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Issue: She's Josie #1

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Publication Date: February 1963

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Detail

Issues: #1 of 16 Issues (17 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Archie Publications, Inc.

Brand: Archie Series

Indicia Publisher: Radio Comics, Inc.

On Sale Date: 12/10/1962

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.12 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Richard Goldwater

Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.

The issue is the first published appearance of Josie James and Melody Jones, later of "Josie and the Pussycats" fame. Some sources claim the first appearance was a story in Archie's Pals and Gals #23 (Winter 1962-1963). However, the copyright records do not bear this out. She's Josie #1 was published on December 10, 1962; Archie's Pals and Gals #23 was published on December 17.

Josie, Melody and Pepper had been created by Dan DeCarlo for a proposed newspaper strip called "Here's Josie." when it didn't sell as a strip, he took the characters to Archie Comics and got the go-ahead to do it as a comic book.

Using the three girls as the foundation for the new comic, DeCarlo developed the characters and their supporting cast in conjunction with writer Frank Doyle. DeCarlo told TheTrades.com in 2001 that "I designed all the characters, and Frank Doyle was doing all the writing."

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S.

Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Format Notes:

Variants2

She's Josie #1 [unnamed variant]

She's Josie #1 [15 cent]

Reprinted In5

4 Content Items

reprinted 4 times as/in other Issues.

1 Content Item
- A Gym Dandy [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.

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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

Images1

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

Indicia on this Page

Assets0

Content Items (5 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Josie

Character(s): Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Alexander Cabot III; Sock

First Line: How's Melody making out with the dumbbells?

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

A Gym Dandy

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Josie

Character(s): Josie; Melody; Pepper; Alexander Cabot III

Synopsis: Melody has been banned from physical fitness class because her physique drives the boys crazy, but the wealthy Alex Cabot III takes Josie and Pepper to work out at the private gymnasium in his mansion.

Reprinting

In Issue:

World of Archie Double Digest #2 [Direct Edition] published January 2011

In Content Item: Flag

Best of Josie and the Pussycats #1 published January 2001
as A Gym Dandy [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Notes: The four stories in this issue form an issue-length story arc. Most of the early issues of this comic tried to distinguish themselves from the regular Archie brand by telling book-length stories or giving some larger theme to the linked stories in the issue.

Neat Workers

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Josie

Character(s): Josie; Pepper; Mr. Jones; Albert; Sock

Synopsis: Josie and Pepper try to get the boys to participate in the nationwide physical fitness program, starting by getting Albert and Sock to clean out Josie's dad's garage.

Reprinting

In Issue:

World of Archie Double Digest #2 [Direct Edition] published January 2011

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: The introduction of Sock, the big brawny guy with a crush on Pepper. He started out as very similar to Moose, but later became more intelligent and sensitive.

One of many 1962-3 Archie stories that refer to President Kennedy's call for the youth of America to get more physically fit.

Muscle Hustle

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Josie

Character(s): Josie; Pepper; Albert; Sock; Alexander Cabot III

Synopsis: The boys may not want to exercise, but they sure go in for a lot of physical exertion, including wild dancing and fighting.

Reprinting

In Issue:

World of Archie Double Digest #2 [Direct Edition] published January 2011

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Track Down

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Josie

Character(s): Josie; Melody; Pepper; Mr. Tuttle; Albert

Synopsis: Josie and Pepper still can't get the boys interested in exercise, but when Melody starts running along the track in her shorts, they all get plenty of exercise by running after her.

Reprinting

In Issue:

World of Archie Double Digest #2 [Direct Edition] published January 2011

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: In the final panel, the shortest of the boys running after Melody is a caricature of Dan DeCarlo. Self-caricatures of DeCarlo would become a running gag in many of the pre-Pussycats "Josie" issues.