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Issue: Archie's Madhouse #44
Publication Date: December 1965
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Issues: #44 of 66 Issues (71 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/01/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob White
Inker(s): Bob White
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: I carry it around to let the boys know how I look back on earth!
Synopsis: A female astronaut carries around a pin-up poster of herself so everyone knows she has a figure under her spacesuit.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mad House Safety Rules!

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Kresse
Inker(s): Bill Kresse
Letterer(s): Bill Kresse
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Safety advice is dispensed on how to read Mad House without injuring yourself from laughter. Plus this month's features are listed.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Kresse
Inker(s): Bill Kresse
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Kresse
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Good Guy Section
Character(s): Captain Sprocket; The Sheriff; The Outlaw
First Line: How to tell a cowboy good guy from a cowboy bad guy!
Synopsis: The differences between heroes and villains are outlined.
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Pages: 1
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Agent 00 7/10

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Russ Jones
Inker(s): Russ Jones
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Agent 00 7/10; The Chief; Miss Pennymoney; Dr. Glop; Zartan
Synopsis: Agent 00 7/10 is sent to the jungle to break up Dr. Glop's plot to take over America with an army of super-intelligent gorillas.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: A parody of the James Bond films. Caricatures of Sean Connery and Bernard Lee. Art on first two pages looks different one than the rest of the story, suggesting that Jones might have had help on the last pages.
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The Last Word

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards ?
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Computer Programmer; The Lab Chief
Synopsis: A computer programmer develops the ultimate computer.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Bark Lark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Kresse
Inker(s): Bill Kresse
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Kresse
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Captain Sprocket
Character(s): Captain Sprocket; The Dog; The Mailman; The Old Lady; The Cop
Synopsis: Captain Sprocket battles a bulldog terrorizing mailmen all over the city.
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Pages: 2
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The Best Buys in Comics!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Giant Series
Character(s): Archie Andrews
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Giant Series comics (listed here as "Archie Quarter Comics") with mail-in coupon for ordering individual issues. Issues available are Archie Annual #17, Archie's Christmas Stocking #137, Archie's Jokes #33, Little Archie #36, Betty and Veronica Spectacular #32, The World of Jughead #136, Betty and Veronica Summer Fun #34, Around the World with Archie #35, Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #34, and Archie's Madhouse Annual #3. Small monochrome versions of the covers are depicted.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Kresse
Inker(s): Bill Kresse
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Kresse
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad House Bad Guy Section
First Line: Dear readers, you are cordially invited to boo and hiss our nasty villains!
Synopsis: Readers are invited to boo and hiss the villains in the up-coming stories.
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Pages: 1
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Bird Monster From Outer Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Russ Jones
Inker(s): Russ Jones
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Bird Monster; Professor Vogel; Clyde Diddit (mentioned)
Synopsis: An alien bird humanoid lands on Earth and quickly runs afoul of Earth laws and customs.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The art for this story features numerous swipes from Wally Wood's EC classic "Superduperman". It also features caricatures of actors Sean Connery, Gert Frobe and Robert Vaughan in bit parts, as well as comic strip characters Dick Tracy, The Mole and Rip Kirby. The artist, Russ Jones, also did at least the first two pages of Agent 00 7/10 in this issue.
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Fab Lab

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): Bill Kresse
Inker(s): Bill Kresse
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Kresse
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Scientist; His Assistant; The Teen
Synopsis: A renegade scientist uses a radical procedure on a teenager.
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Pages: 1
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Shrink Drink

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): Bill Kresse
Inker(s): Bill Kresse
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Kresse
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): A Mad House Maddy
Synopsis: A scientist creates a health formula with a drastic side-effect.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Three vertical panels.
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Tank Crank

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): Bill Kresse
Inker(s): Bill Kresse
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Kresse
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): A Mad House Maddy
Synopsis: Two robot aliens mistake a gas pump for an Earth inhabitant.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Three vertical panels.
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Earth Mirth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Two aliens mistake a beehive for the home of Earth's dominant species.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Modern Art

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: In a modern art gallery, a man pounds a nail into the wall, then frames it.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime story.
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I Dated a Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Beatrice; Blobko; Skurka; Clyde Diddit (mentioned)
Synopsis: A beautiful teenage girl throws herself at an indifferent hideous monster.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: A parody of romance comics. The girl talks to the readers in the final panel.
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Fire Ire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): Bill Kresse
Inker(s): Bill Kresse
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Kresse
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A race of mole men from beneath the Earth have their surface invasion thwarted.
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Pages: 1
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Archie Says...Get This Raincoat Free!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Comics
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for subscriptions to Archie comics with mail-in coupon. Ten issues for $1.00 with premium of clear plastic raincoat with each subscription.
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Mars Farce

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): Bill Kresse
Inker(s): Bill Kresse
Letterer(s): Bill Kresse
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Zububu; Moogoola
Synopsis: A Martian male romances a Martian female.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Dig This Crazy Offer!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for subscriptions to Archie's Pals 'n' Gals with mail-in coupon. Four issues for $1.00 with one free bonus issue. No covers depicted, all original art

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