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