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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published September 1970
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Bingo, I Did It!"

Characters Uncle Herman; Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe
Synopsis Scene based on the story "Inventing We Will Go."
Genre humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Art identifiable as Dan DeCarlo by his style. Inking style seems to be that of Lapick, DeCarlo's regular inker at the time.

6 page That Wilkin Boy story "Inventing We Will Go"

Characters Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Uncle Herman; un-named kids; un-named salesman
Synopsis When Bingo wins a TV set, Uncle Herman tries to re-wire it so it will get 3-D picture.
Genre humor
Script Sy Reit ?
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes This is a remake of a story from Jughead # 62 (July 1960), "Dimension Invention." It uses the same script almost word-for-word, and even uses the same name, Herman, for Jughead and Bingo's uncles. Though Samantha appears in the story, she has no lines, because the script this is based on had only two characters (Jughead and Uncle Herman), and all their lines go to Bingo and Uncle Herman, respectively. This is the first appearance of Bingo's Uncle Herman. His design is completely different from Jughead's uncle of the same name, though in later comics, this Uncle Herman would become Jughead's as well (thus making Bingo and Jughead into cousins).

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "No Go!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Holliday
Genre humor; children
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

6 page That Wilkin Boy story "Along Came Bingo"

Characters Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Andy; un-named farmer
Synopsis Bingo and Samantha rent a motor scooter to go on a picnic.
Genre humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Script identifiable as Frank Doyle by his distinctive style and word choices (like "W-ell" and "Eep!").

5 page That Wilkin Boy story "The Master Stroke"

Characters Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Teddy; Buddy Drumhead; Rebel; un-named girls; Satan (cat)
Synopsis Rebel decides to get the jump on Teddy by clobbering him before he perpetrates a foul deed against his master.
Genre humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page letters page "Bingo Tells It Like It Is!"

Characters Bingo Wilkin
Synopsis Bingo answers the questions of readers with personal problems.
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

5 page That Wilkin Boy story "Love Thy Neighbor"

Characters Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Willie Wilkin; Samson Smythe; un-named health store clerk
Synopsis Mr. Smythe gets Bingo out of his hair by sending him on an errand to the health food store.
Genre humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Bill Yoshida