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Issue: Archie's Madhouse #46
Publication Date: April 1966
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Issues: #46 of 66 Issues (71 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/01/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)
Disclose Notes: Some indexing information from Daniel Smith, 2006-03-25.
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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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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob White (cartoon); Dan DeCarlo (border)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): waitress; 2 teenagers; Clyde Didit
First Line: Two cheeseburgers, two malteds, and a tank of oxygen!
Synopsis: A boy at Space Drive-In has an unusual order.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Special Spy Guy Issue

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Kresse
Inker(s): Bill Kresse
Letterer(s): Bill Kresse
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Mad House spies have trouble following their own shadows.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Table of Contents is "Censored. Sorry! But we cannot reveal this "Top Secret" information"
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We Feature the Most Chicken Spies in the World!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Kresse
Inker(s): Bill Kresse
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Good Guy Section
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Thematic gag introduction to the next two stories.
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Spy Spoof

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Kresse
Inker(s): Bill Kresse
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Kresse
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, humorous
Character(s): Agents 0098; Agent 0099; Mr. Silverfinger
Synopsis: Agents 0098 and 0099 graduate spy school, become gofers for more respected agents, and bumble their way into stopping "Notorious Spy, Mr. Silverfinger" with a toaster.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Mission Mish-Mash!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Kresse
Inker(s): Bill Kresse
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Kresse
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, humorous
Feature(s): Professor Transistor
Character(s): Professor Transistor; Archie Andrews (cameo); Jughead Jones (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo)
Synopsis: Professor Transistor invents spy weapons. The Chief decides to send the Professor on a mission to Pizzarovia.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Professor Transistor is a parody of Bond's "M".
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Earth Mirth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Kresse
Inker(s): Bill Kresse
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Kresse
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Martians; female ice-skater
Synopsis: Martians mistake a female ice-skater's clumsiness as a new dance.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Blast Repast

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Kresse
Inker(s): Bill Kresse
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Kresse
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Someone eats a cereal "shot from rockets".
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMadhouse Comics Digest #2 published January 1976
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Parody of Quaker cereals "shot from guns."
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The Mad House Race for Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Kresse
Inker(s): Bill Kresse
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Kresse
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): astronauts
Synopsis: After a 10 year journey, Earthmen are ready to "make history" by finally reaching distant planet Zoro. They land and are met by ... other Earthmen. Last panel dialog reads "Five years after you left Earth we invented a faster rocket that covered this distance in only ONE YEAR!"
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Dig This Crazy Offer!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
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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Miscellaneous
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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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Kresse
Inker(s): Bill Kresse
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Kresse
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bad Guy Section
First Line: Our villainous spies will stop at nothing...
Synopsis: A spy steals a girl's diary. A spy shoots a turnpike toll gun.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Thematic gag introduction to the next story.
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The Diamond Demon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Kresse
Inker(s): Bill Kresse
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Kresse
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Carbo Man
Character(s): Carbo Man [short for Carborundum Man]; Ruby (villain); Emerald (villain); Sapphire (villain); Union of Super Heroes; Steel Men; Sabrina the Teenage Witch (cameo)
Synopsis: Ruby, Emerald, and Sapphire easily defeat the efforts of the "Union of Super Heroes" to stop their crimes because the villains' bodies are made of solid gemstone, and "diamonds are the hardest substance in the world". Carborundum Man defeats the male villains "with psychology", and ends story by proposing to Sapphire.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Super-hero parody introducing Carbo Man. Sapphire looks like a cross between Smurfette and Bizarro Lois Lane. The Diamond Man is colored red like a ruby. At the super-hero headquarters, one of the heroes is reading a "Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch" comic book.
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Smile Wile

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad House
Synopsis: A photographer has trouble getting a monster to smile for a picture. He succeeds when he has the monster look at a vulture instead of a toy bird.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Hold That Tiger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Martian anthropomorhpic tigers; Madison Avenue spokesperson
Synopsis: Martian anthropomorphic tigers decide to vacation on Earth because of Earth's commercials. On Earth, they become offended by the "Put a Tiger in Your Tank" gasoline campaign, kidnap a Madison Avenue spokesperson, and return to Mars to start a Martian ad campaign for "Clawo Gas! It puts a Human in your tank!"
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMadhouse Comics Digest #2 published January 1976
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: This story is thematically similar to the cover for Archie's Mad House #51. Parodies of Esso Gasoline's "Put a Tiger in Your Tank!" and Uniroyal Tires "Tiger Paws" TV commercials.
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Join the Parade!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica Spectacular
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Betty and Veronica Spectacular #138 with mail-in coupon. Only logo is depicted, rest of the ad is original art with Betty and Veronica in a parade theme.
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Space Spoof

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Kresse
Inker(s): Bill Kresse
Letterer(s): Bill Kresse
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Earth explorers land on Mars and find the inhabitants act just the same as Earth people.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside back cover.
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Archie Says...Get This Raincoat Free!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Comics
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Promo for subscriptions to Archie comics with mail-in coupon. Ten issues for $1.00 with premium of clear plastic raincoat with each subscription.

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