Archie's Madhouse #36

The cover of this October 1964 issue flips the monster-movie formula on its head with a genuinely clever gag: a group of wide-eyed creatures — including a cloaked vampire, a green fish-man, and a red-faced ghoul — peer eagerly into a "Transylvania Toy Store" window advertising "Human Model" assembly kits for monsters who want to scare their friends. Cover pencils by Orlando Busino and Dan DeCarlo give the scene a wonderfully expressive cartoon energy, with the monsters' delighted-yet-unsettled reactions selling the joke perfectly. Inside, Joe Edwards brings his all-around talents to the story "Ali Bubu, the Fabulous Fakir!" — making this a fun slice of Archie Series humor from 1964.