Issue Details

Issue	#38
Published	December 1968
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Don't tell me you're finally getting your hair cut?"

Characters	Josie; Melody; Clyde Didit
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Notes	The credit on the cover reads "By Dan n' Dick," referring to Dan DeCarlo (creator) and Richard Goldwater (editor)

8 page Josie story "Pursuit of Happiness"

Characters	Josie; Melody; Clyde Didit; Alexandra Cabot; Count Drat
Synopsis	Josie is chased by Clyde Didit, the Crooning Casanova. Clyde, in turn, is chased by Alexandra Cabot, who hires the world-famous hypnotist and part time office boy Count Drat to zap Clyde into loving her.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Bill Yoshida
Notes	Alexandra refers to the then-upcoming moon landing ("I could offer you the moon, but it'll be full of astronauts soon").

6 page Josie story "The Comedians"

Characters	Pepper; Sock; Josie; Melody
Synopsis	After Sock accuses her of having no sense of humor, Pepper hits him in the face with a pie, leading to an all-out war of corny pranks.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Bill Yoshida

5 page Josie story "Busy Signal"

Characters	Josie; Alexander Cabot III; Melody; Pepper
Synopsis	Alex takes Josie to Lover's Lane in his spectacular car, but his romantic advances are interrupted by the ringing of the many phones in the car.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Josie letters page "Dear Josie"

Characters	Josie
Synopsis	Josie answers reader mail.
Script	Eda Edwards [as Josie]
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Letters	Joe Edwards

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Back Talk!"

Characters	Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis	Li'l Jinx demands Greg take back what he said about her.
Genre	children; humor
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Letters	Joe Edwards

5 page Josie story "Trouble"

Characters	Josie; Melody; Dan DeCarlo
Synopsis	Melody thinks she's a "janx" (her word for "jinx") because all the boys have accidents when she's around. Josie disagrees until her old friend Dan DeCarlo also goes ga-ga over Melody.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Bill Yoshida
Notes	Josie's friend is named after, and a caricature of, the comic's artist and creator.