; US Cavalry
The Space Cleanup Man
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Chester Quigly; Myrtle; Dr. Varlet; Blips
- Synopsis
- A space sanitation man saves the Earth from an evil villain using a giant magnifying glass to melt the Earth's ice caps.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #61 (June 1968)
-
- Keywords
- flooding; magnifying glass; melting ice caps; satellites; space junk
Fright Fight
Mad House Presents / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Synopsis
- Aliens land on Earth but their flying saucers are being destroyed.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #62 (August 1968)
-
- Keywords
- flying saucers; miniature aliens; park
Sky Guy Awry
Cowboy Jones / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cowboy Jones; Blips
- Synopsis
- Cowboy Jones captures two pilots...unfortunately, they are friendly pilots, not from the enemy.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #60 (April 1968)
-
- Keywords
- biplane; World War I
The Dandy Dolphin
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mike; Dan; Ev Sullenpan; Blips
- Synopsis
- Dan becomes nationally famous with his trained dolphin Mike, but when Dan falls in love with a girl, Mike is heartbroken -- because Mike is a girl, too.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #60 (April 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
dolphin
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Imagine finding the only flying space carpet in Baghdad!"]
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1.
Shrink Fink
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2.
Jest For Laughs
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3.
Vain Brain
Captain Sprocket -
4.
["Get in the groove for a giant fun-in!"]
Archie Quarter Comics -
5.
The Squawking Squawkums
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6.
The Space Cleanup Man
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7.
Fright Fight
Mad House Presents -
8.
["Here's a bag that is up for grabs!"]
Archie's Giant Grab Bag -
9.
Sky Guy Awry
Cowboy Jones -
10.
["Hi, kids! Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, N.J."]
Archie; Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
11.
The Dandy Dolphin
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- Luke A.
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
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