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Issue: Madhouse Comics Digest #5
Publication Date: January 1979
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Issues: #5 of 8 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
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Indicia Publisher: Radio Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000690892
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 35 (34 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard US digest size
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Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Wild And Crazy

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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The Dream Team Scheme

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Captain Sprocket
Character(s): Captain Sprocket; Super Pizza Pie Man; Spray Man; Roller Surfboard Man; Doctor Flame (villain); The Shield; Fly-Man; The Black Hood; the Comet
Synopsis: When Captain Sprocket sees the Mighty Crusaders at a personal appearance, he decides to organize a super-group of his own.
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Pages: 7
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Making the Green Scene

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Samm Schwartz
Inker(s): Samm Schwartz
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Samm Schwartz
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Mad-House Glads
Character(s): 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.
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Guess Who Said

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Jughead Jones
Character(s): Jughead Jones (host)
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Pages: 1
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The Discovery of Doughnuts!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob White
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mr. Weatherbee Presents "Great moments in history"
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee (host); Jughead Jones; Clyde Diddit (mentioned); Laslo Sforz
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee recounts the story of how hole-seller Laslo Sforz created doughnuts by wrapping an Italian breadstick around one of his holes.
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The Power of the Press

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Stan Goldberg
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Mad-House Glads
Character(s): Fran the Fan; Dippy Didit; Dick Didit; Clyde Didit; Rod the Mod
Synopsis: A member of the mob attempts to bomb Clyde's apartment for writing exposés about the fixing of college sports. Later, Dick unknowingly hits the mobster with his car and takes him to his house until he comes to, where his conversation about how to cook a fish scares the mobster into thinking that he is going to die a gruesome death at the hands of the Glads.
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Dr. Bonehead's Boner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dr. Bonehead (villain)
Synopsis: Dr. Bonehead invents a formula that makes insects super-size, but gives them human intelligence. He plans to use them to commit crimes, but they have other ideas.
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[untitled]

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Orlando Busino
Inker(s): Orlando Busino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Orlando Busino
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad House Hall of Fame
Character(s): Twist Brothers; Gladys Globb; Skip Scallop; Bruce "The Bruiser" Rammer; Oswald Lovabuoy; Andy Kosign; Hank Sadsong
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Famous Females

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Orlando Busino
Inker(s): Orlando Busino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Orlando Busino
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad House History Dept.
Character(s): Abner Doubleday; Alexander Graham Bell; Ben Franklin; Robert Peary
Synopsis: A look at the (fictional) famous females behind historic happenings.
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Humpty Dumpty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Stan Goldberg
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Mad-House Glads
Character(s): Dippy Diddit; Clyde Diddit; Dick Diddit; Dan Diddit
Synopsis: A teenage retelling of Humpty Dumpty.
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Presenting the Itty-Bittiest Hero...

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Mighty Inch
Character(s): Mighty Inch; Union of Super Heroes; Green Terror (villain)
Synopsis: The other super-heroes make fun of the tiny Mighty Inch, but he's the one who defeats the Green Terror.
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If Teen Agers Formed a Union

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
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Pages: 3
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volume 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): George Gladir ?
Penciller(s): Orlando Busino
Inker(s): Orlando Busino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Orlando Busino
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Madhouse Encyclopedia
Character(s): Alexander the Great; Alfred the Great; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Includes entries on aardvarks, adaptation, air, airplanes, Alexander the Great, Alfred the Great, Archie the Great, and apes.
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The Cat and the Fiddle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Stan Goldberg
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Mad-House Glads
Character(s): Fran the Fan (host); Dippy Diddit; Clyde Diddit
Synopsis: A teenage retelling of The Cat and the Fiddle.
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Double or Nothing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gus Lemoine ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Mad-House Glads
Character(s): Fran the Fan; Dan Didit; Dick Didit
Synopsis: Dan takes Dick and Fran to a swinging singles' club.
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Pages: 10
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Wild West Days

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): George Gladir ?
Penciller(s): Orlando Busino
Inker(s): Orlando Busino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Orlando Busino
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Teenagers of the Past
Synopsis: A look at teen-agers in the frontier days.
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Monsters From Outer Space

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Orlando Busino
Inker(s): Orlando Busino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Orlando Busino
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A look at various monsters including the Six-Legged Venutians, female Saturnians, and the Brainy Kids of Jupiter.
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It Always Happens..

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Orlando Busino
Inker(s): Orlando Busino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Orlando Busino
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cyrus Glutton; Gloria Twirler; Jeremy Shaggymain; Ronda Wrightless
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Fire Ire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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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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I Dated a Monster

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
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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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Pages: 6
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Video Idiocy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Super Disguise
Character(s): Super Disguise; Super TV Repairman; Union of Super Good Guys
Synopsis: Super Disguise is invited to join the Union Of Super Good Guys, and his first assignment is to find out why Super TV Repairman is destroying TV sets.
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Pages: 7
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Everday Super Guys

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Kresse
Inker(s): Bill Kreese
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Kreese ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Super Janitor; Super Barber; Super Waiter; Super Parking Lot Attendent; Super Trading Stamp Man; Super Furniture Man; Super Shoeshine Boy; Super Germ (villain); Super Jaywalker (villain)
Synopsis: What would happen if everyday people were superheroes?
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Little Miss Muffet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Stan Goldberg
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Mad-House Glads
Character(s): Fran the Fan; Rod the Mod
Synopsis: A teenage retelling of Little Miss Muffet.
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Speck of Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Stan Goldberg
Inker(s): Henry Scarpelli
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Mad-House Glads
Character(s): Clyde Didit; Dan Didit; Mr. Didit; Fran the Fan
Synopsis: After complaining about the boys music, Mr. Didit decides to play around with some Beethoven but can't get anything right. He is on his last sheet of composing paper when his writing pen explodes onto his violin. He twangs the ink off the violin and it goes onto his last sheet of paper. The boys come home as Pops is calling it quits. They find the music (really a bunch of blots) and turn it into a big hit.
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Professor Nonuttin's Science Corner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Professor Nonuttin; Professor Seaweed; Professor Von Orbit; Clyde Diddit (heard, but not seen); A. Shookup
Synopsis: Various oddball science bits.
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Boxing Machine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Orlando Busino
Inker(s): Orlando Busino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Orlando Busino
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A pantomime gag in which a man fights an electronic boxing robot.
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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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The Invention of Kissing

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob White
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mr. Weatherbee Presents "Great moments in history"
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Louie; Blondie the Nurse; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: A look at Louie the Lip, who discovered kissing after he leaned in too far to show a nurse his lip injury.
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Pages: 4
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Stitch Pitch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Stanley (the tailor); Flame Man; Fish Man; Super Sewer Man; Super Sally; Dynamic Doll; Super Stretch; Mighty Inch (mention); Goliath Man
Synopsis: The problems of being a tailor for all the various types of super-heroes.
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Lester the Hipster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Chester and Lester
Character(s): 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.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credits from World of Archie Double Digest #16 reprint.
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Madhouse Sports and Games!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Gag panels illustrating old sayings as sports.
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Pages: 3
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It's Shocking

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Malmgren
Penciller(s): Samm Schwartz
Inker(s): Samm Schwartz
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Samm Schwartz
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Mad-House Glads
Character(s): Clyde Didit; Fran "the Fan" Frazier; Dippy Didit
Synopsis: Clyde teaches Fran to play chess.
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Whale of a Tale

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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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Capt. Sprocket Meets His Greatest Foe Dr. Neutron

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Captain Sprocket
Character(s): Captain Sprocket; Dr. Neutron (villain); Super Sally and her Gang [Super Sally; Super Steelman; Super Foot; Super Flame]
Synopsis: Capt. Sprocket meets his greatest foe Dr. Neutron. (Part 2) Dr. Neutron has Captain Sprocket ready to be sliced into ice cubes, but is interrupted by Super Sally and her gang of super-heroes.
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Pages: 14
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Clyde's Famous Last Words

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Samm Schwartz
Inker(s): Samm Schwartz
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Samm Schwartz
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad-House Glads
Character(s): 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.
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