Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1961-08-31
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:My Husband says we'll take it!
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Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: Archie Adventure Series
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

Wilkommen Germonsterliebhaber
(Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural
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Igor; Frederick (the Bat)
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Monster Monologues
(Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural
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Frederick (the bat)
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Hugo the Werewolf
(Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural
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Igor (host); Frederick (host); Hugo
Synopsis:
Hugo is granted his wish to be turned human, but hates it.
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Fiend Mail
(Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural
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Letters from Dracula, Dr. Jekyll, Frankenstein's monster, etc.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 5)

A Tale Calculated to Drive You---Bats / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I know what you're all saying, 'Look there's a girl with three hands!'
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Ads for Monsters
(Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages

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Which One
(Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural
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Monster Mask
(Table of Contents: 8)

illustration / 3 pages

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  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural

Drac Drama
(Table of Contents: 9)

A Bats Shorty / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural
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We're Giving Away Free Copies of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals!
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Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Movie Monsters
(Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural
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Travel to Transylvania
(Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural
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The Ogre's Ode
(Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 2 pages

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Red Martian Man; Invisible Man; Phantom of the Opera; Wolfman; Wombat Man
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The Wolfman retires to the Old Monsters Home.
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Tut-Tut the Mummy
(Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["My Husband says we'll take it!"]
  2. Wilkommen Germonsterliebhaber
  3. Monster Monologues
  4. Hugo the Werewolf
  5. Fiend Mail
  6. ["I know what you're all saying, 'Look there's a girl with three hands!'"]
    A Tale Calculated to Drive You---Bats
  7. Ads for Monsters
  8. Which One
  9. Monster Mask
  10. Drac Drama
    A Bats Shorty
  11. We're Giving Away Free Copies of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals!
    Archie
  12. Movie Monsters
  13. Travel to Transylvania
  14. The Ogre's Ode
  15. Tut-Tut the Mummy
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  • Bill Devine
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
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