Josie
#43
(September 1969)
Archie,
1965 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Seven times a year, in Feb., April, June, August, Sept., Oct. and Dec.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Radio Comics, Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
How Do You Spell That..
Josie / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Sebastian
- Synopsis
- Alex and Alexandra discover that her cat, Sebastian, is the reincarnation of an uncle who was suspected of consorting with witches, and that she has the power to cast spells when she holds him and says the magic words.
- Reprints
-
in Best of Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [single page with Sebastian's first appearance]
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Indexer Notes
First appearance of Sebastian the cat.
Introduction of Alexandra's magical powers, which (with some variations) would last through issue # 49.
Script identifiable as Doyle by his distinctive style of dialogue.
All the "Josie" sequences in this issue are part of one continuously paginated story but are not marked are chapters or parts.
It's a Snap..
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Sebastian; Sheldon
- Synopsis
- Alexandra and Alex test out her newfound witchcraft powers, but discover that Melody has the power to break any spell by snapping her fingers.
Indexer Notes
First appearance of Sheldon.
Miscast
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Josie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Sebastian
- Synopsis
- Alex tries to impress Josie with some magical help from Alexandra and Sebastian, but Alexandra's spells don't work the way she intends them to.
[no title indexed]
Dear Josie / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- Characters
- Josie
- Synopsis
- Josie answers letters from readers.
Indexer Notes
Letters from M.C., I.K., W.G.
Not A-Loud
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx plays the bass drum.
The Cat's Meow..
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Alexander Cabot III; Alexander Cabot II; Sebastian
- Synopsis
- Alex becomes convinced that Sebastian is magically causing him to have accidents.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Eenie Meenie Water Hose..."]
Josie -
1.
How Do You Spell That..
Josie -
2.
It's a Snap..
Josie -
3.
Make the Summer Scene With Betty and Veronica!
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4.
Miscast
Josie -
5.
[no title indexed]
Dear Josie -
6.
Not A-Loud
Li'l Jinx -
7.
The Cat's Meow..
Josie
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- Keith Alan Morgan
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