Issue Details

Issue	#23
Published	July 1973
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "The Banning of Bingo"

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

6 page That Wilkin Boy story "The Banning of Bingo!"

Characters	Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe
Synopsis	When Samantha's grades go down, Mr. Smythe assumes it's because she's been seeing too much of Bingo, and forbids them to see each other until her grades improve.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Stan Goldberg
Inks	Jon D'Agostino
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Blockhead"

Characters	Li'l Jinx; Russ
Genre	children; humor
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Letters	Joe Edwards

6 page That Wilkin Boy story "Some Changes Made"

Characters	Willie Wilkin; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe
Synopsis	A snooty interior decorator comes over and tells Mr. Wilkin that everything in his house will have to go, much to Mr. Smythe's amusement.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Dick Malmgren
Pencils	Stan Goldberg
Inks	Jon D'Agostino
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

6 page That Wilkin Boy story "The Busy Body"

Characters	Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe
Synopsis	Mr. Smythe is upset that everyone is whispering when he's around, and demands to know what's going on behind his back.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Dick Malmgren
Pencils	Stan Goldberg
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

6 page That Wilkin Boy story "Taken For Granite"

Characters	Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe
Synopsis	When Bingo accidentally breaks Mr. Smythe's "America: Love It Or Leave It" statue, Sampson thinks it was broken on purpose and chases the "liberal-minded pinko" Bingo away from his house.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Dick Malmgren
Pencils	Stan Goldberg
Inks	Mario Acquaviva
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page That Wilkin Boy story "Up, And At 'Em"

Characters	Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe
Synopsis	Mrs. Smythe asks Bingo to wake up her husband.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Dick Malmgren
Pencils	Stan Goldberg
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page That Wilkin Boy story "It's a Smash"

Characters	Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Tough Teddy; Buddy Drumhead
Synopsis	Mr. Smythe suspects that Buddy is the one who broke his window.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Dick Malmgren
Pencils	Stan Goldberg
Inks	Mario Acquaviva
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

2 page Li'l Jinx filler "Thick Thinking"

Characters	Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Synopsis	Charley is going on a trip to New York.
Genre	children; humor
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Letters	Joe Edwards

1 page That Wilkin Boy story "My Case Rests"

Characters	Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe
Synopsis	Mr. Smythe tells Bingo to set up a hammock.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Dick Malmgren
Pencils	Stan Goldberg
Inks	Jon D'Agostino
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

2 page letters page "Dear Bingo & Samantha"

Characters	Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe
Synopsis	Wise advice to troubled readers from our hero and heroine.
Script	Eda Edwards [as Bingo and Samantha]
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Letters	Joe Edwards

5 page That Wilkin Boy story "The Moment of Truth"

Characters	Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe
Synopsis	When Bingo hears that a new boy at school insulted Samantha, he vows to find the guy and make him apologize, until he learns that his adversary is a karate expert.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Dick Malmgren
Pencils	Stan Goldberg
Inks	Jon D'Agostino
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida