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Issue: Josie and the Pussycats #56
Publication Date: August 1971
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Issues: #56 of 62 Issues (63 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie Giant SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Radio Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Josie; Melody; Valerie
First Line: Health nuts! That's what they are!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A redrawn version of the splash page of the story "Fitness Report," with other characters (including Josie) added.
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Time on My Hands

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, humorous, teen
Character(s): Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Alan M.; Professor Transistor
Synopsis: Alex and Alexandra accidentally send themselves back to prehistoric times in Professor Transistor's time machine. The others follow them back in time to rescue them.
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In Issue: FlagLaugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine #8 published January 1977
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: A crossover with the "Archie's Mad House" character of Professor Transistor.
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Dig That!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Fitness Report

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Melody; Valerie
Synopsis: Melody unwittingly gets the boys over-excited when she does calisthenics at the beach. Valerie tries to protect her from them, while the boys try to take Valerie out of commission so they can get to Melody.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Josie gives advice to readers.
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Pages: 1
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Think Jinx

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Josie and the Pussycats with the Archies
Character(s): Valerie; Melody; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: When Valerie and Melody come to the Chok'lit Shoppe to ask the Archies to play on a Pussycats record, Reggie is so smitten with Melody that he doesn't mind all the accidents she causes him to have.
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In Content Item: FlagB&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #235 [Direct Edition] published September 2013
as Think Jinx [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: When reprinted in B&V Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #235, writing is credited to Frank Doyle.
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Two of a Kind

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Alan M.
Synopsis: Alex and Alexandra have a fight at their pool party. Then they fight over whose party it actually is, and who should leave. When their friends decline to take sides, the Cabots side with each other and kick everyone else out.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Puzzles

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Josie; Josie's dad; Josie's mom
First Line: Josie seems to be getting taller
Synopsis: Josie's dad thinks her legs are getting longer.
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In Content Item: FlagJosie and the Pussycats #72 published October 1973
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Early Worm Gets the Bird

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: The Pussycats and Archie Andrews go to the beach early in the morning, to enjoy it when there are no people there. But the peace is shattered by Alan M.'s malfunctioning motorcycle.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie's TV Laugh-Out #43 published September 1976
as The Early Worm Gets The Bird [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBest of Josie and the Pussycats #1 published January 2001
as The Early Worm Gets the Bird [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5

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