That Wilkin Boy
#15
(October 1971)
Archie,
1969 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- That Wilkin Boy, Inc.
- Brand
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Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
A Private Affair
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- drama; humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe; Willie Wilkin; Tough Teddy
- Synopsis
- Samantha gets a beautiful new dress for her first formal party, one of the most important experiences of a young woman's life -- only to find that Bingo has broken his arm and can't go with her.
My Country 'Tis of Thee
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe; Willie Wilkin; Wilma Wilkin; Uncle Herman; Tough Teddy; Buddy Drumhead
- Synopsis
- Mr. Smythe complains that today's dances are too wild and untamed, and demands to see a dance that's quintessentially American.
- Reprints
-
in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #24 (September 1979)
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The Protector
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe
- Synopsis
- Samantha uses her martial arts skills to protect Bingo from a bully, while making Bingo think he's the one doing the fighting.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #25 (November 1980)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #12 (September 1984)
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Indexer Notes
Sabrina makes a non-speaking cameo appearance.
The Final Inning
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- drama; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Willie Wilkin; Wilma Wilkin; Uncle Herman; Rebel; Tough Teddy; Buddy Drumhead
- Synopsis
- Uncle Herman falls off a ladder and goes into a coma. Bingo and his friends play music under his hospital window to try and revive him.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #15 (March 1978)
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- Keywords
- soap opera
Bingo and Samantha "Tells It Like It Is!"
letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Eda Edwards [as Bingo and Samantha]
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- Synopsis
- Bingo and Samantha answer reader mail.
A Wild Stretch!
Teach-In / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; teen
- Characters
- Geraldine Grundy; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy teaches about the history and uses of rubber.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #15 (March 1978)
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Some Spelll!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx tests Charley's spelling ability.
Honest Injun!
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe
- Synopsis
- Mr. Smythe is once again furious with Bingo, until he has a dream that Bingo is the first astronaut to travel to Venus.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #31 (November 1980) [Original title is Honest Injun]
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
A Private Affair
That Wilkin Boy -
1.
A Private Affair
That Wilkin Boy -
2.
My Country 'Tis of Thee
That Wilkin Boy -
3.
Goody By-By!
Li'l Jinx -
4.
The Protector
That Wilkin Boy -
5.
The Final Inning
That Wilkin Boy -
6.
Bingo and Samantha "Tells It Like It Is!"
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7.
A Wild Stretch!
Teach-In -
8.
Some Spelll!
Li'l Jinx -
9.
Honest Injun!
That Wilkin Boy
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