Archie & Friends #49 [Direct Edition]
(August 2001)

Archie, 1992 Series
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Price
1.99 USD; 2.39 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except April, June, and Nov.
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Comics
Barcode
762816469654 04911
Editing
Victor Gorelick

Issue Notes

Music for the Masses! (Table of Contents)

Josie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rex Lindsey (signed as RWL)
Inks
Bob Smith (signed as BS)
Colors
?
Letters
Rex Lindsey (signed as RWL)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I always said their music was a crime!
Genre
teen
Characters
Josie and the Pussycats; Alexandra Cabot; Alexander Cabot
Keywords
band; behind bars; crime; girl group; jail; music

Music for the Masses Part 2 Chapter 3 (Table of Contents: 1)

Josie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Parent
Pencils
Rex Lindsey
Inks
Rich Koslowski
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Feature Logo
Josie and the Pussycats
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Josie and the Pussycats [Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown; Melody Valentine]; Alexandra Cabot; Alexander Cabot; Felicia
Synopsis
Josie and the Pussycats are arrested in Muldaria for having a public concert.
Reprints

Reggie's Stand Up Comedy Page (Table of Contents: 2)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
Pencils
Rex Lindsey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Reggie makes jokes about "money."
Keywords
algebra; banker; basketball; bed; British pound; movers; moving van

Indexer Notes

A basketball player that looks like Dennis Rodman is illustrated in one of the panels.

Music for the Masses Part 2 Chapter 4 (Table of Contents: 3)

Josie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Parent
Pencils
Rex Lindsey
Inks
Rich Koslowski
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Feature Logo
Josie and the Pussycats
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Josie and the Pussycats [Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown; Melody Valentine]; King Bently; Felicia Bently; Alexandra Cabot; Alexander Cabot; Alan Mayberry
Synopsis
The King of Muldaria passes a law to allow public concerts and the Josie and the Pussycats get to perform.
Reprints

Spring into the Archie & Friends Scrapbook (Table of Contents: 4)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?

Synopsis
Fan Art sent in by: Emily Alcott (Patterson, NY); Rei Heather Montoya (Santa Fe, NM); Stephen R. Beam (Hesperus, CO); Anna Alcott (Patterson, NY).

Indexer Notes

Features fan art of Betty, Veronica, and Cheryl as Sailor Moon characters.

Weak Technique (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Craig Boldman
Pencils
Rex Lindsey
Inks
Rich Koslowski
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Mr. Cornthwaite; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Dilton Doiley; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Moose pretends to be hurt so that people will stop treating him as nothing but a beast of burden.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script credit differs in this printing.

Editor's Notebook (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Victor Gorelick
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?

Jug's Heart Is Afire... And It's Not Heartburn! (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Rex Lindsey
Inks
Rich Koslowski
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Forsythe Jones; Gladys Jones; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Nancy Woods; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Ethel gets a job driving a Super Wiener car selling hot dogs. Jughead is in love with all the hot dogs. They go to an In Zinc (NSYNC) concert together.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Music for the Masses!
    Josie
  2. 1. Music for the Masses Part 2 Chapter 3
    Josie
  3. 2. Reggie's Stand Up Comedy Page
    Reggie
  4. 3. Music for the Masses Part 2 Chapter 4
    Josie
  5. 4. Spring into the Archie & Friends Scrapbook
  6. 5. Weak Technique
    Archie & Friends
  7. 6. Editor's Notebook
  8. 7. Jug's Heart Is Afire... And It's Not Heartburn!
    Archie & Friends
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Kristin Kavanagh
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk