(April 1965)

Archie, 1963 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
7 times a year, February, April, June, August, September, October, December
On-sale Date
1965-02-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Radio Comics Inc.
Brand
Archie Series

Issue Notes

On-sale date from retailer's stamp or markings as visible on cover or back cover.

Another Great Josie Double-Header (Table of Contents)

Josie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo ?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Socrates [Sock]

Indexer Notes

Cover artwork from splash page of interior story.

Music Hath Charms (Table of Contents: 1)

Josie / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo ?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Socrates [Sock]; Alexander [Alex]
Synopsis
Seeing how Albert's guitar playing drives Josie wild, Sock tries to attract Pepper by playing a variety of different musical instruments. When that doesn't work, Albert tries to arrange for Sock to impress Pepper by being a hero.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script identifiable as Frank Doyle by his style and by DeCarlo's statement that Doyle wrote all the early Josie comics.

Swing Into Spring With Betty and Veronica (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Odor Wise (Table of Contents: 3)

Josie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo ?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Josie; Pepper; Alex; Alexandra; Cricket O'Dell; Albert
Synopsis
Alex loses a briefcase full of money, and then Cricket sniffs down Albert, who's on the run.

Indexer Notes

Cricket O'Dell's only appearance in a Josie comic (she had previously appeared in Archie and Jughead comics). Her design here is completely different from her previous and later look; she doesn't even have her trademark freckles.

Archie Gets All the Breaks (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Archie; Bendix / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Teen Career Opportunities - the Dietician (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

Genre
non-fiction

The Right Change (Table of Contents: 6)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Greg
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Another Great Josie Double-Header
    Josie
  2. 1. Music Hath Charms
    Josie
  3. 2. Swing Into Spring With Betty and Veronica
  4. 3. Odor Wise
    Josie
  5. 4. Archie Gets All the Breaks
    Archie; Bendix
  6. 5. Teen Career Opportunities - the Dietician
  7. 6. The Right Change
    Li'l Jinx
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Ralf Haring
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Brian Saner Lamken
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Steven Rowe
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Jaime Weinman
  • Gregg Whitmore