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Issue: Archie's Madhouse #22
Publication Date: October 1962
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Issues: #22 of 66 Issues (71 Printings)
Title:
Variant: 12¢ Cover Price
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: 07/30/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: This issue introduced Sabrina the Teen-Age witch, created by Dan DeCarlo and George Gladir. She would make intermittent appearances in "Mad House" throughout the decade, finally getting her own comic in the early '70s after Filmation turned her into a Saturday morning cartoon.
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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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie's Mad House
First Line: Can't you read the sign?
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Hilda the Witch; Chester Square; Lester Cool; The Pink Martian
First Line: Have you seen the new TV show featuring skin-diving witches?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Two cartoons.
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Presenting Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Character(s): Sabrina; Salem; Della; Archie Andrews (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo)
Synopsis: 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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In Content Item: FlagMadhouse Comics Digest #1 published January 1975
as Sabrina The Teen-Age Witch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSabrina's Halloween Spooktacular #1 [Direct] published January 1993
as Presenting Sabrina, the Teen-age Witch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Archie Comics #[1] [unnamed variant] published August 2011
as Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagArchie: The Best of Dan DeCarlo #4 published October 2012
as Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagChilling Adventures of Sabrina #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2014
as Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: 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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Name Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Feature(s): Les n' Ches
Character(s): Chester Square; Lester Cool
Synopsis: Chester can't get in a fancy restaurant, but Lester can.
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In Content Item: FlagMadhouse Comics Digest #1 published January 1975
as Name Game [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Big Rig

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Feature(s): Les Cool and Ches Square
Character(s): Lester Cool; Chester Square
Synopsis: Les goes into a haunted house full of mouse traps.
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In Content Item: FlagMadhouse Comics Digest #1 published January 1975
as Big Rig [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Scare Your Fellow Monsters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Character(s): Starchie [Archie Andrews] (cameo)
Synopsis: An advertisement for methods that monsters can use to scare each other.
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Pages: 2
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A Funny Thing About Monsters...

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Frankenstein's Monster
Synopsis: Article about the definition of monsters, ranging from dinosaurs to Frankenstein's monster.
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In Content Item: FlagJughead with Archie Digest #46 published September 1981
as A Funny Thing About Monsters... [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text with 1/3 page illustration.
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Dig This Crazy Offer!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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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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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for subscriptions to Archie's Pals 'n' Gals, with mail-in coupon. Four issues for $1.00 plus a free bonus issue.
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The Romances of Marcia the Mermaid

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Character(s): Marcia Mermaid; Mark the Shark; Father Neptune; Max the Lifeguard; Scuba Dooba
Synopsis: The tale of Marcia, a mermaid who constantly falls in love with human teenage boys.
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In Content Item: FlagMadhouse Comics Digest #1 published January 1975
as The Romances Of Marcia The Mermaid [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Act

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Synopsis: A journalist is sent to interview a ventriloquist.
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Pages: 3
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Your Money Buys More When You Buy Archie Giant Series Magazines

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Giant Series Magazines
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Giant Series Magazines (also called Archie Quarter Comics) with mail-in coupon for ordering individual issues. Issues are Archie Annual #14, Betty and Veronica Summer Fun #18, The World of Jughead #19, Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #22, Archie's Jokes #17, Little Archie #23, Betty and Veronica Spectacular #16, Archie's Christmas Stocking #20, and Archie's Madhouse Annual #1. Covers of some issues are depicted in monochrome color.
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Hexy Pin-Ups

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Character(s): Hilda; Ava
Synopsis: Hilda and Ava, the witches, fight each other by proxy.
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In Content Item: FlagMadhouse Comics Digest #1 published January 1975
as Hexy Pin-Ups [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Bombs Away

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Character(s): The Pink Martian (host)
Synopsis: Two aliens encounter a hideous weapon on earth.
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In Content Item: FlagMadhouse Comics Digest #1 published January 1975
as Bombs Away [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Animals From Outer Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Pink Martian (host)
Synopsis: Hybrid animals from other planets.
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In Issue: FlagMadhouse Comics Digest #2 published January 1976
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Space Sports

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Synopsis: Aliens try to go to a sci-fi movie.
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In Issue: FlagMadhouse Comics Digest #2 published January 1976
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Pages: 1
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Go Modern Young Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Synopsis: A witch doctor's son comes back to Africa after studying in America.
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Pages: 1
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Snowboy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Character(s): Hilda the Witch (host); Art Tick; Abe Ominable; Dagmar
Synopsis: 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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In Issue: FlagTales from Riverdale Digest #10 [Direct Edition] published June 2006
In Content Item: FlagMadhouse Comics Digest #1 published January 1975
as Snowboy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Happy Endings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Synopsis: In answer to complaints about the lack of happy endings in this comic, four panels with generic happy endings.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Wanted!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jughead Jones
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Promo for The World of Jughead #19 with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with a "Wanted" poster of "Forsythe P. (alias Jughead) Jones."

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