Issue | #46 |
Published | April 1966 |
Cover Price | $0.12 |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Inside front cover labels this issue as "Special Spy Guy issue". This issue indexing information from Daniel Smith, 3/25/2006. |
Characters | waitress; 2 teenagers |
Synopsis | Boy at Space Drive-In has unusual order. |
Genre | teen |
Notes | Inside front cover labels this issue as "Special Spy Guy issue". This issue indexing information from Daniel Smith, 3/25/2006. |
Genre | teen |
Notes | Thematic gag introduction to the next two stories. |
Characters | Agents 0098; Agent 0099; Mr. Silverfinger |
Synopsis | Agents 0098 and 0099 graduate spy school, become gofers for more respected agents, bumble their way into stopping "Notorious Spy, Mr. Silverfinger" with a toaster. |
Genre | humor; spy |
Characters | Prof. Transistor |
Synopsis | Prof. Transistor is sent on a mission to Pizzarovia. |
Genre | humor; spy |
Notes | Prof. Transistor is a parody of Bond's "M". |
Characters | martians; female ice-skater |
Synopsis | Martians mistake a female ice-skater's clumsiness as a new dance. |
Genre | humor; science fiction |
Synopsis | Someone eats a cereal "shot from rockets". |
Genre | humor |
Characters | astronauts |
Synopsis | After a 10 year journey, Earthmen are ready to "make history" by finally reaching distant planet Zoro. They land and are met by ... other Earthmen. Last panel dialog reads "Five years after you left Earth we invented a faster rocket that covered this distance in only ONE YEAR!" |
Genre | humor; science fiction |
Notes | House ad for Archie's Pals 'n' Gals. |
Genre | humor |
Notes | Thematic gag introduction to the next story, but not really part of it. |
Characters | Carbo Man [short for Carborundum Man]; Ruby (villain); Emerald (villain); Sapphire (villain); Union of Super Heroes |
Synopsis | Ruby, Emerald, and Sapphire easily defeat the efforts of the "Union of Super Heroes" to stop their crimes because the villains' bodies are made of solid gemstone, and "diamonds are the hardest substance in the world". Carborundum Man defeats the male villains "with psychology", and ends story by proposing to Sapphire. |
Genre | humor; superhero |
Notes | Super-hero parody introducing Carbo Man. Sapphire looks like a cross between Smurfette and Bizarro Lois Lane. |
Genre | humor |
Characters | Martian anthropomorhpic tigers; Madison Avenue spokesperson |
Synopsis | Martian anthropomorhpic tigers decide to vacation on Earth because of Earth's commercials. On Earth, they become offended by the "Put a Tiger in Your Tank" gasoline campaign, kidnap a Madison Avenue spokesperson, and return to Mars to start a Martian ad campaign for "Clawo Gas! It puts a Human in your tank!" |
Genre | humor; science fiction |
Notes | This story is thematically similar to the cover for Archie's Mad House #51. |
Notes | House ad for Betty and Veronica Spectacular. |
Genre | humor |
Notes | On inside back cover. |
Notes | House Ad for Archie subscriptions plus "free raincoat" with each subscription ordered. On back cover. |