(October 1972)
Archie,
1969 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- 7 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 Giant Series
- Editing
- John Goldwater; Richard Goldwater (managing editor)
[no title indexed]
Josie / cover / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Malmgren ?
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ohh! We're in a Graveyard, Alan!
- Genre
- horror-suspense; teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Alan Mayberry; Valerie Brown; Alex Cabot
- Synopsis
- The Pussycats seek shelter from a storm in a dark Gothic mansion.
My Brother's Keeper
Josie / comic story / 8 pages
- 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 to protect.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #145 (December 2010) - in The Best of Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 2017 series) (2017)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #274 (November 2019)
-
- Keywords
- graveyard
The Real Thing
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- 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
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- 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 (August 2011)
-
[no title indexed]
Dear Josie / letters page / 2 pages
- 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!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- Genre
- humor; children
- 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)
-
A Defeated Idea
Josie / comic story / 1 page
- 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 (September 2011), #282 (August 2020)
-
Sticking to It
Josie / comic story / 1 page
- 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.
- Reprints
Footloose and Fancy
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- 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
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- 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
Josie / comic story / 1 page
- 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
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- 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), #282 (August 2020)
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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.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Ohh! We're in a Graveyard, Alan!"]
Josie -
1.
My Brother's Keeper
Josie -
2.
The Real Thing
Josie -
3.
Here's Health
Josie -
4.
["Everyone Warned Me"]
Dear Josie -
5.
Miss Hiss!
Li'l Jinx -
6.
["Let Go, Ronnie!"]
-
7.
A Defeated Idea
Josie -
8.
Sticking to It
Josie -
9.
Footloose and Fancy
Josie -
10.
Check Up
Li'l Jinx -
11.
Lend Lease
Josie -
12.
A Wealth of Poverty
Josie
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