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Issue: Archie's Madhouse #47
Publication Date: June 1966
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Issues: #47 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: 04/01/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (12 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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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ? (border)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ? (border)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Captain Sprocket; Clyde Didit
First Line: Is Captain Sprocket famous?
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Pages: 1
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Special Spring Issue

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Captain Sprocket (cameo)
Synopsis: Mad House Magazine is a blast because it's full of hot air.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Good Guy Section
Character(s): Captain Sprocket
First Line: Some finks are saying that Mad House heroes can't fight their way out of a paper bag!
Synopsis: The old gag about "not being able to fight their way out of a paper bag" proves correct.
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Pages: 1
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The Big Gig

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Captain Sprocket
Synopsis: Sprocket is sent on a secret mission to Glopstockia to bring back an enlarging machine.
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Pages: 6
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Race Riddle!

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The driver of a race car can't understand why the car seems to be driving itself.
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Pages: 1
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Music Hath Harm

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Rocky the Jockey; Herbie
Synopsis: Rocky the disk jockey hires an energetic young assistant to do all the dangerous work in his job--like giving out free records.
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Pages: 6
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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 a free bonus issue.
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A Rug Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A fakir gets a fill-up so his flying carpet can have a "tiger in the tank."
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Gag is based on the Esso Gasoline "Put a Tiger in Your Tank" TV commercials.
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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): Bad Guy Section
First Line: There's a nasty rumor going around...
Synopsis: Mad House bad guys shower before they fight.
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Pages: 0.67
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Statement of Ownership

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1965. Average total copies printed for previous year was 414,664 with total paid circulation of 231,934. Nearest issue to filing was total printed of 497,281 with total paid 304,468.
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Pages: 0.33
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Juke Box Joe: Part Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Captain Sprocket; Professor Transistor; Juke Box Joe (villain)
Synopsis: Juke Box Joe defeats Professor Transistor's attempt to capture him, but meets his demise at the hands of a horde of rabid Beatles fans.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Continued from Issue 45. Reference to the Beatles' movie "Help!"
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25¢ x 5 = $1.00

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Little Archie; Miss Grundy
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Pages: 1
Job Number: B
Disclose Notes: Promo for subscriptions to Little Archie with mail-in coupon. Four issues for $1.00 plus a free bonus issue. There is a (B) in the lower left corner, which might be a job number or some mark by Bob Bolling. The promo is all original artwork.
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The Confessions of a Bad Guy Spy! Part 1: I Was a Teen-Age Spy

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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, humorous
Feature(s): Zeke the Sneak
Character(s): Zeke the Sneak (origin)
Synopsis: Zeke sells secrets to his fellow teenagers and organizes a network of spies called F. I. N. K. (Fiendish Intelligence Network of Kids).
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Continued in the next issue.
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Boning Up!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: When a doctor takes an x-ray of a sailor with a girl tattooed on his chest, the bones of the girl show up, too.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime story.
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Baby Talk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Synopsis: Aliens studies various Earth languages, but can't understand baby talk.
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Pages: 0.5
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Machine Marvel

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A scientist's computer demands a three-week vacation.
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Pages: 0.5
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Two Giants

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
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Annual #18 with a mail-in coupon. Premium is a free P.O.P poster featuring A.R.C.H.I.E. as The Man from R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E. Small version of annual cover is depicted along with the poster and some original art.
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Wonder Blunder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Synopsis: The first Earth explorers are given a heroes' welcome by the Martians.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Archie Says...Get This Raincoat Free!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Comics
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Promo for subscriptions to Archie titles with mail-in coupon. Ten issues for $1.00 plus free clear plastic raincoat with each subscription.

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