| Issue | #28 |
| Published | August 1967 |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Richard Goldwater |
| Notes | The stories in this issue signal another shift in tone for the comic, toward a more topical late '60s approach with more references to hippies and other far-out fads of the era. |
| Characters | Josie; Melody; Pepper |
| Synopsis | Josie has her room decorated with Herman's Hermits memorabilia, and now there's a new pop group sensation to get into. |
| Genre | teen; humor |
| Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
| Inks | Rudy Lapick |
| Notes | Includes the credit "By Dan n' Dick," referring to creator Dan DeCarlo and editor Richard Goldwater. |
| Characters | Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Alexander Cabot III; Mr. Tuttle; Mr. Jones |
| Synopsis | Josie, Melody and Pepper all take up the new fad of walking around barefoot, shocking the hidebound Albert. Finally Mr. Tuttle orders them to cease this kind of exposure, so they go back to the more modest fashion of wearing shoes with miniskirts. |
| Genre | teen; humor |
| Script | Frank Doyle |
| Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
| Inks | Rudy Lapick |
| Letters | Bill Yoshida |
| Characters | Josie; Melody; Pepper; Alexander Cabot III; Alexander Cabot II |
| Synopsis | Declaring that his money and power give him the ability to get anything he wants, Alex grabs Melody and tries to get her all to himself, but her beauty attracts other men from all around. So Alex pays the other boys to get away from Melody and brings her to his home, where Josie and Pepper try to save their friend from that cad's clutches. |
| Genre | teen; humor |
| Script | Frank Doyle |
| Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
| Inks | Rudy Lapick |
| Letters | Bill Yoshida |
| Notes | Dan DeCarlo makes a cameo as one of the boys chasing Melody, the third boy from the left at the top of page 4. |
| Characters | Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge |
| Synopsis | Bathing-suited Betty and Veronica promote "Betty and Veronica Summer Fun." |
| Pencils | Harry Lucey |
| Inks | Mario Acquaviva |
| Letters | Mario Acquaviva |
| Characters | Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Alexandra Cabot |
| Synopsis | Josie and Alexandra compete against each other in a photography contest, and Alexandra has the clear advantage because of her state-of-the-art thousand-dollar camera, while Josie only has an old-fashioned square box camera. |
| Genre | teen; humor |
| Script | Frank Doyle |
| Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
| Inks | Rudy Lapick |
| Characters | Josie |
| Synopsis | Josie gives advice to readers. |
| Script | Eda Edwards [as Josie] |
| Pencils | Joe Edwards |
| Inks | Joe Edwards |
| Letters | Joe Edwards |
| Notes | The first appearance of this feature, which became a regular part of this title. Eda Edwards, wife of veteran Archie artist Joe Edwards, explained in Alter Ego magazine in January 2009 that she answered the reader mail in the voice of the characters for this and other features like "Dear Betty and Veronica." She wrote: "I became the Dear Abby of the Archie world, answering letters from kids all over the globe. I went through the tons of mail that was sent to us by Archie Comics and answered as many as the page permitted. Joe did the lettering." |
| Characters | Josie; Albert |
| Synopsis | Josie wishes Albert would dress in a less mod manner. |
| Genre | teen; humor |
| Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
| Inks | Rudy Lapick |
| Letters | Vincent DeCarlo |