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Issue Details

Issue #62
Published June 1972
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 52
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "The Hooded Horror of Haunted Hill!"

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot
Genre teen; horror
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mario Acquaviva
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Mario Acquaviva

12 page Josie story "The Hooded Horror of Haunted Hill"

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Jason
Synopsis The gang goes up to the Cabots' mountain retreat, where they encounter a strange hooded figure, sobbing and howling. The caretaker of the Cabots' cabin tells them that this was a prospector whose lust for gold got his wife and daughter killed a hundred years ago, and who still prowls the mountain in eternal anguish. When the gang goes to inspect an old tunnel the next day, they discover gold, and themselves fall prey to gold fever -- until the undead prospector returns to scare them away.
Genre teen; horror; occult
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Oh, Promise Me!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis Li'l Jinx's dad once again threatens to spank her.
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards

10 page Josie story "The Movement"

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III
Synopsis Frustrated by both sexes' lack of understanding of what women's liberation really means, Valerie takes the boys aside and explains that women's lib isn't about taking over everything, it's about working side by side and helping each other. To illustrate this, Valerie asks them to imagine Alan M. being married to Josie, and refusing to let her work to help pay the bills. Eventually he'd work himself into an early grave.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mario Acquaviva
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

2 page Josie letters page "Dear Josie"

Characters Josie
Synopsis Josie answers reader letters.
Script Eda Edwards [as Josie]
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards

1 page Josie story "A Clothes Call"

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie; Josie's dad
Synopsis Josie's dad wants to know where the girls are going in their groovy mod threads.
Genre teen; humor
Script Dick Malmgren
Pencils Gus LeMoine
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Cornered!"

Characters Li'l Jinx
Synopsis Li'l Jinx dreams that she causes trouble, so she sleepwalks into the corner.
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards

10 page Josie story "Rock Of Ages"

Characters Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Maria; Zoltan
Synopsis An old gypsy woman gives Melody a magical stone. The next day, Melody has been transformed into an old hag, while the gypsy woman is young and beautiful. Melody learns that the only way to break the spell is to pass the rock, and the curse, onto another person. She decides to give it to Alex, but cannot bring herself to do it, even if it means being old and ugly forever.
Genre teen; horror; occult
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida