Issue Details

Issue	#68
Published	April 1973
Frequency	seven times per year
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	52
Editing	John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)

Cover Details - "An Innocent Purchase"

Characters	Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown
Synopsis	In a Gothic mansion, Josie, Melody and Valerie cower before a host of hideous demons.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Colors	Barry Grossman ?

8 page Josie story "The Falcon's Claw"

Characters	Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown
Synopsis	Josie buys a falcon claw pendant at a garage sale. Immediately she begins suffering horrifying nightmares. When the girls investigate the old mansion Josie saw in her dream, they are set upon by a hoard of ectoplasmic horrors.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Jim DeCarlo
Colors	Barry Grossman ?
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Archie; Welch's advertisement "The Archies Meet The Archies"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Pencils	Al Hartley
Inks	Al Hartley
Colors	Barry Grossman ?
Notes	Advertisement for Welch's Grape Jelly in jars decorated with Archie Comics characters.

6 page Josie story "Now That Tears It"

Characters	Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Alex Cabot; Valerie Brown; Alan Mayberry
Synopsis	Alex decides to prank Melody when she bends over in her extremely tight dress.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Colors	Barry Grossman ?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "It's A Three-Mendous Offer"

Characters	Woodrow Wilkin; Melody Valentine
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Dan DeCarlo
Colors	Barry Grossman ?
Notes	Subscription solicitation for That Wilkin Boy, Josie And The Pussycats, and Sabrina The Teenage Witch.

6 page Josie story "What You Get Is What You See"

Characters	Josie McCoy; Alan Mayberry; Alexandra Cabot; Alex Cabot
Synopsis	Josie and Alan try to convince Alexandra not to be so extravagant.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Colors	Barry Grossman ?

2 page Li'l Jinx story "Hang Up!"

Characters	Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday; Gigi
Synopsis	Jinx can't go over to Gigi's house until she does her chores.
Genre	Humor
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Colors	Barry Grossman ?
Letters	Joe Edwards

1 page Josie And The Pussycats story "I'll Bite"

Characters	Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine
Synopsis	Melody is nervous about seeing the dentist.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Stan Goldberg
Inks	Jon D'Agostino ?
Colors	Barry Grossman ?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Bullseye"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Pencils	Al Hartley
Inks	Al Hartley
Colors	Barry Grossman ?
Notes	Advertisement for Archie Giant Series #210.

2 page Josie And The Pussycats story "Well Shut My Mouth"

Characters	Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown
Synopsis	Melody gets a dog that isn't very friendly.
Genre	Teen
Script	Dick Malmgren
Pencils	Dick Malmgren
Colors	Barry Grossman ?

5 page Josie And The Pussycats story "Sounds Silly To Me . . ."

Characters	Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown; Alexandra Cabot; unnamed club owner
Synopsis	When Alexandra is again rejected for band membership, she tries to sabotage the group's audition with her sorcery.
Genre	Teen
Script	Dick Malmgren
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Colors	Barry Grossman ?
Letters	Bill Yoshida
Notes	from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 Series) #45.

1 page Dear Josie letters page "I've Really Got A Problem"

Characters	Josie McCoy; Alexandra Cabot; Valerie Brown; Melody Valentine
Synopsis	"Josie" answers reader letters.
Script	? [as Josie]
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Colors	Barry Grossman ?

Half page statement of ownership "Statement Of Ownership"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Date of filing: October 1, 1972; Owner: Radio Comics, Inc, 1114-16 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, Archie Enterprises, same address; Richard Goldwater, managing editor, John L. Goldwater, editor; Total Paid Circulation, average of preceding twelve months, 138,871. Louis Silberkleit, Business Manager.

5 page Josie story "How To Hold A Man"

Characters	Josie McCoy; Alan Mayberry; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown
Synopsis	Josie and Melody compare strategies on how to keep a man.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	? [pg 1-2]; Rudy Lapick [pg 3-5]
Colors	Barry Grossman ?