Archie's Madhouse, Issue #3

Publisher: Archie

Series Title: Archie's Madhouse Vol: 1

Issue: #3

Publish Date:	January 1960
type:	cover
Title:	Clyde Diddit. Who He?
Genre:	humor; teen
Pencils:	Harry Lucey
Inks:	Terry Szenics

Letters:	typeset
Cover Characters:	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Clyde Diddit (mentioned)
Synopsis:	A distorted Archie and Veronica look at their normal reflection in a fun house mirror.
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Page: 1
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Issue Breakdown

Type	Title	Creators	Characters	Synopsis
cover	Clyde Diddit. Who He?	Pencils: Harry Lucey Inks: Terry Szenics Letters: typeset	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Clyde Diddit (mentioned)	A distorted Archie and Veronica look at their normal reflection in a fun house mirror.
comic story	Fancy Garbage Kit	Pencils: Bob White	Veronica Lodge; Clyde Diddit (mentioned)	Ad selling higher class garbage which you can disperse into your own garbage and make people think you're more well off than you are.
comic story	If Teen-agers Ran Television	Pencils: Bob White	Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews [as John Cameron Swayback]; Veronica Lodge; Alph Redwards [Ralph Edwards]	Examples of how television would be changed to appeal specifically to a teenage audience, including replacing newsman John Cameron Swayze with hip-talking John Cameron Swayback, renaming "Playhouse 90" to "Playhouse Under 20," and having Archie appear on "This is Your Life."
comic story	Hair Styles of the Future	Pencils: Bob White	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Yul Brynner; Monsieur Sheldon De La Broadbeam [Sheldon Broadbeam] (mentioned)	Examples of futuristic hairstyles styled by Monsieur Sheldon De La Broadbeam, including the "Atomic Bob," the "Ike," and the "Tailfin" Wave.
comic story	Archie in Limerick Land	Pencils: Bob White	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Midge	Humorous limericks illustrated with the Archie characters.
comic story	Archie in Shakespeare Land	Pencils: Dan DeCarlo Inks: Rudy Lapick Letters: Vincent DeCarlo	Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Hiram Lodge	Hoping to sabotage Archie's chances with Veronica, Reggie sabotages a box of tarts Archie plans to take to her. And the dialogue is spoken in a faux-Elizabethan style.
cartoon	Instant Crabgrass	Pencils: Bob White	Jughead Jones	Satirical ad for crabgrass turf rolls.
comic story	The Art of Phrenology		Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Sheldon Broadbeam	Satirical look at phrenology.
cartoon	Madhouse Proverbs	Pencils: Joe Edwards ? Inks: Joe Edwards ? Letters: Joe Edwards ?	Jughead Jones	Series of satirical framed proverbs.
comic story	Tongue Toppers For Cool Cats	Pencils: Bill Vigoda Inks: Bill Vigoda	Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Sheldon Broadbeam	Humorous definitions of words illustrated by the Archie characters.
comic story	Madhouse Pennants	Pencils: Bob White	Archie Andrews (host)
comic story	A Slight Missteak	Pencils: Dan DeCarlo Inks: Vincent DeCarlo	Jughead Jones	Jughead paints a steak and adds some medium rare paint to make it taste better.
comic story	Jughead's Daffy-nitions	Pencils: Bob White Inks: Joe Edwards Letters: Joe Edwards	Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy	Humorous definitions of words accompanied by humorous illustrations of said definition.
cartoon	Famous Menus	Script: George Gladir ? Letters: Terry Szenics	Archie Andrews	Menus that would be appropriate for different historical events.
letters page		Script: Joe Edwards ? Letters: Joe Edwards	Aunt Juggie [Jughead Jones]	Satire of lovelorn advice columns.
comic story	Madhouse Non-ventions	Pencils: Bill Vigoda Inks: Terry Szenics ? Letters: Terry Szenics ?	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper	Examples of inventions that perform no function for people who didn't like that function anyway.
comic story	Laff It Up	Pencils: Bob White	Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Jenkins the butler; Midge	Archie is quizzed in school. Jughead describes Reggie's character. Betty asks Moose a question. Veronica reprimands her butler. Moose has some news.
cartoon	Cool Classics	Script: George Gladir ?	Archie Andrews	Classic novels are given "hep" new titles, such as "The Hepcat of Notre Dame," "The Decline and the Fallout of the Roman Empire," and "Daddy-O and Juliet."
comic story	Yes, My Darling Daughter	Pencils: Dan DeCarlo Inks: Rudy Lapick Letters: Vincent DeCarlo		Six illustrated examples of one-line gags of the "She was only..." genre.
comic story	Discovery of Feet	Pencils: Bob White Letters: Terry Szenics ?	Mr. Weatherbee; Lemuel Columbus	Satirical look at the life of Lemuel Columbus, the Italian explorer who discovered feet.
comic story	Last Laff	Pencils: Dan DeCarlo Inks: Vincent DeCarlo Letters: Vincent DeCarlo	Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews	Illustrated one-line gags starring Jughead.
promo (ad from the publisher)		Pencils: Harry Lucey	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
comic story	Daffy-Nitions	Pencils: Dan DeCarlo Inks: Rudy Lapick Letters: Vincent DeCarlo	Jughead Jones	Jughead presents a series of satirical definitions to the words "vacuum", "congress", "hot dog", and "rabbit."
comic story	As You Like It	Pencils: Dan DeCarlo Inks: Rudy Lapick Letters: Vincent DeCarlo	Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle	Series of illustrated similes.
promo (ad from the publisher)		Pencils: Harry Lucey	Scrooge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

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