Josie and the Pussycats #71

This Giant-sized 1973 Archie publication finds Josie and the Pussycats face-to-face with a mysterious long-haired, cross-legged mystic who claims to be the emissary of "the Great Altuzar" — with powers to reveal the past, present, and future. The cover, penciled by Dan DeCarlo, packs the scene with personality: an enthusiastic fellow in a dollar-sign shirt gestures dramatically at the robed stranger, while Valerie, Josie, and the rest of the gang look on with varying degrees of skepticism and curiosity. With the cover copy teasing whether this is a con to fleece the Cabot fortune or something genuinely uncanny, "The Emissary" promises the kind of fun, mystery-tinged adventure the series delivered so reliably.