She's Josie
#7
(August 1964)
Archie,
1963 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- five times a year in January, May, August, September, and November
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Radio Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
Second String (Chapter One)
Josie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Alexander Cabot III; Albert's father
- Synopsis
- Josie gives Albert a guitar for his birthday. He immediately spends all his time making up songs, playing and singing, and cares more for the guitar than for her.
- Reprints
-
in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #6 (June 2011)
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Indexer Notes
Part one of a four-part story.
No credits, but the art appears to be by DeCarlo.
Script identifiable as Doyle by the style and DeCarlo's statement that Doyle did "all the writing" for the early Josie comics.
Music For Millionaires (Chapter Two)
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Josie; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Jerkly
- Synopsis
- Alex tries to show Josie that he can play the guitar and sing better than Albert. Meanwhile, his sister Alexandra, who has a crush on Albert, decides to make a play for that "penniless waif."
- Reprints
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #6 (June 2011)
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Indexer Notes
First appearance of Alexandra Cabot.
Moist Minstrel (Chapter Three)
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Alexandra Cabot
- Synopsis
- Alexandra tries to get Albert away from Josie by buying him a Beatles-style wardrobe and hairdo, and launching him as a potential folk singing star.
- Reprints
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #6 (June 2011)
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The Song Is Ended (Chapter Four)
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; un-named thugs
- Synopsis
- Josie is in despair because Albert still cares more about his guitar than her, but then she discovers that his guitar can be helpful to her, too.
- Reprints
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #6 (June 2011)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Do you think Albert will guess that his birthday present is a guitar?"]
Josie -
1.
Second String (Chapter One)
Josie -
2.
Music For Millionaires (Chapter Two)
Josie -
3.
Moist Minstrel (Chapter Three)
Josie -
4.
Mighty Midgets
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5.
Soup-er Duper!
Li'l Jinx -
6.
The Song Is Ended (Chapter Four)
Josie
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Walls
- Jaime Weinman
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