That Wilkin Boy #12

(April 1971)

All Aglow (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script:

Dick Malmgren

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Rudy Lapick

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe

Synopsis:

After Bingo trips on one of Mr. Smythe's barbells and crushes his guitar, he and Samantha have an argument and break up, to her father's joy.

Reprints:

• in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #9 (March 1977)

Open and Shut Case! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script:

Joe Edwards

Pencils:

Joe Edwards

Inks:

Joe Edwards

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Edwards

Genre:

humor; children

Characters:

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday

Fed Up! (Table of Contents: 3)

Rebel / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Rudy Lapick

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Rebel; Willie Wilkin; Mrs. Wilkin

Synopsis:

Rebel comments disparagingly on the food he gets.

Fiddler's Choice (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Rudy Lapick

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Uncle Herman; Tough Teddy; Rebel

Synopsis:

Mr. Smythe and Teddy try to prove that Uncle Herman is lying about having been a professional baseball player.

Reprints:

• in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #22 (May 1979)

Good Skate (Table of Contents: 5)

Samantha / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Rudy Lapick

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe

Synopsis:

Samantha learns to roller skate.

Night Shades (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Rudy Lapick

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Tough Teddy; Willie Wilkin; Mrs. Wilkin; Buddy Drumhead; Rebel

Synopsis:

Teddy is proud of the fact that his dark glasses are his exclusive trademark, until the Wilkins get hold of a whole case full of shades.

Reprints:

• in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #27 (March 1980)

Watch Your Steps (Table of Contents: 7)

Buddy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Dick Malmgren

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Rudy Lapick

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Buddy Drumhead; Tough Teddy

Synopsis:

Buddy is obsessed with an escalator.

White Sale (Table of Contents: 8)

Bingo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Dick Malmgren

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Rudy Lapick

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Bingo Wilkin; Willie Wilkin

Synopsis:

Mr. Wilkin complains that aggravation from Bingo is giving him grey hairs.

Reprints:

• in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #51 (March 1984)
• in Jughead & Friends Digest Magazine (Archie, 2005 series) #18 (April 2007)
• in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #195 (October 2013)

Too Many Cooks (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Rudy Lapick

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Uncle Herman; Mrs. Wilkin; Willie Wilkin

Synopsis:

Uncle Herman tries to cook a turkey, with the expected results.

Reprints:

• in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #17 (July 1978)

Bingo Tells It Like It Is (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script:

Eda Edwards [as Bingo]

Pencils:

Joe Edwards

Inks:

Joe Edwards

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Edwards

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Bingo Wilkin

Synopsis:

Bingo gives advice to readers.

In Step (Table of Contents: 11)

Sampson Smythe / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Rudy Lapick

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Willie Wilkin

Synopsis:

Sampson tries to prove he's up on today's latest fads.

Snow Made! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script:

Joe Edwards

Pencils:

Joe Edwards

Inks:

Joe Edwards

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Edwards

Genre:

humor; children

Characters:

Li'l Jinx; Greg

Synopsis:

Li'l Jinx, woman's libber, creates a "snow woman."

The Man and the Boy (Table of Contents: 13)

That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Samm Schwartz

Inks:

Samm Schwartz

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Genre:

teen; drama

Characters:

Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe; Doctor; Lisa

Synopsis:

After a handsome doctor saves Mrs. Smythe's life, Samantha decides to transfer her love from the immature Bingo to the mature, wise doctor. But when she faces a crisis with Bingo, she learns who the real mature man is.

Keywords:

soap opera

Indexer Notes

The first of many soap-style stories in this title.

This is the infamous story where Bingo slaps Samantha to calm her down when she's hysterical.