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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published January 1969
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Let's get on line and rehearse for the show, Samantha!"

Characters Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Tough Teddy Tambourine; Buddy Drumhead; Rebel; Cameos: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Genre humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
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.

6 page That Wilkin Boy story "Canine Cupid"

Characters 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.
Genre humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Bill Yoshida
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.

6 page That Wilkin Boy story "Change of Heart"

Characters 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.
Genre humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx story "Girl Watcher"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis Li'l Jinx notices that Greg is following her, but can only guess why.
Genre humor; children
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

1 page The Bingos illustration "The Bingos"

Characters The Bingos [Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Buddy Drumhead; Tough Teddy Tambourine]
Synopsis Pin-up of "The Bingos".
Genre humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
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".

5 page That Wilkin Boy story "Painful Lesson"

Characters 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."
Genre humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page That Wilkin Boy letters page The "Male" Bag

Characters Bingo Wilkin
Synopsis Bingo answers letters from typical teenagers.
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards

6 page That Wilkin Boy story "See Saw"

Characters 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.
Genre humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Bill Yoshida
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.