Josie and the Pussycats #49

(August 1970)

Pussyfooting With the Pussycats (Table of Contents: 1)

Josie and the Pussycats / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen; humor; adventure

Characters

Josie; Melody; Valerie Smith; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Doctor Klutz; Kloddly; Professor Lamebrane; un-named government agent; Sebastian

Synopsis

The Pussycats have a gig at the Milton Hotel to play at a private party for Professor Lamebrane, inventor of a secret formula for slow light. With Alex as their manager and Alan M. as their roadie, the girls set off in their van for the hotel. Wanting to get in on the action, Alexandra and Sebastian teleport to the hotel, where Alexandra uses her magic powers to switch the secret formula with one of the Pussycats' songs.

Reprints

• in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #4 (October 1982)

Indexer Notes

Script identifiable as Doyle by his distinctive writing style (much sharper than the writer of the last few issues).

This issue re-introduces Sebastian the cat, who had been absent for the last few issues. It also introduces several elements that would be used in the Hanna-Barbera cartoon (which premiered the following month): Alan M. traveling with the Pussycats, Alexandra scheming to join the group, and the group fighting mad scientists and world-domination plots.

This was also the last new story for many years to feature Alexandra's magical powers, which were not used in the TV cartoon. Her powers were briefly re-introduced in the early '80s.

A Dirty Play! (Table of Contents: 2)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Greg

Synopsis

Li'l Jinx slides into a base while playing baseball.