Price: 0.15 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1969-11-06
Editing: Richard H. Goldwater (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #6 Edit Cover
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That Wilkin Boy / cover / 1 page

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Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Tough Teddy is making the chicks scream much louder than I did!
Characters:
The Bingoes

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On sale date from mikesamazingworld.com

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Wayne School Courses / advertisement / 1 page

Record Release
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That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:That Wilkin Boy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Come on, Samantha! The Bingoes are splitting a gig at Harvey's Headache! With the Greasy Sneakers!
Characters:
The Bingoes Harvey; Fenwick
Synopsis:
The Bingoes play a gig at Harvey's Headache, a discotheque that got its name because the owner can't stand the music.

Indexer Notes

Teddy drives the kids out of the discotheque by putting on "The bubbling music of Lawrence Whelfe," a reference to easy-listening music star Lawrence Welk.
Includes indicia at bottom of first page.

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Archie; Post Cereals [multiple varieties] / advertisement / 1 page

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

Script:
Eda Edwards (credited as Bingo)
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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I have a girl friend who I think is the greatest, but we have a problem!
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Synopsis:
Advice to readers from the star of the comic, Bingo.

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from N.P. (Hanamaulu, Kauai, Hawaii), B.M. (Darlington, S.C.), and H.T. (Sacramento, Calif.).
First of two Bingo Tells It Like It Is! letter columns in this issue.

Quick Quiz!
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What are you doing, Li'l Jinx?
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Synopsis:
Li'l Jinx does her homework.
Reprints (1)

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Young America Cosmetics / advertisement / 1 page

Special Delivery
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That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:That Wilkin Boy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hi, Samantha! What's...
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Synopsis:
Samantha asks Bingo to accept delivery of a package that she doesn't want her father to see.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Includes a promotional blurb for The Archie Comedy Hour Saturday morning television show on CBS TV on bottom of first page.

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Archie Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

As Luck Will Have It
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That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:That Wilkin Boy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oooh, she's a monument of marble in the graveyard of my heart, --- But the weeds are growing higher every year!
Characters:
Synopsis:
Teddy convinces Bingo that one of the trinkets he's wearing is actually a cursed Egyptian scarab.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Includes promotional blurb for Archie Series Comics on bottom of first page.

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Chex Cereals [multiple varieties] / advertisement / 1 page

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

Script:
Eda Edwards (credited as Bingo)
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Colors:
?
Letters:
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Everytime I do something I wind up at the losing end!
Characters:

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from C.G. (West Grove, Pa.), A.N., (Boston, Mass.) and M.S. (Turrell, Arkansas).
Second of two Bingo Tells It Like It Is! letter columns in this issue.

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Official NFL Helmets / advertisement / 1 page

The Magic Square
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That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:That Wilkin Boy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That's my final word, Sam! No daughter of mine is going to associate with one of those hairy, unwashed, hip shaking, bead rattling, outlandish costumed hippies!!
Characters:
Synopsis:
Mr. Smythe and Mr. Wilkin get Bingo out of his hippie garb and into more conservative clothes. Then Bingo finds out what Mr Smythe wears when he attends a meeting of his Lodge.
Reprints (1)

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ICS / International Correspondence Schools / advertisement / 2 pages

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American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Tough Teddy is making the chicks scream much louder than I did!"]
    That Wilkin Boy
  2. ["'Sorry, we hire only high school graduates'"]
    Wayne School Courses
  3. Record Release
    That Wilkin Boy
  4. ["Get free Archie toys"]
    Archie; Post Cereals [multiple varieties]
  5. Bingo Tells It Like It Is!
  6. Quick Quiz!
    Li'l Jinx
  7. ["Become a 'Miss Young America Beauty Girl' (...and never baby-sit again)"]
    Young America Cosmetics
  8. Special Delivery
    That Wilkin Boy
  9. ["Archie giant size freakout"]
    Archie Comics
  10. As Luck Will Have It
    That Wilkin Boy
  11. ["Go Speedy Wheels!"]
    Chex Cereals [multiple varieties]
  12. Bingo Tells It Like It Is!
  13. ["50th anniversary special bonus offer"]
    Official NFL Helmets
  14. The Magic Square
    That Wilkin Boy
  15. ["You'll find one of these catalogs priceless"]
    ICS / International Correspondence Schools
  16. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling 75¢ Christmas packs"]
    American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals
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  • Mike Nielsen
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