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Issue Details

Issue #51
Published October 1970
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Rock and ruin"

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes A re-drawn version of the splash page from the story "Litter by Litter."

6 page Josie story "The Competitors"

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Alexander Cabot II
Synopsis Alex challanges Alan M. to a series of contests to prove that his nimble agility counts for more than Alan's brute strength.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Don't Bank On It!"

Characters Li'l Jinx
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

1 page Josie Pin Up cartoon "Josie, what are you doing?"

Characters Josie; Valerie; Josie's dad
Synopsis Josie mows the lawn.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Josie and her father have the last name "James" in this cartoon.

10 page Josie story "Take Me To Your Leader"

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot
Synopsis The Pussycats' van is repossessed due to lack of payments, so Alexandra provides a new van in exchange for changing the group's name to "Alexandra the Great." The first stop on the tour is in a Central American republic, where Alexandra writes and performs a song that stirs the entire country up to revolution and wrecks American foreign policy in the region.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Josie letters page "Dear Josie"

Characters Josie
Synopsis Josie gives relationship advice to readers.
Script Eda Edwards [as Josie]
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

6 page Josie story "Litter By Litter"

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III
Synopsis When Melody goes on an anti-littering campaign, her friends think she's protested by dumping garbage on the steps of City Hall.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida