Josie #17
(December 1965)

Archie, 1965 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
7 times a year in February, April, June, August, September, October, December
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Radio Comics Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
Richard H. Goldwater (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Josie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Vincent DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Best dance ever, Melody!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Alexander Cabot III; Miss Pruin; Mr. Tuttle

Indexer Notes

Re-colored version of the last panel from the first story in the issue.

The Decorator (Table of Contents: 1)

Josie / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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

Genre
teen; humor
Characters
Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Alexander Cabot III; Miss Pruin; Mr. Tuttle
Synopsis
Melody is chosen to be decorator for the upcoming dance at the gym, and she applies her own unique brand of logic to the job, which leads her to import a bunch of monkeys as the entertainment and fill all the balloons with helium.

Beach Fashions (Table of Contents: 2)

Josie / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Vincent DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Josie
Synopsis
Josie models bathing suits.
Reprints

The Big Score (Table of Contents: 3)

Josie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Alexander Cabot III
Synopsis
The girls suspect that Albert, who is suddenly flush with cash and has a new car, is the bank robber known as the "Beatnik Bandit."

Teen Careers — Draftsman (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

Doubled Up! (Table of Contents: 5)

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
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Best dance ever, Melody!"]
    Josie
  2. 1. The Decorator
    Josie
  3. 2. Beach Fashions
    Josie
  4. 3. The Big Score
    Josie
  5. 4. Teen Careers — Draftsman
  6. 5. Doubled Up!
    Li'l Jinx
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Joey Sayer
  • Jaime Weinman