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Issue: Archie's Madhouse #26
Publication Date: June 1963
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Issues: #26 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: 04/01/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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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
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Genres: humorous, science fiction
First Line: I get a kick out of these free earth movies!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Schwartz background joke has one of the cowboys on the movie screen using a slingshot instead of a gun.
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The Magazine With Walking Commercials

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Pink Martian; Lester Cool; Chester Square; Hilda the Witch
Synopsis: Characters wearing sandwich-signs identifying their section.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Teen-Age Section
Character(s): Lester Cool; Chester Square
First Line: Lester, do you have any suggestions for improving this section?
Synopsis: Chester drops suggestions in a box that are directed into a wastebasket.
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Pages: 1
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Jinx Minx

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch
Character(s): Sabrina the Teenage Witch; Tom; Hortense; Mary Jane
Synopsis: Sabrina sets her sights on finding a handsome boy at a dance, but all her magic misfires.
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Pages: 6
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Love Sick

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Les 'n' Ches
Character(s): Lester Cool; Chester Square
Synopsis: Chester can't get a date, so he fills out a computer form to find his perfect match.
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): It Just Seems That Way!
Character(s): Lester Cool (host); Chester Square (host)
First Line: The night before exams!
Synopsis: How the imagination makes things seem worse than they are: the night before exams; the cost of a date; the way your boyfriend looks at another girl; and playing hooky at the movies
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four one-panel cartoons
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Space Section
Character(s): The Pink Martian
First Line: Gee, Pinky - We don't have anywhere near this much snow on Earth!
Synopsis: When the Pink Martian points out to an Earth girl that it snows every day on Mars, she retorts that that's the reason why Martians give Earth gals snow jobs.
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Pages: 1
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The Ray Caper or "The Truth Can Be Uncouth"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Captain Sprocket; Thelma
Synopsis: Captain Sprocket is called upon when Plutonians land on Earth with their truth rays, which are causing all sorts of problems.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Sprocket's girlfriend in this story is Thelma. In later stories it's Doris.
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Planet Hopping

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): The Pink Martian
Character(s): The Pink Martian
Synopsis: The Pink Martian lands on a planet that fears Earth because they think its inhabitants are giants.
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Pages: 2.8
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Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1962

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1962. Average paid circulation for the previous 12 months was 247,461.
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Monster Section
Character(s): Hilda the Witch
First Line: I've found a new speedy way to mix my witches brew!
Synopsis: Hilda uses a cement mixer to mix her witches' brew.
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Pages: 1
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Pain-in-the-Brain Machine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Hilda the Witch (host); Professor Transistor; Joe; Janet
Synopsis: Joe and Janet, despite their previous misadventures with Professor Transistor's inventions, go to his laboratory to make Joe smart enough to pass his algebra exam. The Professor's brain machine raises his IQ from 90 to 9,000 and also increases the size of his head. Unfortunately the high intelligence turns out to be trouble and Joe returns to get the Professor to reverse the effect.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: In the opening panels, Joe and Janet discuss their troubles with a vitamin ray that made them four inches tall and a beauty lamp that made them invisible. However, the vitamin ray story from Archie's Mad House #21 featured Professor Sy Klops, not Professor Transistor.
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Boris Karlaff's Photo Album

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Boris Karlaff; Bela Fangosi; King Kong; Invisible Man; Cat Girl
Synopsis: A photo album of monster actor Boris Karlaff and his actor friends.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Boris Karlaff is a parody of Boris Karloff, who is caricatured in the first panel.
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Riding a Wave of Popularity!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica Summer Fun
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Betty and Veronica Summer Fun #23 with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with original art with a water-skiing theme.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad House Hall of Fame
Character(s): Babs Chatterbox; Courtney Puffhardt; Taboo Hunter
First Line: Babs Chatterbox; Courtney Puffhardt; Taboo Hunter
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Parody of Ripley's Believe It or Not.
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Order This! Get This Free!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Annual
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Promo for Archie Annual #15 with mail-in coupon. Premium is free 1964 Archie Pin-Up Calendar. Cover is depicted along with original art.

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