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Issue Details

Issue #26
Published January 1974
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 52
Editing Richard Goldwater
Notes The last 52-page giant issue of this title. After this, Archie Comics ended its experiment with making most of its comics giant-sized, and returned them all to regular 36-page books.

Cover Details - "That Old Feeling"

Characters Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page That Wilkin Boy story "Quiet Please"

Characters Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Uncle Herman; Sheila Smythe
Synopsis Wanting to work at home in peace and quiet, Mr. Smythe shoos a bunch of little kids away from his house, but winds up missing their noisiness.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Some Boner"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Synopsis Li'l Jinx gets a letter from Greg saying that he broke his leg.
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

6 page That Wilkin Boy story "Love Thy Neighbor"

Characters Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Tough Teddy; Sampson Smythe; Wilma Wilkin; Mrs. Maxson; Zelda Maxson
Synopsis At his mother's insistence, Bingo reluctantly leaves Samantha with Teddy and goes to welcome the new neighbors. They turn out to be a beautiful widow who lost her husband in Vietnam, and her equally beautiful teenage daughter, Zelda.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Samm Schwartz
Notes Zelda Maxson was introduced in this story as a possible rival for Bingo's affections, but she didn't last beyond one other story in this same issue.

6 page That Wilkin Boy story "The Weak Spot"

Characters Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe
Synopsis Mr. Smythe suspects everyone of trying to scam him, even little girls selling Girl Scout cookies. His suspiciousness leads to him being scammed by a phony policeman.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mario Acquaviva
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page activity "Bingo's Girl Whirl Name Puzzle"

Characters Bingo Wilkin
Pencils Stan Goldberg

2 page letters page "Dear Bingo & Samantha"

Characters Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe
Synopsis More letters from readers, more advice from the characters.
Script Eda Edwards [as Bingo and Samantha]
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "The Hard Facts!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis Li'l Jinx brings Greg cookies.
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

6 page That Wilkin Boy story "Gift of Gab"

Characters Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Zelda Maxson; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe; Tommy
Synopsis When Samantha sees Bingo going shopping with Zelda Maxson, she decides to fight for her man by butting in on their date.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mario Acquaviva
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page That Wilkin Boy story "That Old Feeling"

Characters Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe; Tough Teddy; Willie Wilkin
Synopsis Both Bingo and Sampson scoff at Samantha's premonition that something bad is going to happen tonight.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Samm Schwartz