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Issue: Archie's Madhouse #61

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Publication Date: June 1968

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Issues: #61 of 66 Issues (71 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Archie Publications, Inc.

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.12 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)

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Notes: With this issue, the title is changed from "Archie's Mad House" to simply "Mad House," though the indicia title would not change for another year. This issue also begins the transition of the series from its campy superhero satire to hippie satire, and with it, a change from longer stories to one to three-page gags.

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Format

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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- Vain Brain [Story on Interior Page(s)]0

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Content Items (10 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Clyde Did-It

Character(s): Clyde Did-It; Dagwood Bumstead (cameo)

First Line: Hey, man! This is the last time I go around preaching flower power!

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: The protest signs have small print saying "by Richard" (Goldwater), "by Gus" (Lemoine), and "by Jon" (D'Agostino). This cover ditches the Dan DeCarlo Mad Magazine border parody for a generic psychedelic-inspired border. Clyde Diddit also gets a name change (Did-It) and a makeover, sporting glasses and buckteeth.

Tragic Magic

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Zappy the Hippy

Character(s): Zappy; Daisey; Keen Geen; Fred Flintstone (cameo); King Kong (cameo)

First Line: Man! Algebra is a drag! It's all about square roots!

Synopsis: Zappy and Daisey summon a mod genie from a Tiffany lamp to get some kicks, but Zappy finds it hard to be satisfied.

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Pages: 5

Whale of a Sale

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

First Line: Hurry, Jim! Lacey's Dept. Store has a giant sale!

Synopsis: What's so unusual about a giant sale?

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Pages: 1

Rock Combos

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): The Bowling Bawlers; Astronut and the Rockets; The Redfull Dreadfuls

First Line: Once upon a time every rock'n'roller looked like this...

Synopsis: A spoof on rock combos.

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Pages: 2

Stick with It!

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis: Archie and Veronica sing the praises of the new Bendix bicycle stick shift.

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Ad in comic format for Bendix bicycle stick shift.

The Space Cleanup Man

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, science fiction

Character(s): Chester Quigly; Myrtle; Dr. Varlet; Blips

First Line: Our story is about Chester Quigly, an ambitious lad who wanted to work his way up in the world!

Synopsis: A space sanitation man saves the Earth from an evil villain using a giant magnifying glass to melt the Earth's ice caps.

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Pages: 6

Archie Annual #20 Is Out of Sight!

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Feature(s): Archie Annual

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones

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Pages: 1

Notes: Promo for Archie Annual #20 with mail-in coupon. Bonus is free Archie "Out of Sight" poster. Cover and poster are depicted along with original art with a baseball theme.

Vain Brain

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, superhero

Character(s): Captain Sprocket; Blips

First Line: The Van Loot jewelry has been stolen!

Synopsis: Captain Sprocket battles a criminal computer.

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In Issue:

Madhouse Comics Digest #2 published January 1976

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: Background store is named "Victor's Hippie Shop", likely a reference to Victor Gorelick.

Space Chase

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, science fiction

Feature(s): Double Your Displeasure Dept.

Character(s): Earthman; Pigmen; Rabbitman; Goatman; Lionman; Blips

First Line: Click! Click! I saw you drop that gum wrapper!

Synopsis: An Earthman flees to the planet Blotto to escape a $5 fine for littering. He finds the pig-like aliens arrest him for trespassing and put him in an arena to fight three animal opponents.

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Pages: 6

Notes: A dual spoof of both "The Fugitive"-type TV shows and science-fiction TV shows.

Buried Alive!

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Subject Matter

Feature(s): International Correspondence Schools (ICS)

Synopsis: A trench cave-in buries Jim alive. While he recuperates, he decides to take ICS classes.

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Pages: 2

Notes: Ad in comic format for International Correspondence Schools (ICS). Starts on last interior page in color and continues on inside back cover in black and white.