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Alexander Cabot III

Alexander Cabot III

202 appearances Β· Silver Age Β· 1963–2025 Β· 8 key issues
Who is Alexander Cabot III?

Alexander Cabot III is the scheming, wealthy antagonist who crossed paths with Josie and her friends from their earliest adventures. Born into privilege, he uses his family's money and influence to pursue self-serving schemes, frequently clashing with the band.

Few Silver Age characters have proved as delightfully insufferable as Alexander Cabot III, the scheming, self-important antagonist who slithered onto the scene in She's Josie #3 in 1963, courtesy of the legendary Archie Comics team of Frank Doyle and Dan DeCarlo. A fixture of the Josie and the Pussycats universe for over six decades, he's kept gloriously chaotic company alongside Melody Valentine, Valerie Brown, and even Archie Comics royalty like Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, and Veronica Lodge across digest after digest. With 202 catalog appearances and eight key issues to his name, Alexander is no footnote β€” he's a cornerstone of Archie's comedic universe, a character whose enduring presence proves that a great schemer never really goes out of style.

β˜… First appearance
She's Josie #3
Oct 1963

Trivia

  • Casey Kasem's casting in the Josie franchise's TV adaptation handed Alexander a deliciously ironic pop-culture footnote, placing him in direct comic contrast with his other iconic cartoon persona, Shaggy β€” a crossover flavor that later TV-trivia coverage couldn't resist noting.en.wikipedia.org
  • Frank Doyle has written more of Alexander Cabot III's comics than any other writer in our catalog β€” 87 issues.

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1963–2021

She's Josie #3 β˜… 1963
She's Josie #3
Josie #44 β˜… 1969
Josie #44
Josie and the Pussycats #60 1972
Josie and the Pussycats #60
Archie and Me #90 1977
Archie and Me #90
Archie #309 1981
Archie #309
Pep #408 1986
Pep #408
Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #20 1990
Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #20
Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #44 1994
Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #44
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #39 1999
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #39
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #72 2003
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #72
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #118 2008
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #118
B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #223 2012
B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #223
Josie and the Pussycats #6 2017
Josie and the Pussycats #6
World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest #3 2021
World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest #3

Appearances (151–202 of 202, oldest first)

Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (1983)
Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (1987)
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (1992)
Veronica (1989)
B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (2011)
World of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (2010)
Archie Comics Super Special (2012)
#2
Archie Rockin' the World (2014)
Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (2014)
#20
Josie and the Pussycats (2016)
World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest (2021)
Archie 80th Anniversary Jumbo Comics Digest (2021)
#3
Archie Showcase Digest (2020)