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Issue Details

Issue #528
Published August 1983
Cover Price 0.75 USD
Pages 36
Editing Victor Gorelick
Notes "Josie and the Pussycats," which had been canceled the year before, becomes one of the titles revived on a rotating basis under the "Archie Giant Series" banner.

Cover Details - "Let's go take pictures of the scenery!"

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman

6 page Josie and the Pussycats story "The Solitude Seekers"

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie
Synopsis The weary Pussycats try to find a spot on the beach where they can be free from male attention, until they face competition from gorgeous bikini-clad triplets.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

Half page Archie filler "Feat Beat"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Archie breaks a world record by eating a sandwich.
Genre teen; humor
Script George Gladir
Pencils Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Josie story "Engine Failure"

Characters Josie; Alexander Cabot III; Alan M.
Synopsis Using terms he learned from a car manual, Alex tries to speak with authority about the features of his car. Alan M. retaliates by making up a bunch of nonsense words and convincing Alex that they're features the manual didn't mention.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Josie story "Sleepy-Time Gal"

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie
Synopsis The girls try out a water bed at a store, and Melody enjoys it a little too much, to the delight of the male customers.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Josie story "The Early Bird Gets the Worm"

Characters Josie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot
Synopsis When Alexandra discovers that Alan M. and Josie get up at 6 a.m. every day to jog together, she tells Alex that they, too, must get up early to jog if they want to keep an eye on those two.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes In the splash panel, Alexandra is wearing a very '80s "Valley" outfit submitted by a reader. Josie reverts to her original last name of "Jones" in this story.