(October 1971)
Archie,
1969 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- 7 times a year in February, April, June, August, September, October, December
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Radio Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
Up Up and Away!!
Josie / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- adventure; humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III
- Synopsis
- Alex arranges for the Pussycats to take a balloon ride as a promotional stunt, but Melody accidentally releases the balloon before the balloonist shows up to steer them. After the guys try to get them down, the girls crash-land near a small town where a crook is holed up in a building after stealing the priceless bowl owned by Lady Petalon Rose -- known as the "Rose Bowl." The Pussycats lure him out with their music, but it takes Valerie's afro to protect the valuable bowl from being broken.
- Reprints
Pet Fret!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx annoys her counselor at Camp Wot-a-Ruckus.
Queen of the Kitchen
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Valerie; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Mrs. Kindly
- Synopsis
- Josie and Valerie help an old woman who feels useless after being forcibly retired from her job as a chef.
- Reprints
The Power of Suggestion
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III
- Synopsis
- Alex hatches a plan to convince the girls that he's just as strong as Alan M., and pays Alan to go along with it.
Don't Remind Me
Melody / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Valerie
- Synopsis
- Melody doesn't like being accused of forgetfulness.
- Reprints
-
in Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #72 (October 1973) - in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #187 (October 2008)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #250 (September 2016)
-
Lights Out!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx continues making mild mischief at Camp Wot-a-Ruckus.
[no title indexed]
Dear Josie / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Eda Edwards [as Josie]
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- Characters
- Josie
- Synopsis
- More advice from Josie to her readers.
Indexer Notes
Letters from L.C., A.S., L.E., N.K., Puzzled, L.A.
A Pollution Solution
Josie and the Pussycats / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alexander Cabot III
- Synopsis
- The girls like being out in the fresh country air, but Alex doesn't.
My Old Flame
Teach-In / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction; teen
- Characters
- Melody; Valerie
- Synopsis
- Valerie tells Melody how fire is created. Though it turns out Melody's very presence can make a man burst into flame.
Voodoo Swamp!
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.
- Synopsis
- On the way to a gig at Spanish Joe's Roadhouse in the bayou country, the Pussycats get stuck in a swamp, and Josie falls under a spell cast by an eerie old "Conjur Woman." But is the Conjur Woman using her power for good or evil?
- Reprints
- in Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #47 (March 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
The first of a series of horror/occult stories that appeared in this title, part of Archie Comics' short-lived attempt to move back into horror comics after that market started to come back.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Voodoo Swamp
Josie and the Pussycats -
1.
Up Up and Away!!
Josie -
2.
Pet Fret!
Li'l Jinx -
3.
Queen of the Kitchen
Josie -
4.
The Power of Suggestion
Josie -
5.
Don't Remind Me
Melody -
6.
Lights Out!
Li'l Jinx -
7.
[no title indexed]
Dear Josie -
8.
A Pollution Solution
Josie and the Pussycats -
9.
My Old Flame
Teach-In -
10.
Voodoo Swamp!
Josie
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- Chris Boyko
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- Jaime Weinman
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