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Issue: Archie's Madhouse #40
Publication Date: June 1965
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Issues: #40 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: 04/01/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (11 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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Assets2
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Inker(s): ? (border)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ? (border)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Captain Sprocket; Clyde Didit
First Line: What do we do now, Captain Sprocket?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Scene from interior story "Jungle Bungle."
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Special Drippy Issue

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Mostly a parody of TV headache relief commercials. Essentially the same joke as last issue's table of contents. Art previously thought to be by Orlando Busino.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Good Guy Section
Character(s): Captain Sprocket
First Line: Only Mad House super heroes contain super detergent power!
Synopsis: Parody of TV laundry soap commercials.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Small corner parody of Lawrence Welk and his bubble machine.
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Super Disguise vs. Super Market Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Super Disguise
Character(s): Super Disguise; Super Market Man
Synopsis: Super Disguise has to battle a villain that can change his body into any object found in a super market. So far, Super Market Man is winning.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Part one of a continued story. P&A supermarket is a parody of A&P.
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Read Carefully

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Synopsis: An astronaut has a long list of instructions to read when fire breaks out on his spaceship.
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Pages: 1
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Jungle Bungle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Captain Sprocket; Hector the Spector; Zartan the Gorilla Man; Professor Jaxon
Synopsis: Captain Sprocket escorts Professor Jaxon's daughter through the jungle to find her father.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Sprocket runs into Hector the Spectre (a parody of The Phantom) and Zartan the Gorilla Man (a parody of Tarzan).
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Dig This Crazy Offer!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
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 one bonus issue free.
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A Frightful Dinner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A traveler in Transylvania finds the only card a restaurant will accept is his blood donor's card.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The restaurant is run by Dracula and Frankenstein's monster.
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Rain Check

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: When it rains, a swami finds his flying carpet makes a good umbrella.
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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
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bad Guy Section
First Line: Mad House super villains have 83% fewer cavities...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody of the Crest "My group had fewer cavities" TV commercial.
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Captain Shark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Captain Shark (villain); Union of Super Heroes; Captain Sprocket; Diver Jiver; Porpoise Man; Water Beetle Man
Synopsis: Water Beetle Man uses his brains to capture Captain Shark.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Art previously thought to be Samm Schwartz.
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Dr. Bonehead's Boner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
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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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad House Maddies
First Line: Sure, Shorty, I'll deliver that letter to that house!
Synopsis: Two two-panel gags: Delivering a letter to house with a huge dog; an igloo built like a regular two-story house.
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Pages: 0.67
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Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1964

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1964. Average paid distribution for previous 12 months was 252,261. Single issue nearest filing date: 311,580.
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Nice Device

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Professor Transistor
Synopsis: The Professor shows off his electronic brains. The most complicated of all delivers a bottle of soda pop when a dime is inserted at the other end.
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Pages: 1
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Here Comes Summer Fun #34

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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 #34 with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with original art with a swimming theme.
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Clean Sweep

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Janitors cleaning a 95% automated factory find that they've been replaced by a robot janitor.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Wishful Thinking

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A witch tries to turn a mushroom into a sports car. The spell needs the aid of a good swift kick to the mushroom.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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The Giant of Them All Is Still the Greatest Buy in Comics!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Annual
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Promo for Archie Annual #17 with mail-in coupon. Premium is 1966 Archie Pin-Up calendar. Annual and calendar are depicted. Small head shots of the Archie gang are shown, which may be original or may be clip art.

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