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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: Archie
Title: Archie's Madhouse
Page Count: 36
Genre: Humor, Teen
Era: Silver
Cover Price: 0.10 USD
Cover Date: October 1960
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Country: United States
The discovery by cavemen of numbers, ages, and teenagers is shown.; Archie shows us the problems of teenagers in other countries, such as Italy, Peru, Spain, and Russia.; A typical Archie story is given, only this time, the characters interrupt the dialogue with relevant educational facts.; Veronica shows us the changes that would made if teenagers ran the Treasury, including making the Treasury building to a piggy bank, creating two national allowance days per week, and putting teen idols (and Clyde Diddit) on currency.; Various humorous answers are given to questions such as "Do you think that teen-agers have financial problems?"; Jughead shows us what characters say and the insults they're thinking. In this case, Betty asks Jughead to meet her parents, Veronica observes Betty doing laundry, and Archie encourages Moose after failing history.; Examples of advertising in schools are given, including aspirin ads for teachers, ear plug ads for failing students, and hickory stick ads for principals.; Archie points out what it would be like if people said the opposite of what was expected of them; for example, a beatnik that admits his poetry is bad.; Aunt Juggie presents general advice to teenagers.; Veronica asks the reader to guess which one is praying for the bell to ring, just had an increase in their allowance, etc.; Veronica asks the reader to guess which one of the couples has been going steady the longest, is about to be thrown out of his date's house, etc.; A parody of advertisements that point out the poor qualities of Brand X; in this case, a pencil manufacturer points out the flaws of typewriters.; Jughead paints himself a refrigerator because he is hungry, but finds it empty when it comes to life.; Dilton shows us a boy who can't read the blackboard, but can spot a redhead three blocks away, and another boy is is too injured for sports practice, but not to dance at the soda fountain.