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Archie's Madhouse Annual #3

Archie · Series began 1962 · 1965-66

Dates

Cover date
1965-66
On sale
October 1, 1965
Pages
68

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #3 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

pencils: Samm Schwartz, Dan DeCarlo, Harry Lucey, Joe Edwards, Orlando Busino, Bob Whiteinks: Samm Schwartz, Rudy Lapick, Joe Edwards, Orlando Businoletters: Samm Schwartz, Vincent DeCarlo, Joe Edwards, Orlando Businoscript: George Gladir

Stories

  • Presenting Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch · 5 pages

    Meet Sabrina, a sexy teen witch who lives a typical teen-age life -- except that her job is to hex her fellow teens. She introduces us to the rules of witchery: witches can't cry, can't sink when they're in the water, and if they ever fall in love, they lose their powers.

  • Scare Your Fellow Monsters · 1 pages

    An advertisement for methods that monsters can use to scare each other.

  • Snowboy · 5 pages

    A living snowman gets the cold shoulder from all the other teens until he falls in love with a warm-blooded girl.

  • Hexy Pin-Ups · 1 pages

    Hilda and Ava, the witches, fight each other by proxy.

  • Witch Pitch · Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch · 6 pages

    Della assigns Sabrina to put a hex on her school's hockey team. However, Sabrina notices one of the team's players is cute and unconsciously helps him score goals. Della is upset and decides to take the job of making the team lose the state championship herself. However, once Della sees the school's handsome coach, she changes her mind.

  • Prize Size · 1 pages

    A druggist asks a giant what size tube of toothpaste he wants.

  • Monster Ads · 2 pages

    Parody ads aimed at monsters: Belfrey Telephone System; Vile soap; Brand X cereal; New England Ghost Insurance.

  • The Act · 3 pages

    A journalist is sent to interview a ventriloquist.

  • Have Typewriter Will Travel! · 5 pages

    Bob Weber would give anything to be a successful science fiction writer, and he gets his wish when an alien from Venus drops by his house.

  • Space Sports · 1 pages

    Aliens try to go to a sci-fi movie.

  • The Thought Machine · 5 pages

    A professor entertains space travelers with a thought machine that converts energy into matter. The thought machine was invented long ago and the population eventually became so bored that it lost its will to live. The professor is the last one on the planet and when he gets bored his thought items disappear, leading to a twist ending.

  • Animals From Outer Space · 2 pages

    Hybrid animals from other planets.

  • The Law of Attraction · 4 pages

    Two girls from Pluto come to Earth to check out the boys. But their forward manner scares the boys off. They ask Earth girls the secret of their power over the boys.

  • Bombs Away · 1 pages

    Two aliens encounter a hideous weapon on earth.

  • Teen-Age Section · 1 pages

    Lester uses Hilda's magic umbrella to make Chester disappear.

  • The Time of Your Life Machine · Les Cool and Ches Square · 7 pages

    Les and Ches go back to 565 A.D. to learn how King Arthur and his knights really lived.

  • Boys Are Such Funny Creatures! · 1 pages

    Teen girls complain about the things boys do.

  • Girls Are So Illogical! · 1 pages

    Teen boys complain about the things girls do.

  • Untitled · 1 pages

    Teachers complain about both teen boys and girls.

  • Big Rig · Les Cool and Ches Square · 1 pages

    Les goes into a haunted house full of mouse traps.

  • The Romances of Marcia the Mermaid · 6 pages

    The tale of Marcia, a mermaid who constantly falls in love with human teenage boys.

  • Name Game · Les n' Ches · 1 pages

    Chester can't get in a fancy restaurant, but Lester can.

  • Go Modern Young Man · 1 pages

    A witch doctor's son comes back to Africa after studying in America.

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