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Issue Details

Issue #59
Published December 1971
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 52
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - Read "Palm Trees and Pussycats"

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III
Genre humor; adventure
Pencils Dan DeCarlo

10 page Josie and the Pussycats story "Palm Trees and Pussycats"

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III
Synopsis Caught in a tropical storm on a trip to Florida, the Pussycats take shelter in an abandoned beach house, where a spy mistakes them for his contacts and gives them a book containing U.S. military secrets.
Genre humor; adventure
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz

1 page Josie illustration "Josie Pin-Up"

Characters Josie; Suzy
Synopsis Josie's niece asks her what color the sky is.
Genre humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Suzy's coloring book reads "by Dan DeCarlo."

1 page Josie and the Pussycats story "That Takes the Cake"

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alexandra Cabot
Synopsis Alexandra hints that she'd like something for her birthday.
Genre humor
Script Dick Malmgren
Pencils Gus LeMoine
Letters Bill Yoshida

2 page Li'l Jinx filler "Buckle Up!"

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

10 page Josie and the Pussycats story "The Blue Notes"

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie; Archie Andrews; Georgie
Synopsis Using a trick she learned from guitar playing, Valerie inflicts physical pain on a boy who comes on too strong. Angry at being beaten up by a girl, Georgie tries to veto the selection of the Pussycats for a dance and hire the Archies instead.
Genre humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Josie and the Pussycats story "Sing a Song of Sixpence"

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alexander Cabot III; Alexander Cabot II; Alexandra Cabot; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Alex meets Veronica Lodge, who is even snobbier and wealthier than he is. Determined to prove that no one can out-snob a Cabot, Alex hires the Pussycats to accompany him in a sarcastic serenade outside the Lodge mansion.
Genre humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Alex's serenade quotes from the lyrics of the Jerome Kern standard "Lovely To Look At."

1 page Josie letters page "Dear Josie"

Characters Josie
Synopsis Josie answers reader mail.
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

6 page Josie story "Animal Trainer"

Characters Josie; Melody; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
Synopsis In yet another Josie/Archie crossover, Melody tries to train Hot Dog.
Genre humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Letters Bill Yoshida