That Wilkin Boy
#22
(April 1973)
Archie,
1969 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- 5 times a year in Jan., April, July, Sept., and Oct.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- That Wilkin Boy Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- Richard H. Goldwater (editor)
Of Crime and Punishment
That Wilkin Boy / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- drama; humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Uncle Herman
Of Crime and Punishment
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- drama; humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe; Uncle Herman
- Synopsis
- When Uncle Herman insists on going for a walk alone at night, everyone is afraid that he'll get mugged.
- Reprints
-
in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #35 (July 1981) [Title and "the end" re-lettered]
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Indexer Notes
A topical take on increased fears of mugging in the early '70s.
Some of the drawings of Mr. Smythe, particularly the third panel on page 3, show the more realistic, Marvel-style drawing and inking Dan DeCarlo's stories were using at this time.
It's Your Move
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- drama; humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Willie Wilkin
- Synopsis
- When he sees all the Smythe furniture being loaded onto a moving van, a despairing Bingo stows away on the van so he can find out where Samantha is moving.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #37 (November 1981)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #14 (December 1992)
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By George
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How is your homework coming along, Li'l Jinx?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Hap Holliday; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx has to write a report about George Washington.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #47 (April 1981)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #28 (May 1987)
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Phantom Strikes Again
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Buddy Drumhead
- Synopsis
- After Mr. Smythe throws him out again, Bingo asks Buddy to deliver a note to Samantha.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #1 (January 1982)
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[no title indexed]
Dear Bingo and Samantha / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Eda Edwards (credited as Bingo and Samantha)
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe
- Synopsis
- Bingo and Samantha continue their advice column.
Journey Into Jeopardy!
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- drama; humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe
- Synopsis
- Bingo has an extra-sensory premonition that the Smythes' car trip will end in disaster, so he sabotages their car to keep them from going.
The Start of Something Big!
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe
- Synopsis
- Bingo is flattered when Mr. Smythe trusts him with the key to his house.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #38 (January 1989)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Of Crime and Punishment
That Wilkin Boy -
1.
Of Crime and Punishment
That Wilkin Boy -
2.
It's Your Move
That Wilkin Boy -
3.
By George
Li'l Jinx -
4.
Phantom Strikes Again
That Wilkin Boy -
5.
[no title indexed]
Dear Bingo and Samantha -
6.
Journey Into Jeopardy!
That Wilkin Boy -
7.
The Start of Something Big!
That Wilkin Boy
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- Merlin Haas
- Thomas Johnson
- Mike Nielsen
- Joey Sayer
- Jaime Weinman
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