• Genre:humor; teen

Synopsis:

Alexandra refuses to join Josie and Melody's new band, the Pussycats, unless they change the name to "Alexandra's Cool Time Cats." Alex introduces a new girl to take Alexandra's place in the group: Valerie Smith.

Reprints (8)

• in Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine (Archie, 1974 series) #41 (July 1982)
• in Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1993 series) #1 (1993)
• in Best of Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 2001 series) #1 (2001)
• in Archie Rockin' the World (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
• in Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #650 (January 2014)
• in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #1 (October 2016)
• in The Best of Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 2017 series) (2017)
• in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #7 (March 2020)

First appearance of Valerie.

First appearance of the Pussycats musical group.

The scripts in this issue are identifiable as Malmgren by his distinctive writing style.

Because of the change in writers, the rules concerning Alexandra's witchcraft powers are different from the previous two issues: Sebastian does not appear in this issue (she can now cast spells without him) and anyone, not just Melody, can break her spell with a snap of the fingers.

• Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen

Synopsis:

Josie, Melody and Valerie play their first concert in their new Pussycats costumes. Alexandra tries to magically ruin the concert by taking away their singing voices and making them meow like real cats.

Reprints (9)

• in Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine (Archie, 1974 series) #41 (July 1982)
• in Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1993 series) #1 (1993)
• in Best of Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 2001 series) #1 (2001)
• in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #[1] (August 2011)
• in Archie Comics Spectacular: Rock On! (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #233 (June 2015)
• in Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2016 series) #1 (2016)
• in Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 2016 series) #1 (November 2016)
• in The Best of Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 2017 series) (2017)

First appearance of the famous costumes, with the long tails and ears for hats.

• Genre:humor; children

Synopsis:

Li'l Jinx asks for an advance on her allowance.

Reprints (1)

• in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #51 (July 1982)

Synopsis:

Josie answers letters from readers.

Letters from O.M., R.P., Y.B.

• Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen

Synopsis:

Alexandra tries to use her powers of mind control to get Alan M. away from Josie.

Reprints (7)

• in Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #67 (February 1973)
• in Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine (Archie, 1974 series) #43 (November 1982)
• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #115 (November 2007)
• in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #229 (November 2012)
• in Archie's Big Book (Archie, 2017 series) #1 - Magic, Music & Mischief (August 2017)
• in The Best of Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 2017 series) (2017)
• in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #285 (December 2020)

When this story was re-printed in a later digest, the dialogue was rewritten so that instead of having magic powers, Alexandra had studied hypnosis on a website.

Writer credit changed based on the credits printed in the reprint of this story in B&V Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #229.