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Issue: Archie's Madhouse #25
Publication Date: April 1963
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Issues: #25 of 66 Issues (71 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/25/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagArchie: The Best of Dan DeCarlo #4 published October 2012 as Sister Sorceress [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Hurry! You're holding up flight #17!
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Pages: 1
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Welcome to Mt. Funmore

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Hilda the Witch; Lester Cool; Chester Square; The Pink Martian
Synopsis: Characters drawn in imitation of Mt. Rushmore.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Teen-Age Section
Character(s): Lester Cool (also as Super Cool); Chester Square (also as Super Square); Bess; Tess
First Line: What's keeping Les?
Synopsis: Les makes himself a superhero suit and also makes one for Ches.
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Pages: 1
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Sister Sorceress

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Feature(s): Sabrina the Teen-age Witch
Character(s): Sabrina; Della the Head Witch; Wanda DeMoola; Hal Flipp
Synopsis: Della the Head Witch gives Sabrina the assignment to hex Wanda DeMoola and break up her romance with Hal Flipp. What Della doesn't tell Sabrina is that Wanda is a witch, too, and the two girls use spells and potions against each other.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Archie: The Best of Dan DeCarlo (2010 series) #4 (October 2012).
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More Bounce to the Ounce

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Feature(s): Ronald the Rubber Boy
Character(s): Ronald the Rubber Boy (recap of origin); Gladys; The Smasher; Lester Cool (host); Chester Square (host)
Synopsis: The Smasher keeps bullying Ronald, who finally gets fed up and challenges him to a boxing match. In the ring, Ronald uses his stretching powers to outwit the Smasher.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Reference to the Bobby Vee song "Rubber Ball."
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): The Space Section
Character(s): The Pink Martian
First Line: Excellent, Space Cadet Martin!
Synopsis: A space cadet passes all the astronaut tests except being able to read a copy of Mad House.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Captain Sprocket (introduction); President John F. Kennedy (silhouette); Neptunia (villainess)
First Line: Introducing a fabulous new character--The Ace of Space...
Synopsis: The President calls on Captain Sprocket to defeat Neptunia, the girl from Venus, who is scouting the Earth for a possible invasion.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: First appearance of Captain Sprocket, who would become a recurring character in Madhouse. In this early appearance, he is more of a space adventurer than the superhero he would become as the 60s camp craze began.

Captain Sprocket mistakenly changes into The Jaguar's uniform at first. His costume in this story is red shirt and blue tights, with no cape.
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Space Dates!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): The Pink Martian (host)
Synopsis: The Pink Martian shows us the teens from other planets that may steal away our girlfriends.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The "Rubber Men from the planet Bounci-Bounci" have the same powers as Ronald the Rubber Boy in another story in this issue. Credits from the reprint in the World of Archie Double Digest #17 (June 2012).
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Moon Boon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): The Pink Martian (host); Hal; Nancy; Jimmy
Synopsis: Hal explains to Nancy that on the Moon, they only weigh about one-ninth of their normal weight. Nancy thinks that means she can overeat without gaining weight.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hilda's Monster Section
Character(s): Hilda the Witch; Sophia; Wontonia; Alibarbara; Sabrina the Teenage Witch
First Line: Vote now for Miss Universal Witch.
Synopsis: Hilda puts up a poster with four candidates for Miss Universal Witch of 1963.
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Pages: 1
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The Gold Bug

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Hilda the Witch (host); Professor Transistor; Alice (goose)
Synopsis: A failed experiment turns Professor Transistor into a human geiger counter, who is sensitive to the presence of gold.
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Pages: 6
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The Show Must Go On

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: All the characters on television shows take a break outside the TV set before returning inside when the TV is turned back on.
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Pages: 1
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Dig This Crazy Offer!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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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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Monsterland Stamps

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Hilda the Witch (host)
Synopsis: Postage stamp parody featuring monster-themed stamps.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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These Misses Are Hits!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica Spectacular
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Promo for Betty and Veronica Spectacular #21 with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with original art.

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