(June 1970)
Archie,
1969 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- seven times a year
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Radio Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
Alex's Heavy Date
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Josie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Gwendolyn
- Synopsis
- Alex convinces Alexandra to use her witchcraft powers to make Josie fall in love with him, but her spell accidentally hits the Big-Ethel-like Gwendolyn instead.
- Reprints
-
in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #5 (November 2005)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits, but art appears to be by DeCarlo.
Scripts identifiable as Malmgren by his distinctive writing style.
A Pointed Remark
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Hap tells Li'l Jinx to stop pointing.
- Reprints
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #221 (March 2012)
-
[no title indexed]
Josie Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come on, Alan... Let me treat you to a soda!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Alan M.
- Reprints
- in Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #72 (October 1973)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #58 (April 1992)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #197 (December 2004)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Celebration (Archie, 2014 series) ([October] 2014)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #240 (October 2014)
-
Using His Head
Josie and the Pussycats / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Valerie Smith; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot
- Synopsis
- Alexandra tries to keep the Pussycats from getting to their latest engagement, first by tying up Alex and locking him in a closet, then by using her witchcraft to sabotage his car. After Alexandra's magic powers leave the Pussycats stranded, they have no choice but to accept a ride from her -- and let her be the star of the show.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Dear Josie / letters page / 1 page
- Characters
- Josie
- Synopsis
- Josie answers letters from readers.
Indexer Notes
advice column
Lucky Me
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Sheldon; Alexandra Cabot
- Synopsis
- Alexandra thinks Josie has come into money.
- Reprints
- in Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #21 (September 1973)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #36 (September 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Alexandra is not a witch in this story.
One clue to the identity of the writer is that Malmgren later wrote a similar story (with credit) where Veronica thinks Jughead has gotten rich (http://www.comics.org/issue/228322/#418657).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Oh! Oh! Here comes Alexandra!"]
Josie -
1.
Alex's Heavy Date
Josie -
2.
A Pointed Remark
Li'l Jinx -
3.
["Come on, Alan... Let me treat you to a soda!"]
Josie Pin Up -
4.
How's This for a Record Breaking Offer?
The Archies -
5.
Using His Head
Josie and the Pussycats -
6.
[no title indexed]
Dear Josie -
7.
Lucky Me
Josie
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- Dwayne Best
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
- Jaime Weinman
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