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Genres: humorous

First Line: My boss invents all those weird ice cream flavors!

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Glop Flop

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Professor Transistor

Synopsis: Professor Transistor accidentally creates a gravity-defying substance.

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Pages: 6

Mad House Summer Jobs for Teens

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Genres: humorous, teen

Synopsis: Mad House summer jobs include caddying for caddies, trading stamp paster-inner, paper and pencil seller to flirting girls, and girl watching.

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A Madhouse Maddy

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Scarpi

Synopsis: The Great Scarpi's 100th Grand Prix win.

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The Masked Surfer

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): The Masked Surfer; Iggy; The Sharks Surfing Gang

Synopsis: A "Lone Ranger" spoof.

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Pages: 6

His Master's Voice

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Genres: humorous, jungle

Synopsis: A Tarzan-like character strains his voice.

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Pages: 1

Notes: The title comes from the RCA Victor slogan once used for phonographs.

Ads for Legal Lads

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Genres: humorous

Synopsis: Parody ads for lawyers for film, correspondence school, and soap.

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Pages: 2

Flic Flack

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Madhouse Presents

Synopsis: A movie director searches for the ultimate disaster.

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The Sandy Dandy

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Genres: adventure, humorous

Character(s): Oswald of Arabia; Shishka Bee Bop

Synopsis: Oswald is assigned with driving the Turks out of Arabia.

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Pages: 6

Notes: A parody of "Lawrence of Arabia."

Outer Space Travel Posters

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Genres: humorous, science fiction

Synopsis: Travel posters for Mars, Mercury, and Pluto. Ad poster for Trans Space Rocket Lines.

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Vol. 4: Dd

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Mad House Encyclopedia

Synopsis: Parody of trivia panel cartoons. Definitions for various types of dancing, desert, desserts, diseases, and diving.

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Fright Fight

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Genres: humorous, science fiction

Feature(s): Mad House Presents

Synopsis: Aliens land on Earth but their flying saucers are being destroyed.

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Tessie the Talker

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Tessie the Talker; Hopper the Bopper; J.D.

Synopsis: When popular DJ Hopper the Bopper leaves Station WHAM, the station manager decides to replace him with his talkative secretary.

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Pages: 5

Mobileman

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Archie's Madhouse

Synopsis: Mad House shows what will happen when people become part automobile.

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Model Monster

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): The Monster

Synopsis: Professor Transistor tries to stop a hulking, brutish monster.

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Genres: humorous, science fiction

Feature(s): Alice the Astronaughty Space Girl

Character(s): Alice (introduction); Brunhilda; Sam

First Line: Our story deals with a female astronaut...

Synopsis: Alice is chosen to be the first girl on the moon, but the launch of her rocket is almost sabotaged by her rival Brunhilda.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Lots of stereotypical female jokes, like Alice wanting the rocket painted charteuse and having lace curtains inside.

Space Spice

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Synopsis: Someone has offered to sell Earth to an alien for only $25.

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Pages: 0.5

Pet Set

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Synopsis: An alien goes to a pet shop.

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Pages: 0.5

All Boob Team

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Genres: humorous, sports

Character(s): Doak Boanhead; Ezra Flubber; Joe Klunk; Clyde Martian; Chuck Gooch; Harry Noodnik

Synopsis: To prevent baseball's worst players from feeling hurt, Mad House creates its own all-boob baseball team.

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Nutty Nursery Numbers

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Madhouse Presents

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Notes: Three fairy tale related single-panel gags.

Go-Go Gaga

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Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen

Character(s): "Baldy" Johnson; Skinflint

Synopsis: Skinflint shuts down a teen dance club to force them to come to his own, so a group of teens gets Sabrina to open her own go-go club.

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Pages: 6

Notes: One of Sabrina's magic words is "Shazam!"

Sabrina's Nutty Puzzlogy

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Synopsis: Using the letters in the title as clues, decode the words to find out trivia about Sabrina.

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Mad House Sports Equipment

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Genres: humorous, sports

Feature(s): A Mad House Sportacular

Synopsis: Mad House sports equipment includes twin surfing boards, a bowling ball for bowling perfect scores, fake casts for skiers, a flub club for golf, a cement-mixer for football players, pogo sticks for basketball players, polo played with motor scooters, ear plugs for umpires, and ladders for badminton players.

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Sky Guy Awry

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Cowboy Jones

Character(s): Cowboy Jones; Blips

Synopsis: Cowboy Jones captures two pilots...unfortunately, they are friendly pilots, not from the enemy.

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Animal Antics

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous

Feature(s): Madhouse Presents

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Notes: Two animal themed gags.

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First Line: Dear Gabby - I've got a problem with my boyfriend.

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Circle Saga

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Genres: humorous, science fiction

Feature(s): Mad House Presents

Synopsis: Aliens think they are watching Earth automobiles.

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The Space Cleanup Man

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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

Sassy Saucer

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Genres: humorous

Synopsis: Fishing for humans.

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Pages: 0.5

Earth Mirth

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Synopsis: An alien experiences love at first sight.

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Mad House Guide to Camping and Hunting

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Genres: humorous

Synopsis: Satirical look at camping and hunting.

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The Big Gig

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Feature(s): Zappy the Hippy

Character(s): Zappy the Hippy; Daisey

Synopsis: Zappy takes up sky-writing.

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The Squawking Squawkums

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Big Eagle; Hip Lip; Blips

Synopsis: Hip Lip helps the Squawkum tribe deal with their problems.

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Pages: 6

A Passion for Fashion

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Genres: humorous, informational

Character(s): Tiger Shark; J. Gilhoolly

Synopsis: The British fashion designer Tiger Shark is challenged by a new American designer.

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Pages: 6

Hep Step

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Synopsis: Aliens mistake a piano for a musical sidewalk.

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Bubble Trouble

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Synopsis: Children pretend they are men from outer space...except for one.

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Madhouse Book of Records

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Jonathon Rudd; Mimi Glutz; J.J. Palmer; Percy Sneadly; Lisa Norwood; Percy Wetmore; Rudy Richblood; Duke of Wales

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First Line: Help!

Synopsis: A castaway calls for help because he needs an air pump for his basketball.

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Sprocket's Surprise

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Genres: humorous, superhero

Character(s): Video Man (villain); Police Chief of the Clodtown Police; Gladys (Captain Sprocket's girlfriend)

Synopsis: Captain Sprocket battles Video Man, who can appear from any television screen.

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The Crabgrass Creature

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Mad House Monster of the Month

Character(s): Billy; John; The Crabgrass Creature

Synopsis: A chemical formula designed to curb the crabgrass on a suburban lawn instead creates a gigantic plant being.

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Pages: 7

Notes: References to the Jolly Green Giant and King Kong (King Congo).

Outtasite High

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Genres: humorous, teen

Synopsis: A Mad House reporter investigates the grooviest school in America.

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Pages: 5

Notes: This high school has the "largest comic book collection in the world!"

No-Gun Jonesy

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Genres: humorous, western

Character(s): No-Gun Jonesy; Kid Blackie

Synopsis: The adventures of No-Gun Jonesy, the only cowboy who doesn't carry a gun.

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Pages: 7

Notes: Unidentified cameos of Bat Masterson and Zorro in the introduction.

Mad House Follies

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Igor and Freddy

Character(s): Igor; Freddy

Synopsis: Igor and Freddy do a stand-up routine for a crowd of monsters.

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Rod the Mod

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Dalton Brothers

Synopsis: Painter Rod the Mod needs money to pay off his tab at the sandwich shop.

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The Return of Pingo Pongo

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Mad House Presents

Character(s): Pingo Pongo; Eddie

Synopsis: After being knocked off the Empire State Building, Pingo Pongo is taken under the wing of talent agent Eddie, who trains the ape to be in movies.

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T.V. Nurse Anna Steezia

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Genres: humorous, science and technology

Character(s): Nurse Anna Steezia; Doctor Ben Bones; Dr. Mogambo; Doctor Killdear; Doctor Zoomba

Synopsis: Five two-panel and one one-panel gag: Wake up to take your sleeping pill, flirting with Dr. Bones, second opinion from a witch doctor, uncertainty about doctor's identity when he's wearing a mask, and racing patients to the operating room.

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Notes: Parodies of TV hospital shows, "Ben Casey" and "Dr. Kildare" in particular.

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Genres: teen

First Line: Get your act together with Jughead Jones Comics Digest #22 in full color!

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Notes: House ad for Jughead Jones Digest #22.

Archie's Double Digest

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Genres: teen

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Notes: Subscription information on back cover.