(February 1975)
Archie,
1969 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Radio Comics, Inc.
- Brand
- Archie Series
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- was ongoing series
It's the Real Thing
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Josie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot
- Synopsis
- Josie is attracted by Alan M.'s country singing, so Alex takes it up as well. But Josie finds Alex's country music over-produced and inauthentic.
The Long Wait
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; Charley Hawse
Fire Bugged
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Josie; Alan M.; Alexandra Cabot
- Synopsis
- When Alan M. becomes a volunteer fireman, Alexandra keeps faking fires and putting in emergency calls to him to get him away from Josie.
Bow Woe
Alex / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Mario Acquaviva
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Alexander Cabot III; Josie; Melody; Valerie
- Synopsis
- Alex tries to put on a butterfly bow tie.
- Reprints
-
in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #200 (February 2010)
-
[no title indexed]
Melody Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Anybody know how to spell Mississippi?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Valerie
- Reprints
in Expose Pose
Josie and the Pussycats / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Mario Acquaviva
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Valerie; Alan M.
- Synopsis
- Valerie asks to take a picture of Alan M. for the school paper's fashion feature.
Josie's Puzzle
Josie / activity / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Josie
The Living End
Melody / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Melody; Josie; Valerie
- Synopsis
- Melody believes a sign that says the world is coming to an end.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #14 (March 1990)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #257 (December 2017)
-
Dear Josie
Josie / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Eda Edwards [as Josie]
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- Characters
- Josie
- Synopsis
- Advice from Josie to the readers.
Auto Suggestion
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Josie; Valerie; Alexander Cabot III
- Synopsis
- Alex refuses to drive more slowly: the energy crisis doesn't affect the Cabots because they don't have shortages of oil, and safety issues don't affect Cabot cars.
- Reprints
- in Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #75 (April 1980)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #64 (May 1986)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #100 (February 1990)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #51 (March 1991)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #109 (March 2007)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #268 (April 2019)
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Table of Contents
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0.
["Willie-Joe hasn't completed a pass all night"]
Josie -
1.
It's the Real Thing
Josie -
2.
The Long Wait
Li'l Jinx -
3.
Fire Bugged
Josie -
4.
Bow Woe
Alex -
5.
["Anybody know how to spell Mississippi?"]
Melody Pin Up -
6.
Expose Pose
Josie and the Pussycats -
7.
Josie's Puzzle
Josie -
8.
The Living End
Melody -
9.
Dear Josie
Josie -
10.
Auto Suggestion
Josie
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