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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published November 1963
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "That's a very long ball game your friends are watching, Josie!"

Characters Josie; Josie's mom; Albert; Alexander Cabot III; un-named boy
Genre humor
Pencils Bob White
Notes No credits, but the drawing style appears to be White's. This is the first Josie cover not drawn by Dan DeCarlo.

6 page Josie story "League Leader"

Characters Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Mr. Tuttle; un-named kids
Synopsis Melody becomes head of the school Anti-Superstition League and tries to show everyone that it's bad luck to be superstitious.
Genre humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Notes Writing identifiable as Frank Doyle by his style and DeCarlo's statement that Doyle did "all the writing" for the early Josies.

1 page illustration "Josie's Fashions"

Characters Josie
Synopsis Josie models a bathing suit design suggested by readers.
Genre fashion
Pencils Dan DeCarlo

1 page illustration "Melody's Fashions"

Characters Melody
Synopsis Melody models a reader-designed, music-themed outfit.
Genre fashion
Pencils Dan DeCarlo

6 page Josie story "Jungle Fever"

Characters Josie; Pepper; Alexander Cabot III
Synopsis Josie and Pepper, clad in backpacks and short shorts, are looking for a forest so they can pass their Woodsman test for the Girl Guides. Alex takes them to a specially-built jungle in the back of his estate.
Genre humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo

5 page Josie story "Leader of Men"

Characters Josie; Pepper; Albert; un-named kids
Synopsis Albert is feeling depressed because Pepper is a better athlete than he is.
Genre humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo

1 page text article "Richard Chamberlain - The Talented Dr. Kildare"

Genre fact
Letters Typeset

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Star Bright, Star Fright!"

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

5 page Josie story "Disaster Area"

Characters Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; un-named boys
Synopsis Melody's figure is causing all the boys to get distracted and crash into walls. So Josie and Pepper disguise her as an old woman to prevent her from causing damage.
Genre humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo