Price: 0.12 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1963-04-01
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cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; science fiction

Indexer Notes

Schwartz background joke has one of the cowboys on the movie screen using a slingshot instead of a gun.

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: Archie Series
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: seven times a year in February, April, June, August, September, October, and December
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?

The Magazine With Walking Commercials
(Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page

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The Pink Martian; Lester Cool; Chester Square; Hilda the Witch
Synopsis:
Characters wearing sandwich-signs identifying their section.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 2)

The Teen-Age Section / cartoon / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Lester, do you have any suggestions for improving this section?
  • Keywords:suggestion box
Characters:
Lester Cool; Chester Square
Synopsis:
Chester drops suggestions in a box that are directed into a wastebasket.

Jinx Minx
(Table of Contents: 3)

Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch / comic story / 6 pages

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Sabrina the Teenage Witch; Tom; Hortense; Mary Jane
Synopsis:
Sabrina sets her sights on finding a handsome boy at a dance, but all her magic misfires.
Reprints (1)

Love Sick
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Les 'n' Ches / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Lester Cool; Chester Square
Synopsis:
Chester can't get a date, so he fills out a computer form to find his perfect match.

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

It Just Seems That Way! / cartoon / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Lester Cool (host); Chester Square (host)
Synopsis:
How the imagination makes things seem worse than they are: the night before exams; the cost of a date; the way your boyfriend looks at another girl; and playing hooky at the movies

Indexer Notes

Four one-panel cartoons

[no title indexed]
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Space Section / comic story / 1 page

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The Pink Martian
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When the Pink Martian points out to an Earth girl that it snows every day on Mars, she retorts that that's the reason why Martians give Earth gals snow jobs.

The Ray Caper or "The Truth Can Be Uncouth"
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Captain Sprocket / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:humor; superhero
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Captain Sprocket; Thelma
Synopsis:
Captain Sprocket is called upon when Plutonians land on Earth with their truth rays, which are causing all sorts of problems.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Sprocket's girlfriend in this story is Thelma. In later stories it's Doris.

Planet Hopping
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The Pink Martian / comic story / 2.8 pages

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  • Genre:humor; science fiction
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The Pink Martian
Synopsis:
The Pink Martian lands on a planet that fears Earth because they think its inhabitants are giants.
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Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1962
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statement of ownership / 0.2 page

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typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1962. Average paid circulation for the previous 12 months was 247,461.

[no title indexed]
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Monster Section / cartoon / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I've found a new speedy way to mix my witches brew!
  • Keywords:cement mixer; witches brew
Characters:
Hilda the Witch
Synopsis:
Hilda uses a cement mixer to mix her witches' brew.

Pain-in-the-Brain Machine
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Professor Transistor / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:humor; science fiction
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Hilda the Witch (host); Professor Transistor; Joe; Janet
Synopsis:
Joe and Janet, despite their previous misadventures with Professor Transistor's inventions, go to his laboratory to make Joe smart enough to pass his algebra exam. The Professor's brain machine raises his IQ from 90 to 9,000 and also increases the size of his head. Unfortunately the high intelligence turns out to be trouble and Joe returns to get the Professor to reverse the effect.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

In the opening panels, Joe and Janet discuss their troubles with a vitamin ray that made them four inches tall and a beauty lamp that made them invisible. However, the vitamin ray story from Archie's Mad House #21 featured Professor Sy Klops, not Professor Transistor.

Boris Karlaff's Photo Album
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comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor; satire-parody
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Boris Karlaff; Bela Fangosi; King Kong; Invisible Man; Cat Girl
Synopsis:
A photo album of monster actor Boris Karlaff and his actor friends.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Boris Karlaff is a parody of Boris Karloff, who is caricatured in the first panel.

Riding a Wave of Popularity!
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Betty and Veronica Summer Fun / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Mad House Hall of Fame / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:satire-parody
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Babs Chatterbox; Courtney Puffhardt; Taboo Hunter

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Parody of Ripley's Believe It or Not.

Order This! Get This Free!
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Archie Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["I get a kick out of these free earth movies!"]
  2. The Magazine With Walking Commercials
  3. ["Lester, do you have any suggestions for improving this section?"]
    The Teen-Age Section
  4. Jinx Minx
    Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch
  5. Love Sick
    Les 'n' Ches
  6. ["The night before exams!"]
    It Just Seems That Way!
  7. ["Gee, Pinky - We don't have anywhere near this much snow on Earth!"]
    Space Section
  8. The Ray Caper or "The Truth Can Be Uncouth"
    Captain Sprocket
  9. Planet Hopping
    The Pink Martian
  10. Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1962
  11. ["I've found a new speedy way to mix my witches brew!"]
    Monster Section
  12. Pain-in-the-Brain Machine
    Professor Transistor
  13. Boris Karlaff's Photo Album
  14. Riding a Wave of Popularity!
    Betty and Veronica Summer Fun
  15. ["Babs Chatterbox; Courtney Puffhardt; Taboo Hunter"]
    Mad House Hall of Fame
  16. Order This! Get This Free!
    Archie Annual
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