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Issue: That Wilkin Boy #1
Publication Date: January 1969
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Issues: #1 of 52 Issues (53 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie Series Goes 'Bingo'View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Radio Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/29/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy Cover; newsprint Interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Tough Teddy Tambourine; Buddy Drumhead; Rebel; Archie Andrews (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo); Jughead Jones (cameo)
First Line: Let's get on line and rehearse for the show, Samantha!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art identifiable as DeCarlo by his style and by his statement that he drew the first issue (quoted in "The Best of Betty and Veronica Summer Fun")

Rudy Lapick was back to being DeCarlo's main inker at this time (after the death of DeCarlo's brother Vince, who had been inking for him for a while), and the inking style seems to be his.

The mainstream Archie characters can be seen in the crowd waiting to attend The Bingoes' concert.
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Canine Cupid

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Samson Smythe; Mrs. Smythe [Shiela]; Willie Wilkin; Mrs. Wilkin [Wilma]; Rebel
Synopsis: When the feud between their fathers prevents Bingo and Samantha from seeing each other, Rebel comes up with a way to bring them back together.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Scripts in this issue are identifiable as Frank Doyle by his distinctive humor as well as DeCarlo's statement (quoted in "The Best of Betty and Veronica Summer Fun") that Doyle wrote the premiere issue of this comic.
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Change of Heart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Samson Smythe; Mrs. Wilkin [Wilma]; Willie Wilkin; Rebel
Synopsis: Mr. Wilkin, up to his ears in tax forms, is in no mood to give Bingo money for a date. But his mood changes after another confrontation with Samson Smythe.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Girl Watcher

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx notices that Greg is following her, but can only guess why.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Bingos

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): The Bingos
Character(s): The Bingos [Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Buddy Drumhead; Tough Teddy Tambourine]
Synopsis: Pin-up of "The Bingos".
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The name of the band is spelled "The Bingos" on this pin-up, but through the rest of the book is spelled "The Bingoes".
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Painful Lesson

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Willie Wilkin; Samson Smythe; Rebel
Synopsis: Mr. Wilkin tries to get Mr. Smythe to stop calling him "Wilkins" instead of "Wilkin."
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In Issue: FlagArchie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine #6 published May 1983
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The "Male" Bag

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bingo Wilkin
Synopsis: Bingo answers letters from typical teenagers.
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Pages: 1
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See Saw

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Willie Wilkin; Samson Smythe; Rebel; Mrs. Wilkin [Wilma]; Buddy Drumhead; Tough Teddy Tambourine
Synopsis: Bingo and his friends go to the Smythe house to play their music for Samantha; Teddy tries to do something "dastardly" to break up Bingo and Samantha, and only Rebel can stop him.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie #650 [Newsstand] published January 2014
as See Saw [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The story ends with a note asking the readers to write in and say if they'd like to see more issues of this comic.

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