Josie and the Pussycats #65

(October 1972)

My Brother's Keeper (Table of Contents: 1)

Josie And The Pussycats / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg

Inks:

Mario Acquaviva

Colors:

Barry Grossman ?

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Genre:

horror-suspense; teen

Characters:

Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Alan Mayberry; Valerie Brown; Alex Cabot; Roderick Van Cleeve; Simon Van Cleeve

Synopsis:

The Pussycats and their crew seek shelter from a storm in a Gothic mansion owned by the mysterious Roderick Van Cleeve. But, as Melody discovers, Roderick has a secret he's willing to kill for to protect.

The Real Thing (Table of Contents: 2)

Josie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg

Inks:

?

Colors:

Barry Grossman ?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor; teen

Characters:

Josie McCoy; Alan Mayberry; Alexandra Cabot; Valerie Brown

Synopsis:

In an effort to get Alan to like her, Alexandra tries being nice.

Here's Health (Table of Contents: 3)

Josie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg

Inks:

Mario Acquaviva

Colors:

Barry Grossman ?

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Genre:

humor; teen

Characters:

Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Alex Cabot; Valerie Brown

Synopsis:

Alex claims he can watch Melody doing calisthenics in a tight leotard and NOT lose his cool.

Reprints:

• in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #12 (July 2008)
• in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #215

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Dear Josie / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

? [as Josie]

Pencils:

Joe Edwards

Inks:

Joe Edwards

Colors:

Barry Grossman ?

Letters:

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

Everyone Warned Me

Characters:

Josie McCoy

Synopsis:

"Josie" answers reader letters.

Indexer Notes

Letters from W.H., unsigned, T.E., S.R., D.D., C.J., K.B.

Miss Hiss! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script:

Joe Edwards

Pencils:

Joe Edwards

Inks:

Joe Edwards

Colors:

Barry Grossman ?

Letters:

Joe Edwards

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Li'l Jinx; Russ

Synopsis:

Jinx has problems playing baseball.

Reprints:

• in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #217 (October 2011)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

A Defeated Idea (Table of Contents: 7)

Josie And The Pussycats / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg

Inks:

Stan Goldberg

Colors:

Barry Grossman ?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor; teen

Characters:

Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown

Synopsis:

The girls' quiet afternoon at the beach is spoiled when Melody catches a splinter in her foot.

Reprints:

• in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #216

Sticking To It (Table of Contents: 8)

Josie And The Pussycats / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg

Inks:

Stan Goldberg

Colors:

Barry Grossman ?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor; teen

Characters:

Josie McCoy; Alexandra Cabot; Melody Valentine

Synopsis:

Alexandra invites Josie and Melody to go to a discotheque.

Footloose And Fancy (Table of Contents: 9)

Josie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg

Inks:

?

Colors:

Barry Grossman ?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor; teen

Characters:

Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Alex Cabot; Valerie Brown

Synopsis:

Melody can't figure out why she's listing to the left.

Check Up (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script:

Joe Edwards

Pencils:

Joe Edwards

Inks:

Joe Edwards

Colors:

Barry Grossman ?

Letters:

Joe Edwards

Genre:

humor; children

Characters:

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday

Synopsis:

Hap demands that Jinx make a dental appointment.

Reprints:

• in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #12 (July 2008)

Lend Lease (Table of Contents: 11)

Josie And The Pussycats / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg

Inks:

Rudy Lapick

Colors:

Barry Grossman ?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor; teen

Characters:

Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Alexandria Cabot

Synopsis:

Melody is quite incensed by Alexandria's lack of generosity.

A Wealth Of Poverty (Table of Contents: 12)

Josie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg

Inks:

Rudy Lapick ?; Jon D'Agostino ? (see notes)

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Genre:

humor; teen

Characters:

Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown; Alexandra Cabot

Synopsis:

Josie and Valerie try to convince Alexandra to contribute to a senior citizen's home.

Reprints:

• in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #217 (October 2011)

Indexer Notes

The reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #217 credits inks to Jon D'Agostino while the original indexer of this issue credits the inks to Rudy Lapick.

Colorist credit confirmed by reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #217.

Letterer credit from reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #217.