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Issue: That Wilkin Boy #18
Publication Date: July 1972
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Issues: #18 of 52 Issues (53 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie Giant SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: That Wilkin Boy Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/01/1972
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from mikesamazingworld.com
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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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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Who Do You Trust?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Ghost Hunters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery, teen
Synopsis: Bingo, Samantha and Teddy go to a ski lodge that has few customers because everyone thinks the house next door is haunted. The intrepid trio decides to find out what's causing the spooky noises in the house.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagJughead's Double Digest #166 [Direct Edition] published February 2011
as The Ghost Hunters [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Can You Top That?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx plays William Tell with a boomerang instead of an arrow.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Bingo and Samantha Tells It Like It Is!

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe
Synopsis: Bingo and Samantha dish out helpful advice to readers.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Who Do You Trust

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe
Synopsis: Mr. Smythe, decrying the current trend toward permissiveness, warns Samantha not to start any wild parties in his house while he's away. Soon after he leaves, a school bus full of young children breaks down in front of the house, and Samantha lets the kids in while it's being repaired.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagJughead's Double Digest #189 [Direct Edition] published March 2013
as Who Do You Trust [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Credits changed based on the credits from Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #189.
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Little Squirts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Cut 'Em Off at the Pass

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): That Wilkin Boy's Buffoonery
Synopsis: Bingo and Teddy are distracted from driving by a sexy girl.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Heartache Is a Two-Way Street

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic, teen
Character(s): Sally
Synopsis: In a story narrated by Samantha, she takes Bingo for granted, running around with many exciting boys and keeping Bingo on a leash for when she needs him. When Bingo gets tired of this treatment, Samantha fixes him up with her plain friend Sally, who can keep him occupied without being a threat to Samantha. But Samantha's fast-living boyfriends let her down when she needs a date for the biggest dance of the year, and when she turns to Bingo, he unwittingly gives her a taste of her own medicine.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBetty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #12 published April 1989
as Heartache is a Two-Way Street [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: One of several Archie Comics stories from this period that are done in the style of romance comics, with flowery first-person narration.

It has been speculated that this might have been an unused Betty and Veronica script repurposed for "That Wilkin Boy." Samantha acts almost exactly like Veronica in this story, and Sally, a character who never appeared again, is similar to Betty.

Many of Samantha's boyfriends are named after Archie comics contributors: Stan [Goldberg], Al [Hartley], Dexter [Taylor] and Bob [Bolling].

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