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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.