Issue | #26 |
Published | January 1974 |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | Richard Goldwater |
Notes | The last 52-page giant issue of this title. After this, Archie Comics ended its experiment with making most of its comics giant-sized, and returned them all to regular 36-page books. |
Characters | Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe |
Genre | teen; humor |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Rudy Lapick |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Characters | Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Uncle Herman; Sheila Smythe |
Synopsis | Wanting to work at home in peace and quiet, Mr. Smythe shoos a bunch of little kids away from his house, but winds up missing their noisiness. |
Genre | teen; humor |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Rudy Lapick |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Characters | Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse |
Synopsis | Li'l Jinx gets a letter from Greg saying that he broke his leg. |
Genre | children; humor |
Script | Joe Edwards |
Pencils | Joe Edwards |
Inks | Joe Edwards |
Letters | Joe Edwards |
Characters | Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Tough Teddy; Sampson Smythe; Wilma Wilkin; Mrs. Maxson; Zelda Maxson |
Synopsis | At his mother's insistence, Bingo reluctantly leaves Samantha with Teddy and goes to welcome the new neighbors. They turn out to be a beautiful widow who lost her husband in Vietnam, and her equally beautiful teenage daughter, Zelda. |
Genre | teen; humor |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Samm Schwartz |
Inks | Samm Schwartz |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Samm Schwartz |
Notes | Zelda Maxson was introduced in this story as a possible rival for Bingo's affections, but she didn't last beyond one other story in this same issue. |
Characters | Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe |
Synopsis | Mr. Smythe suspects everyone of trying to scam him, even little girls selling Girl Scout cookies. His suspiciousness leads to him being scammed by a phony policeman. |
Genre | teen; humor |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Stan Goldberg |
Inks | Mario Acquaviva |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Characters | Bingo Wilkin |
Pencils | Stan Goldberg |
Characters | Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe |
Synopsis | More letters from readers, more advice from the characters. |
Script | Eda Edwards [as Bingo and Samantha] |
Pencils | Joe Edwards |
Inks | Joe Edwards |
Letters | Joe Edwards |
Characters | Li'l Jinx; Greg |
Synopsis | Li'l Jinx brings Greg cookies. |
Genre | children; humor |
Script | Joe Edwards |
Pencils | Joe Edwards |
Inks | Joe Edwards |
Letters | Joe Edwards |
Characters | Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Zelda Maxson; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe; Tommy |
Synopsis | When Samantha sees Bingo going shopping with Zelda Maxson, she decides to fight for her man by butting in on their date. |
Genre | teen; humor |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Stan Goldberg |
Inks | Mario Acquaviva |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Characters | Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe; Tough Teddy; Willie Wilkin |
Synopsis | Both Bingo and Sampson scoff at Samantha's premonition that something bad is going to happen tonight. |
Genre | teen; humor |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Samm Schwartz |
Inks | Samm Schwartz |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Samm Schwartz |