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Issue: Josie #42
Publication Date: August 1969
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Issues: #42 of 28 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Radio Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The first Josie issue without Pepper.

As Pepper vanishes, another character arrives: this issue is the first appearance of Alan M.

This issue is also the last appearance of Pepper's boyfriend, Sock, who has almost nothing to do without her, and was also never mentioned again after being written out.

This was the first issue to introduce the "band" concept popularized by the Archie cartoon series, though in this story, the band is an all-male one (much like the Archie band in the comics was originally only Archie, Jughead and Reggie). A few months later, the company hit on the idea of putting Josie in a band instead, and the rest was history.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Josie; Alan M.; un-named girl
First Line: Is that the boy you're going to ask to the dance?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Minstrel Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Josie; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Alexander Cabot II; Alan M.
Synopsis: Alex hears a new guy in town, Alan M., playing his guitar, and hires him to serenade Josie on his behalf. Josie instantly falls for Alan M., but he's only interested in his music.
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In Issue: FlagLaugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine #42 published September 1982
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Josie's last name, which was "Jones" since the beginning of the comic, becomes "James" in this story. In subsequent years it would go back and forth between "James," "Jones" and "McCoy." All the "Josie" sequences in this issue are part of one continuously paginated story but are not marked as chapters or parts.
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Dismal Drummer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Josie; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Alan M.; Gloomer; Instant Replay
Synopsis: Alexandra also takes a fancy to Alan M., and offers to sponsor his band. She meets Alan's drummer, the suicidally depressed Gloomer, and Gloomer's perky girlfriend Instant Replay, the only person in the world who can translate Gloomer's mumblings.
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In Issue: FlagLaugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine #42 published September 1982
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Gloomer and Instant Replay are presented as possible recurring characters, but they didn't last beyond this issue.
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Third Man Theme

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Josie; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Alexander Cabot II; Alan M.; Instant Replay; Gloomer
Synopsis: Alan M. asks Alex to be the second guitarist in his band.
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In Issue: FlagLaugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine #42 published September 1982
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from B.R., T.M., O.N.
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Jumping to a Conclusion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
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In Issue: FlagLaugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine #42 published September 1982
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Jester Melody

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Josie; Melody; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Alan M.; Gloomer; Instant Replay; Sock
Synopsis: Alan, Gloomer and Alex make a great sound, and after listening to an argment between Josie and Alexandra, Melody gets an idea for the group's name: "Alan and the Jesters."
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In Issue: FlagLaugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine #42 published September 1982
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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