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Issue: Archie's Madhouse #2
Publication Date: November 1959
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Issues: #2 of 66 Issues (71 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 21 (18 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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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Pages: 1
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Madhouse Scientist of the Month

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dilton Presents
Character(s): Dilton Doiley; J. Paltry Frobisher [Jughead Jones]
Synopsis: Madhouse gives its "Scientist of the Month" award to the inventor of paste.
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If Teen-Agers Ran The Schools

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie Says
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Ricky Nelson; Brigitte Bardot; Esther Williams; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: A look at what would happen if teenagers ran the schools. Changes are made to school names, the faculty, textbooks, schedules, report cards, and blackboards.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie's Madhouse Annual #1 [25ยข Cover Price] published January 1962
as If Teen-Agers Ran The Schools [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
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How To Be The Life Of The Party!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Reggie Says
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Midge; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Mrs. Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis: Reggie tells you how to be the life of a party.
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Pages: 3
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Dilton Doily's Puzz-L-oony Page

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Dilton Doiley
Synopsis: Dilton gives us some brain teasers.
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Disclose Notes: Dilton's last name still spelled as Doily here.
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Madhouse People

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Veronica Believes
Character(s): Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Humorous illustrations to quotes about people, such as "the boy who blew his top".
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Disclose Notes: Article ends with note asking readers to send in their suggestions for this feature.
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Instant Insults

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Reggie Says
Character(s): Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Reggie gives us some insults to tell our friends.
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Pages: 1
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Madhouse Beauty Hints!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Antoine De La Jughead Presents
Character(s): Antoine De La Jughead [Jughead Jones]; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Antoine De La Jughead gives us some beauty tips.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #33 [Direct Edition] published December 2013
as Madhouse Beauty Hints! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #33.
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Machines For Those In Their Teens!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Dilton Says
Character(s): Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Useful machines for teens, including the Jiffy Homework Doer, the Automatic Allowance Advancer, and the Power-Matic Date Catcher.
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Madhouse Presents The Latest Scoop on Scope

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie Says
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie shows us a comic in ComicScope, a two-page spread and parody of CinemaScope.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Archie Comics lampoons itself here, having actually marketed two-page spreads as "Wide Angle Scream" in The Adventures of the Fly (Archie, 1959 series) #1, which came out two months earlier.
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Fake-A-Specs

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Moose Says
Character(s): Moose Mason; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Moose shows us Fake-A-Specs, paper eyes that can be glued on glasses to make you look awake.
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Modern Paper Dolls

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead Says
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: Jughead shows us some modern paper dolls.
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Peep-O-Vision

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Reggie Says
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Reggie shows us how to make watching TV more exciting by placing a cardboard keyhole to the screen.
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Cueball Kit

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead Says
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge; Grivney J. Fludge
Synopsis: Jughead shows us a kit that can make men bald in the style of Yul Brynner.
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Pages: 2
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If Comics Were Sponsored!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: A typical story in which Mr. Lodge kicks Archie out of the house - except every other line is an advertisement for a product within the story.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie's Madhouse Annual #1 [25ยข Cover Price] published January 1962
as If Comics Were Sponsored! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #33 [Direct Edition] published December 2013
as If Comics Were Sponsored! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2.67
Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #33.
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Monogrammed Hockey Puck

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Synopsis: A fake advertisement for monogrammed hockey pucks.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #33 [Direct Edition] published December 2013
as Monogrammed Hockey Puck [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.33
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The Discovery Of Air

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Mr. Weatherbee Presents Great Moments In History
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Osgood Freemish; Harold M. Dismay; Dilly Clodhopper
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee tells us how air was discovered.
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Pages: 3
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Get A-Long Little Doggie!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead's Dipsy Doodles
Character(s): Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Jughead paints himself a dachshund for a pet over two easels, and when the dog comes to life, it has a split down the middle.
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Character(s): Scrooge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
First Line: You'll laugh like the dickens!
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Madhouse Sign Language!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie Presents
Character(s): Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Archie shows us some humorous signs.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: We're giving away free copies of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals!
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