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Issue: Josie #42

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Publication Date: August 1969

Issue #42
- She's Josie
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Issues: #42 of 28 Issues

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: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.15 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Richard Goldwater

Notes: The first Josie issue without Pepper.

As Pepper vanishes, another character arrives: this issue is the first appearance of Alan M.

This issue is also the last appearance of Pepper's boyfriend, Sock, who has almost nothing to do without her, and was also never mentioned again after being written out.

This was the first issue to introduce the "band" concept popularized by the Archie cartoon series, though in this story, the band is an all-male one (much like the Archie band in the comics was originally only Archie, Jughead and Reggie). A few months later, the company hit on the idea of putting Josie in a band instead, and the rest was history.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Silver Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

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5 Content Items

reprinted 5 times as/in other Issues.

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

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Content Items (7 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Josie

Character(s): Josie; Alan M.; un-named girl

First Line: Is that the boy you're going to ask to the dance?

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Minstrel Man

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Josie

Character(s): Josie; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Alexander Cabot II; Alan M.

Synopsis: Alex hears a new guy in town, Alan M., playing his guitar, and hires him to serenade Josie on his behalf. Josie instantly falls for Alan M., but he's only interested in his music.

Reprinting

In Issue:

Laugh Comics Digest #42 published September 1982

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Notes: Josie's last name, which was "Jones" since the beginning of the comic, becomes "James" in this story. In subsequent years it would go back and forth between "James," "Jones" and "McCoy." All the "Josie" sequences in this issue are part of one continuously paginated story but are not marked as chapters or parts.

Dismal Drummer

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Josie

Character(s): Josie; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Alan M.; Gloomer; Instant Replay

Synopsis: Alexandra also takes a fancy to Alan M., and offers to sponsor his band. She meets Alan's drummer, the suicidally depressed Gloomer, and Gloomer's perky girlfriend Instant Replay, the only person in the world who can translate Gloomer's mumblings.

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In Issue:

Laugh Comics Digest #42 published September 1982

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: Gloomer and Instant Replay are presented as possible recurring characters, but they didn't last beyond this issue.

Third Man Theme

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Josie

Character(s): Josie; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Alexander Cabot II; Alan M.; Instant Replay; Gloomer

Synopsis: Alan M. asks Alex to be the second guitarist in his band.

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In Issue:

Laugh Comics Digest #42 published September 1982

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Eda Edwards [as Josie]

Penciller(s): Joe Edwards

Inker(s): Joe Edwards

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Joe Edwards

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Dear Josie

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Letters from B.R., T.M., O.N.

Jumping to a Conclusion

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Joe Edwards

Penciller(s): Joe Edwards

Inker(s): Joe Edwards

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Joe Edwards

Subject Matter

Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Li'l Jinx

Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday

Reprinting

In Issue:

Laugh Comics Digest #42 published September 1982

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Jester Melody

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Josie

Character(s): Josie; Melody; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Alan M.; Gloomer; Instant Replay; Sock

Synopsis: Alan, Gloomer and Alex make a great sound, and after listening to an argment between Josie and Alexandra, Melody gets an idea for the group's name: "Alan and the Jesters."

Reprinting

In Issue:

Laugh Comics Digest #42 published September 1982

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 5