(August 1980)

Archie, 1969 Series
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Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
twice a year
On-sale Date
1980-06-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
That Wilkin Boy Inc.
Brand
Archie Series; Archie Comics Group
Barcode
0271000697808
Editing
Richard H. Goldwater ? (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #180.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

That Wilkin Boy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You missed a spot, Uncle Herman! -- On the back of your neck!
Genre
teen
Characters
Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Uncle Herman

Getting Noticed! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Give Till It Hurts (Table of Contents: 2)

That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Malmgren
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sheila Smythe; Willie Wilkin; Uncle Herman; Wilma Wilkin; Sampson Smythe
Synopsis
No one particularly likes Mrs. Smythe's artistic creations made from seashells, but no one will tell her, either.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits verified against the credits printed in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #186.

The Write Way! (Table of Contents: 3)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Dear Bingo and Samantha / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Eda Edwards (credited as Bingo and Samantha)
Pencils
Joe Edwards (illustrations)
Inks
Joe Edwards (illustrations)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

Indexer Notes

advice column

A Mynah Problem (Table of Contents: 5)

That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Stan Goldberg ?
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Bingo Wilkin; Willie Wilkin; Sampson Smythe; Samantha Smythe; Rebel
Synopsis
Mr. Smythe buys a mynah bird and teaches it to insult Mr. Wilkin, so Bingo comes up with a way to turn the tables.
Reprints

A Game of Chance (Table of Contents: 6)

That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Uncle Herman
Synopsis
Bingo and Uncle Herman put in a shuffleboard court and Mr. Smythe is determined to spoil it somehow.
Reprints

Sacrifice Play (Table of Contents: 7)

That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Stan Goldberg ?
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Bingo Wilkin; Uncle Herman; Willie Wilkin; Wilma Wilkin; Samantha Smythe
Synopsis
Uncle Herman decides that he's just in the way and leaves the Wilkin house, so Bingo has to come up with a way to make him change his mind.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["You missed a spot, Uncle Herman! -- On the back of your neck!"]
    That Wilkin Boy
  2. 1. Getting Noticed!
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Josie
  3. 2. Give Till It Hurts
    That Wilkin Boy
  4. 3. The Write Way!
    Li'l Jinx
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Dear Bingo and Samantha
  6. 5. A Mynah Problem
    That Wilkin Boy
  7. 6. A Game of Chance
    That Wilkin Boy
  8. 7. Sacrifice Play
    That Wilkin Boy
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen