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Issue: Archie's Madhouse #11
Publication Date: April 1961
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Issues: #11 of 66 Issues (71 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/12/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 22 (19 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
First Line: Who needs a man in space? Anyone who reads Mad House is out of this world already!
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It Always Happens

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead Observes
Character(s): Jughead Jones (host)
Synopsis: Things that work in one situation, but don't in another.
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Small Small World

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews (host)
Synopsis: Problems for teens in other countries: Scotland, Congo, North Pole, India, China, Iraq, and South Sea.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Two-panel gags for each country.
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Lights! Camera! Action!

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Director Otto von Jughead [Jughead Jones] (host); Elvis Rockmore
Synopsis: Otto von Jughead shows us how action star Elvis Rockmore is saved from missing a trapeze, being thrown off a cliff, meeting a bear, and meeting a vampire.
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Disclose Notes: four two-panel gags.
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The Madhouse Hall of Fame

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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie Presents
Character(s): Phoebe Fobia; Sam Ballringer; Ned Anderthal; Hortense Hephzibah; Courtney Shakedown; Barbara Sidesaddle; Joe Burpwell; Basil Espresso
Synopsis: A series of one-panel gags.
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Pages: 2
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Letters from Moosie

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Moose Mason
Synopsis: Moose writes letters to various people including Archie and the President of the United States.
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Don't Let This Happen to You!

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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Ad for "Alibi Anonymous Bulletins" magazine, with ready-made alibis for various situations.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Various art styles. Story appears to be comprised of paste-ups from various older comics.
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It Always Happens

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Veronica Says
Character(s): Veronica Lodge (host)
Synopsis: Girl's friend dishes dirt on the girl's boyfriend, then grabs him one the rebound. Double-daters have to cruise around until they find a movie the backseat couple hasn't seen. But then those two don't watch the movie.
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Disclose Notes: Two two-panel gags.
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Art for Art's Ache!

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jughead Dipsy Doodles
Character(s): Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Jughead paints an abstract painting of a female, who falls in love with him.
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Disclose Notes: Mostly black and white with color on the painting only.
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Teen-Age Olympics

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Madhouse Presents
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Various teen-oriented events: telephone marathon, making-school-on-time steeplechase, Ice box raid, canoe date contest, kissing free-style, bringing-date-home-on-time dash, and rock 'n' roll weight lift.
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CARtoons

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Genres: humorous
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Disclose Notes: Six pantomime cartoons involving automobiles and trucks.
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Mad House's Tie Talk

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, informational
Feature(s): Archie Says
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Jughead demonstrates the various ways to wear a necktie. Also two gags involving Betty and Veronica.
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Disclose Notes: Jughead reads a copy of Archie Comics in one panel.
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1000 Genuine, Assorted Quiz Answers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dilton Says
Character(s): Dilton Doiley (host); Clyde Diddit (mentioned)
Synopsis: Advertising parody selling a box of quiz answers. No questions, just the answers.
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Nasty Suspicions

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews (host); Veronica Lodge (host)
Synopsis: Boys and girls wonder if the things the opposite sex do are intentional. Also suspicions about test questions, TV westerns, dress designers, umpires, and what parents suspect about their children.
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Date-Marker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Betty Says
Character(s): Betty Cooper (host); Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Advertising parody about a rubber stamp for girls to label "Mine" on the foreheads of their boyfriends.
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How to Improve TV

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jughead's Dept. of Culture
Character(s): Jughead Jones (host)
Synopsis: Ideas on how to improve westerns, baseball, weather reports, game shows, and horror shows.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Five two-panel gags.
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Mad House Museum

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Madhouse Culture Corner
Character(s): Abraham Lincoln; Sir Isaac Newton; Cleopatra, Benjamin Franklin; Julius Caesar; Thomas Edison; Clyde Diddit (mentioned)
Synopsis: Items that could have been linked to historical figures.
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Classroom Phones!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Mad House School Improvement Department Presents
Synopsis: What school would be like if each desk had a telephone and each classroom was monitored by closed-circuit television.
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The Invention of Comic Books

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mr. Weatherbee Presents Great Moments in History
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee (host) ; Robert Bobwhite; Archie Andrews (cameo, comic strip); Veronica Lodge (cameo, comic strip); Betty Cooper (cameo, comic strip); Jughead Jones (cameo, comic strip); Miss Grundy (cameo, comic strip)
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee recounts how Robert Bobwhite invented comic books.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Robert Bobwhite, a caveman, "chisels" six panels of an Archie story on the wall of a cave. The panels are from the story "The Weak Point" from Archie's Pal Jughead #68 (January 1961). Robert Bobwhite is a reference to artist Bob White. Mr. Weatherbee is reading a copy of Pep #145 in the splash panel, with the cover shown.
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Take This Free Gift

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
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Disclose Notes: Promo for subscriptions to Archie's Pals 'n' Gals with mail-in coupon. One year subscription for $1.00 with premium of three ball-point pens.
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Guess Which One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Veronica Says
Character(s): Veronica Lodge (host)
Synopsis: Guess which one is going to be given a quarter to leave the room, borrowed his brother's tux, just found out his date's father hates rock 'n' roll, and just fell in love for the first time.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Four one-panel gags.
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Here They Are! The Big Books in the New Archie Giant Series!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Archie Giant Series
Character(s): Archie Andrews
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Promo for Archie Giant Series comics with mail-in coupon for ordering individual issues for 25 cents each. Issues available are Archie Annual #12, Betty and Veronica Summer Fun #8, Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #15, Katy Keene Holiday Fun #7, World of Jughead #9, Katy Keene Pin-Up Parade #13, and Archie's Christmas Stocking #10.

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