Josie and the Pussycats #68

(April 1973)

The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac" (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Falcon's Claw (Table of Contents: 2)

Josie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Jim DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman ?

Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It came in the night in all its mind blowing horror...

Genre

humor; horror-suspense; teen

Characters

Valerie Brown; Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine

Synopsis

Josie buys a falcon claw pendant at a garage sale. Immediately she begins suffering horrifying nightmares. When the girls investigate the old mansion Josie saw in her dream, they are set upon by a hoard of ectoplasmic horrors.

Reprints

• in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #14 (January 1978)
• in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #7 (July 1983)

[The Archies Meet The Archies] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Archie & Friends; Welch's Concord Grape Jelly / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Reward $11,750.00 for this Coin (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Now That Tears It (Table of Contents: 5)

Josie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

?

Colors

Barry Grossman ?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh, Golly! Is this dress too tight?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Valerie Brown; Alex Cabot; Alan M. Mayberry; Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine

Synopsis

Alex decides to prank Melody when she bends over in her extremely tight dress.

[It's a Three-Mendous Offer] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

What You Get Is What You See (Table of Contents: 7)

Josie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman ?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Happy birthday, Alan M!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Alex Cabot; Alexandra Cabot; Alan M. Mayberry; Josie McCoy

Synopsis

Josie and Alan try to convince Alexandra not to be so extravagant.

Any 14 of These Hit Records for Only $2.86 (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Columbia Record Club / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Hang Up! (Table of Contents: 9)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

Barry Grossman ?

Letters

Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Daddy! May I go over to Gigi's house?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Gigi; Hap Holliday; Li'l Jinx

Synopsis

Jinx can't go over to Gigi's house until she does her chores.

I'll Bite (Table of Contents: 10)

Josie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Jon D'Agostino ?

Colors

Barry Grossman ?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Come on, Melody! Don't tell me...

Feature Logo

Josie and the Pussycats

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; dental nurse

Synopsis

Melody is nervous about seeing the dentist.

Reprints

• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #112 (July 2007)
• in Archie's Giant Kids' Joke Book (Archie, 2012 series) (2012)
• in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #226 (August 2012)

Bullseye! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

Well Shut My Mouth (Table of Contents: 12)

Josie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren

Pencils

Dick Malmgren

Inks

?

Colors

Barry Grossman ?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hi, Melody! We're here!

Feature Logo

Josie and the Pussycats

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Valerie Brown; Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Sugar (Melody's new dog)

Synopsis

Melody gets a dog that isn't very friendly.

Reprints

• in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #203 (June 2010)

[7 Foot Monster] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Sounds Silly to Me . . . (Table of Contents: 14)

Josie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman ?

Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Where are you girls going in such a hurry?

Feature Logo

Josie and the Pussycats

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Valerie Brown; Alexandra Cabot; Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; unnamed club owner

Synopsis

When Alexandra is again rejected for band membership, she tries to sabotage the group's audition with her sorcery.

Reprints

• from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #47 (April 1970)

Get in the Groove for a Giant Fun-in! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

100 Little Dolls All for $1.50 (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

100 Little Dolls / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Sea-Monkeys] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Sea-Monkeys / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Dear Josie / letters page / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Josie]

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

Barry Grossman ?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I've really got a problem! I'm 13 and...

Genre

teen

Characters

Valerie Brown; Alexandra Cabot; Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine

Synopsis

"Josie" answers reader letters.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

Louis H. Silberkleit (signed)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Statement of ownership

Indexer Notes

Date of filing: October 1, 1972; Owner: Radio Comics, Inc, 1114-16 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, Archie Enterprises, same address; Richard Goldwater, managing editor, John L. Goldwater, editor; Total Paid Circulation, average of preceding twelve months, 138,871. Louis Silberkleit, Business Manager.

Amazing $1 Art Offer (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Cadence-Castle Art Prints / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

How to Hold a Man (Table of Contents: 21)

Josie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick (pages 3-5); ? (pages 1-2)

Colors

Barry Grossman ?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oooh! Aah! Alan M! What muscles!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Valerie Brown; Alan M. Mayberry; Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine

Synopsis

Josie and Melody compare strategies on how to keep a man.

Reprints

• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #112 (July 2007)
• in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #232 (May 2013)

Get These Dynamite Embroidered Cloth Patches That Tell it Like it is! (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

Gandalf Embroidered Cloth Patches / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

$2, Each, Buy 2 Get One Free. (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

Mirobar Sales Corporation / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24) (Expand) /

Cheerful Card / Cheerful House Cards and Stationery / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)