Issue Data
- Publisher's Brand:
Archie Giant Series
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher: That Wilkin Boy Inc.
- Indicia Frequency: 5 times a year in Jan., April, July, Sept., and Oct.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Printer: ?
Indexer Notes
On sale date from mikesamazingworld.com
The Ghost Hunters
The Ghost Hunters
That Wilkin Boy
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comic story /
12
pages
That Wilkin Boy
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comic story /
12
pages
- Genre:humor; detective-mystery; teen
Characters:
- Synopsis:
- Bingo, Samantha and Teddy go to a ski lodge that has few customers because everyone thinks the house next door is haunted. The intrepid trio decides to find out what's causing the spooky noises in the house.
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in Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine (Archie, 1974 series) #26 (January 1980) - in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #27 (March 1987)
- in Jughead & Friends Digest Magazine (Archie, 2005 series) #7 (February 2006)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #166 (February 2011)
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Reprints (4)
Bingo and Samantha Tells It Like It Is!
Bingo and Samantha Tells It Like It Is!
letters page /
2
pages
letters page /
2
pages
Characters:
Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe
- Synopsis:
- Bingo and Samantha dish out helpful advice to readers.
Who Do You Trust
Who Do You Trust
That Wilkin Boy
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comic story /
10
pages
That Wilkin Boy
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comic story /
10
pages
- Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe
- Synopsis:
- Mr. Smythe, decrying the current trend toward permissiveness, warns Samantha not to start any wild parties in his house while he's away. Soon after he leaves, a school bus full of young children breaks down in front of the house, and Samantha lets the kids in while it's being repaired.
- in Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine (Archie, 1974 series) #30 (September 1980)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #33 (March 1988)
- in Jughead & Friends Digest Magazine (Archie, 2005 series) #26 (March 2008)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #189 (March 2013)
- in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #23 (January 2020)
-
Reprints (5)
Indexer Notes
Credits changed based on the credits from Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #189.
Little Squirts
Little Squirts
Li'l Jinx
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comic story /
1
page
Li'l Jinx
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comic story /
1
page
- Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Cut 'Em Off at the Pass
Cut 'Em Off at the Pass
That Wilkin Boy's Buffoonery
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comic story /
1
page
That Wilkin Boy's Buffoonery
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comic story /
1
page
- Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
- Synopsis:
- Bingo and Teddy are distracted from driving by a sexy girl.
Heartache Is a Two-Way Street
Heartache Is a Two-Way Street
That Wilkin Boy
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comic story /
10
pages
That Wilkin Boy
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comic story /
10
pages
- Genre:romance; teen
Characters:
- Synopsis:
- In a story narrated by Samantha, she takes Bingo for granted, running around with many exciting boys and keeping Bingo on a leash for when she needs him. When Bingo gets tired of this treatment, Samantha fixes him up with her plain friend Sally, who can keep him occupied without being a threat to Samantha. But Samantha's fast-living boyfriends let her down when she needs a date for the biggest dance of the year, and when she turns to Bingo, he unwittingly gives her a taste of her own medicine.
Indexer Notes
One of several Archie Comics stories from this period that are done in the style of romance comics, with flowery first-person narration.
It has been speculated that this might have been an unused Betty and Veronica script repurposed for "That Wilkin Boy." Samantha acts almost exactly like Veronica in this story, and Sally, a character who never appeared again, is similar to Betty.
Many of Samantha's boyfriends are named after Archie comics contributors: Stan [Goldberg], Al [Hartley], Dexter [Taylor] and Bob [Bolling].
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- Merlin Haas
- Michael Hoskin
- Thomas Johnson
- Mike Nielsen
- Eric Rom
- Jaime Weinman
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