Dates
- Cover date
- July 1961
- On sale
- May 11, 1961
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Guess Which One... · Veronica Asks You · 1 pages
Guess which one thinks she's another Connie Francis, has been seeing too many Westerns, is the boy craziest girl in Texas, and has five teen-age daughters.
- If Teen-Agers Formed a Union · Archie Says · 3 pages
Archie looks at what would happen if teens formed a union, including changes to the union charter and motto, new school benefits, and new dating rights.
- Volume 1: Aa · The Madhouse Encyclopedia · 2 pages
Includes entries on aardvarks, adaptation, air, airplanes, Alexander the Great, Alfred the Great, Archie the Great, and apes.
- Madhouse Hotels! · Archie Says · 1 pages
Archie shows us some examples of Hilton hotels in other parts of the world (in Pisa, Italy, it's the Tiltin' Hilton, etc.).
- Campaign Pictures Sometimes Lie · Madhouse Exposure Department · 3 pages
A look at high school campaign photos and the truth behind them.
- Mad House Pillow Phone · Veronica Says · 1 pages
Fake advertisement for a heavily padded telephone to be used as a pillow.
- The Beatnik Monster · Mad House Monster of the Month · 1 pages
Illustration of a monster and the characteristics that make him a beatnik.
- Teen-Agers of the Past · 2 pages
A series of gags starring Victorian-era teens.
- Monsters from Outer Space · 2 pages
A look at various monsters including the Six-Legged Venutians, female Saturnians, and the Brainy Kids of Jupiter.
- The Boxing Machine · 2 pages
A pantomime gag in which a man fights an electronic boxing robot.
- It Always Happens · Dilton Observes · 2 pages
- Mad House Greeting Cards · 2 pages
Greeting cards for less important situations, such as sunburns, returning umbrellas, and stolen cars.
- Madhouse Hall of Fame · Archie Presents · 2 pages
- Watch the Birdie · Jughead's Dipsy Doodles · 1 pages
A bird flies in Jughead's house, so he paints him a cage.
- Famous Females · Madhouse History Dept. · 1 pages
A look at the (fictional) famous females behind historic happenings.
- The Discovery of Doughnuts! · Mr. Weatherbee Presents Great Moments in History · 4 pages
Mr. Weatherbee recounts the story of how hole-seller Laslo Sforz created doughnuts by wrapping an Italian breadstick around one of his holes.
- McGargoyle Presents the New Shape in Capes · 0.5 pages
Advertisement for McGargoyle Capes for vampires.
- The New Faro Electric Washer · 0.5 pages
Advertisement for a washing machine for mummies.
Reprinted in
Madhouse Comics Digest (1975), Archie's Madhouse Annual (1962), The Best of Archie's Madhouse (2011), Jughead's Double Digest (1989), World of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (2010)