Publishers / Archie / Mad House / Madhouse / Madhouse Comics (1974) / #122
122October 1980
$0.50

Mad House / Madhouse / Madhouse Comics #122

Archie · October 1980

First appearance: Dig'em Frog
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Identification plate

Series
Mad House / Madhouse / Madhouse Comics (Archie, 1974 series)
Issue
#122
Publication date
October 1980
Key date
1980-10-00
Indicia publisher
Archie Enterprises Inc.
Price
$0.50
Pages
36
Barcode
0271000697710
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Dig'em Frog - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Stan Goldberg
2Oh Boycomic story6script: Dick Malmgren; pencils: Dick Malmgren; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida
5Vacuum Vexationcomic story0.5
6View Cuecomic story0.5
7Surf & Turfcomic story1
10One Step Behindcomic story5script: Dick Malmgren; pencils: Dick Malmgren; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: B. Grossman; letters: W. Yoshida
12You're Rocking the Boatcomic story5
14-letters page1
15Muscle Mountaincomic story1
18Metal Mettlecomic story4script: George Gladir; pencils: Stan G.; inks: Stan G.; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: W. Yoshida
19-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones
20-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5Archie Andrews, Veronica Lodge

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

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Sources

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