Archie's Madhouse #21
In "Debutante Twist," the son of Dr. Jerkyll takes a wild turn from lab experiments to rock stardom as Melvin Preston, only to find fame is no escape from chaos. When autograph hunters chase him, he tries disguising himself as FBI agent Eliot Mess—only to be pursued by gangs instead. A rushed antidote leads to an even more tangled situation, all in this classic 1962 tale from George Gladir, Dan DeCarlo, and Rudy Lapick, with a cover by Samm Schwartz.
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The son of Dr. Jerkyll continues his father's experiments and turns into rock star Melvin Preston. After a close escape with autograph hunters, he decides to change his features to Eliot Mess, the FBI agent. That doesn't work either, because gangs target him. He tries an antidote, but forgets to dilute it and ends up in an even worse predicament.
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