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Issue: Archie's Madhouse Annual #3
Publication Date: January 1965
 
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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Indicia Publisher: Radio Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/01/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 29 (23 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
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched; Squarebound (#5 at least)
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Samm Schwartz
Samm Schwartz
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Samm Schwartz
Subject Matter
humorous
If your Telstar doesn't stop sending those awful TV commercials to our planet it could mean war!
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Dan DeCarlo
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Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
humorous
Monster Section Featuring Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch
Hilda the Witch; Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch; Salem (cat)
Look how Sabrina turns boys into toys!
The old witches don't understand why Sabrina attracts all the boys.
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Introduction to rest of section. Inside front cover.
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Presenting Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
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Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, teen
Sabrina; Salem; Della; Archie Andrews (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo)
Meet Sabrina, a sexy teen witch who lives a typical teen-age life -- except that her job is to hex her fellow teens. She introduces us to the rules of witchery: witches can't cry, can't sink when they're in the water, and if they ever fall in love, they lose their powers.
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First appearance of Sabrina, her cat Salem, and Della the Head Witch.

Much of this early version of Sabrina appears to be based on the play "Bell, Book and Candle" and the film version, starring Kim Novak. The rule about witches losing their powers if they fall in love and the inability of witches to cry (both of which were dropped in subsequent versions of Sabrina) were used in "Bell, Book and Candle," and Sabrina's cat Salem is similar to Pyewacket, the witch's familiar in "Bell, Book and Candle."

In the COMICS v10 #5 G. Gladir states that Sabrina was named after a woman he remembered from his teens who he later found out was actually named Sabra not Sabrina. He also states that he wrote all Sabrina and Hilda stories until Sabrina went to Saturday morning animation in 1969.
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Scare Your Fellow Monsters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
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Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, teen
Starchie [Archie Andrews] (cameo)
An advertisement for methods that monsters can use to scare each other.
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Snowboy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
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Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, teen
Hilda the Witch (host); Art Tick; Abe Ominable; Dagmar
A living snowman gets the cold shoulder from all the other teens until he falls in love with a warm-blooded girl.
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Hexy Pin-Ups

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
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Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, teen
Hilda; Ava
Hilda and Ava, the witches, fight each other by proxy.
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Go for Laughs and Adventures

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Harry Lucey
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Subject Matter
Around the World with Archie
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
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Promo for Around the World with Archie #35 with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with original art.
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Witch Pitch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick ?
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Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
humorous
Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch
Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch; Della the Head Witch; Salem (cat); Donald; Spots (leopard); Coach Richards
Della assigns Sabrina to put a hex on her school's hockey team. However, Sabrina notices one of the team's players is cute and unconsciously helps him score goals. Della is upset and decides to take the job of making the team lose the state championship herself. However, once Della sees the school's handsome coach, she changes her mind.
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Sabrina attends Baxter High. Della smokes a cigarette in a holder and the coach smokes a pipe at the game.
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Prize Size

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
humorous
Hilda the Witch (host)
A druggist asks a giant what size tube of toothpaste he wants.
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Monster Ads

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
humorous
Parody ads aimed at monsters: Belfrey Telephone System; Vile soap; Brand X cereal; New England Ghost Insurance.
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The Act

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Orlando Busino
Orlando Busino
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Orlando Busino
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, teen
A journalist is sent to interview a ventriloquist.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Bob White
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Subject Matter
humorous, science fiction
Outer Space Section
The Pink Martian
Whether you like to do your space traveling in a rocket...
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Have Typewriter Will Travel!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
humorous, science fiction
Bob Weber; Zexo
Bob Weber would give anything to be a successful science fiction writer, and he gets his wish when an alien from Venus drops by his house.
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Space Sports

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
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?
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, teen
Aliens try to go to a sci-fi movie.
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The Thought Machine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
humorous, science fiction
A professor entertains space travelers with a thought machine that converts energy into matter. The thought machine was invented long ago and the population eventually became so bored that it lost its will to live. The professor is the last one on the planet and when he gets bored his thought items disappear, leading to a twist ending.
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Almost a straight science fiction story.
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Animals From Outer Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
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?
Subject Matter
The Pink Martian (host)
Hybrid animals from other planets.
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The Law of Attraction

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
humorous, science fiction
The Pink Martian (host); Zena; Exena
Two girls from Pluto come to Earth to check out the boys. But their forward manner scares the boys off. They ask Earth girls the secret of their power over the boys.
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Bombs Away

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
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Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, teen
The Pink Martian (host)
Two aliens encounter a hideous weapon on earth.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Bob White
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Subject Matter
teen
Teen-Age Section
Lester Cool; Chester Square; Hilda the Witch
Cats 'n' chicks, let me introduce...
Lester uses Hilda's magic umbrella to make Chester disappear.
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The Time of Your Life Machine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Dan DeCarlo
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Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
humorous, science fiction, teen
Les Cool and Ches Square
Lester Cool; Chester Square; King Arthur
Les and Ches go back to 565 A.D. to learn how King Arthur and his knights really lived.
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Boys Are Such Funny Creatures!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Teen girls complain about the things boys do.
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Part one of three related sequences.
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Girls Are So Illogical!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Teen boys complain about the things girls do.
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Part two of three related sequences.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
And believe me - We teachers often have trouble trying to figure out both boys and girls!!
Teachers complain about both teen boys and girls.
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Part three of three related sequences.
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Big Rig

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
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Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, teen
Les Cool and Ches Square
Lester Cool; Chester Square
Les goes into a haunted house full of mouse traps.
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The Romances of Marcia the Mermaid

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
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Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, teen
Marcia Mermaid; Mark the Shark; Father Neptune; Max the Lifeguard; Scuba Dooba
The tale of Marcia, a mermaid who constantly falls in love with human teenage boys.
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Name Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
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Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, teen
Les n' Ches
Chester Square; Lester Cool
Chester can't get in a fancy restaurant, but Lester can.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Harry Lucey
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Subject Matter
Archie's Jokes
Archie Andrews
If you've been waiting for the biggest laugh bargain in comics...
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Promo for Archie's Jokes #33 with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, with original art.
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Go Modern Young Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, teen
A witch doctor's son comes back to Africa after studying in America.
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Inside back cover.
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The Giant of Them All Is Still the Greatest Buy in Comics!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Archie Annual
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Back cover. Promo for Archie Annual #17 with mail-in coupon. Premium is 1966 Archie Pin-Up calendar. Annual and calendar are depicted. Small head shots of the Archie gang are shown, which may be original or may be clip art.

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