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Issue Details

Issue #24
Published September 1973
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 52
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Muscle Bound"

Characters Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Jon D'Agostino

6 page That Wilkin Boy story "The Good Old Daze"

Characters Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe; Willie Wilkin; Uncle Herman
Synopsis After complaining about how much everything costs now due to soaring '70s inflation, Mr. Smythe attends an "Old Tyme Fair" where everything is at turn-of-the-century prices.
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 It's "Toot" Much!

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis Li'l Jinx plays the trumpet.
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

6 page That Wilkin Boy story "The Rivals"

Characters Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe
Synopsis Jealous of Bingo for monopolizing his little girl, Mr. Smythe tries to get her attention and then kicks Bingo out of the house again, which causes Samantha to refuse all her meals for a week.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page That Wilkin Boy story "Muscle Bound"

Characters Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe
Synopsis Suddenly Bingo has so much strength that he can lift any barbells without trouble, while the Smythes are weak by comparison. Or is this all a dream?
Genre teen; humor
Script Dick Malmgren
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

8 page That Wilkin Boy story "Male Call"

Characters Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe
Synopsis Sampson says that Samantha has been seeing too much of the wimpy Bingo and that she should date some boys who are more muscular and aggressive. So she hooks up with some muscular, aggressive boys who nearly wreck the house.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mario Acquaviva
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Roughly Speaking"

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

2 page letters page "Dear Bingo an' Samantha"

Characters Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe
Synopsis Readers have problems, and Bingo and Samantha have answers.
Script Eda Edwards [as Bingo and Samantha]
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

5 page That Wilkin Boy story "Hero"

Characters Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Tough Teddy; Dimples Delush
Synopsis The sexy and wily Dimples Delush tries to seduce Bingo away from Samantha, but just as Bingo is about to succumb, Mr. Smythe inadvertently foils her plan.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mario Acquaviva
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida