(April 1971)
Archie,
1969 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Radio Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Richard H. Goldwater
[no title indexed]
Josie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With this miraculous machine...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Valerie Smith; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Sebastian; Professor Branewash
- Synopsis
- Redrawn version of the splash panel from "The Smart Machine."
The Cat Woman
Josie / comic story / 8 pages
- Feature Logo
Josie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Valerie Smith; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Sebastian
- Synopsis
- When Sebastian starts spending a lot of time at Josie's house, Alexandra decides that Alan M. must be a "cat lover" and Josie is trying to use Sebastian to get in good with him.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #9 (January 1984)
-
Indexer Notes
Script identifiable as Doyle by his distinctive, banter-filled writing style and fourth wall breaking (Alex comments on an unusual sound effect at one point).
The Smart Machine
Josie / comic story / 11 pages
- Feature Logo
- Josie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Valerie Smith; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Sebastian; Professor Branewash; Mr. Tuttle; un-named policeman; un-named kids
- Synopsis
- A sleazy scientist claims that his "smart machine" will make people intelligent without the necessity of getting an education. Only Valerie is unwilling to believe in the "easy way" -- but it's Valerie who offers to help the professor get new clients.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #5 (July 1976)
-
Indexer Notes
Last appearance of Mr. Tuttle, the school principal, who had been in the title since the beginning.
Getting Warmer
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx forgot her gloves.
[no title indexed]
Dear Josie / letters page / 1 page
- Feature Logo
Dear Josie- Characters
- Josie
- Synopsis
- Josie gives advice in response to letters from readers.
I Remember Melody
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
- Josie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Valerie Smith; un-named boys
- Synopsis
- The miniskirted Melody is monopolizing all the boys' attention, so Josie and Valerie convince her to dress more warmly -- and cover up her figure.
- Reprints
- in Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #39 (April 1976)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #82 (April 2004), #129 (April 2009)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #242 (March 2015)
- in World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #11
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["With this miraculous machine..."]
Josie -
1.
The Cat Woman
Josie -
2.
The Smart Machine
Josie -
3.
Getting Warmer
Li'l Jinx -
4.
[no title indexed]
Dear Josie -
5.
I Remember Melody
Josie
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