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Issue Details

Issue #56
Published August 1971
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 52
Editing Richard Goldwater
Notes Starting with this issue, Josie (along with many other Archie titles) expanded to 52 pages and a 25-cent price.

Cover Details - "Health nuts! That's what they are!"

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes A redrawn version of the splash page of the story "Fitness Report," with other characters (including Josie) added.

14 page Josie story "Time On My Hands"

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Alan M.; Professor Transistor
Synopsis Alex and Alexandra accidentally send themselves back to prehistoric times in Professor Transistor's time machine. The others follow them back in time to rescue them.
Genre teen; humor; adventure; fantasy
Script Dick Malmgren
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes A crossover with the "Archie's Mad House" character of Professor Transistor.

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Dig That!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards

6 page Josie story "Fitness Report"

Characters Melody; Valerie
Synopsis Melody unwittingly gets the boys over-excited when she does calisthenics at the beach. Valerie tries to protect her from them, while the boys try to take Valerie out of commission so they can get to Melody.
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"

Synopsis Josie gives advice to readers.
Script Eda Edwards [as Josie]
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards

6 page Josie and the Pussycats with the Archies story "Think Jinx"

Characters Valerie; Melody; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis When Valerie and Melody come to the Chok'lit Shoppe to ask the Archies to play on a Pussycats record, Reggie is so smitten with Melody that he doesn't mind all the accidents she causes him to have.
Genre teen; humor
Script Dick Malmgren
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Josie story "Two of a Kind"

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Alan M.
Synopsis Alex and Alexandra have a fight at their pool party. Then they fight over whose party it actually is, and who should leave. When their friends decline to take sides, the Cabots side with each other and kick everyone else out.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx activity "Puzzles"

Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards

Josie story "Josie seems to be getting taller"

Characters Josie; Josie's dad; Josie's mom
Synopsis Josie's dad thinks her legs are getting longer.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Reprinted in Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #72.

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

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Archie Andrews
Synopsis The Pussycats and Archie Andrews go to the beach early in the morning, to enjoy it when there are no people there. But the peace is shattered by Alan M.'s malfunctioning motorcycle.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida