Publishers / Archie / Archie's Madhouse (1959) / #64
64October 1968
$0.12

Archie's Madhouse #64

Archie · October 1968

First appearance: Lippy the HippyFirst appearance: Zippy
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Identification plate

Series
Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series)
Issue
#64
Publication date
October 1968
Key date
1968-10-00
Indicia publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Lippy the Hippy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Zippy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Gus Lemoine; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Jon D'AgostinoClyde Didit
2Our Monster is Hip. Oh, Where Did We Slip?comic story6script: George Gladir; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill YoshidaDr. Krankenstein; Ludwig; Krankenstein's monster
4Lippy the Hippycomic story2pencils: Stan Goldberg; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill YoshidaLippy the Hippy First
7Button Gluttonactivity1pencils: Gus Lemoine; inks: Gus Lemoine; colors: Barry Grossman
8Mad House Hall of Famecomic story1pencils: Gus Lemoine; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill YoshidaProfessor Von Hipstein; Rama Llama; Norbert Gurney
9Pen Pals As You Imagine Them and As They Really Are...comic story2pencils: Gus Lemoine; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida
10Guess Which Onecomic story1pencils: Gus Lemoine; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Jon D'Agostino
12Martian Mirthcomic story0.5pencils: Stan Goldberg; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Jon D'AgostinoUnnamed Martian; Unnamed grocer
13Archie's Groovy Stationerypromo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Joe EdwardsArchie Andrews
14Group Scoop or "You Got Plenty of Nutting"!comic story4script: George Gladir; pencils: Gus Lemoine; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Jon D'AgostinoThe Zappy Zippers
17Doze Posecomic story2pencils: Gus Lemoine; inks: Gus Lemoine; colors: Barry GrossmanRod the Mod
20Rare Hair or The Eraser Is Mightier Than The Razorcomic story1pencils: Gus Lemoine; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Jon D'AgostinoClyde Didit
21The Green Scene "Don't Sit on My Sitar"comic story1pencils: Gus Lemoine; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida
22Cool Combo or The Iceman Comethcomic story1pencils: Gus Lemoine; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Jon D'AgostinoZippy First
23Ape Japecomic story1pencils: Gus Lemoine; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Jon D'AgostinoUnnamed ape-men
24Chase Case or "Take a Madhouse Reader to Lunch Next Week"comic story1pencils: Gus Lemoine; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Jon D'AgostinoClyde Didit
25Archie Quarter Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Joe EdwardsArchie Andrews

Plus 9 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Madhouse Comics Digest #71981On eBay ›
Mad House Annual #111973On eBay ›
The Best of Archie's Madhouse #[nn]
ISBN 978-1600107900		2011On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q135298073 (Zippy), first-appearance property (CC0)

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