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Issue Details

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.

Cover Details - "untitled"

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.

1 page story "Good Guy Section"

Genre teen
Notes Thematic gag introduction to the next two stories.

6 page story "Spy Spoof"

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

6 page story "Professor Transistor in Mission Mish-Mash"

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".

1 page filler "Earth Mirth!"

Characters martians; female ice-skater
Synopsis Martians mistake a female ice-skater's clumsiness as a new dance.
Genre humor; science fiction

2 page story "Blast Repast"

Synopsis Someone eats a cereal "shot from rockets".
Genre humor

1 page filler "Race for Space"

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

1 page advertisement

Notes House ad for Archie's Pals 'n' Gals.

1 page story "Bad Guy Section"

Genre humor
Notes Thematic gag introduction to the next story, but not really part of it.

6 page story "The Diamond"

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.

1 page filler "Smile Wile"

Genre humor

5 page story "Hold That Tiger"

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.

1 page advertisement

Notes House ad for Betty and Veronica Spectacular.

1 page filler "Space Spoof"

Genre humor
Notes On inside back cover.

1 page advertisement

Notes House Ad for Archie subscriptions plus "free raincoat" with each subscription ordered. On back cover.