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Issue: That Wilkin Boy #49
Publication Date: August 1981
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Issues: #49 of 52 Issues (53 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: That Wilkin Boy Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/09/1981
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000697808
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Starting with this issue, writer-artist Dick Malmgren took over "That Wilkin Boy" and revamped it as a soap opera/adventure title. In this form it lasted four issues before being cancelled.
On sale date from the Comic Reader #191.
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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
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic, teen
First Line: In a brand new adventure!
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Pages: 1
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All-American Celebration

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Genres: drama, historical, humorous, teen
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: One of the few Archie Hostess Ads to get wide distribution in Archie Comics after the advent of the better known Josie Hostess Ads.
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Chapter I: It Takes a Thief

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic, teen
Synopsis: After Bingo is rushed to the hospital, Samantha meets and falls for his doctor, and signs up as a volunteer.
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Pages: 6
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It Makes Cents

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Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: Er… What are you looking for Charley?
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You Don’t Mean It?

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Disclose Notes: Match words to unlikely definitions
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Chapter II: What Are Friends For?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic, teen
Synopsis: A jealous nurse, Jessica Jason, tries to frame Samantha for robbery. When that doesn't work, Jessica makes Samantha think Bingo is unfaithful.
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Chapter III: What's in a Name?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: drama, romantic, teen
Synopsis: Samantha is followed home from the hospital by two mysterious, threatening-looking men.
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Pages: 5
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: In school everyone makes fun of me
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Disclose Notes: Advice column; page is hand-lettered, not typeset.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Uncle Herman; Bingo Wilkin
First Line: Golly Uncle Herman –
Synopsis: Uncle Herman fishes for dinner.
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Disclose Notes: This is a slightly cropped redrawing of the cover of That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 Series) #29
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Chapter IV: Silence Is Golden

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic, teen
Synopsis: After finding out that the men are undercover cops, Samantha tries to help them catch a crook at the hospital.
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Pages: 5

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