First 50-cent cover price. Cover pencils by Stan Goldberg. Meet Woodrow "Bingo" Wilkin III, popular student at Midville High School, who goes steady with girlfriend Samantha Smythe and is also lead vocalist and guitarist in his pop rock group The Bingoes. This humorous teenage series was similar to the Archie series that the same company published. Getting Noticed! Hostess snack cakes ad with Josie. Give Till It Hurts, script by Dick Malmgren, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Jon D'Agostino; No one particularly likes Mrs. Smythe's artistic creations made from seashells, but no one will tell her, either. The Write Way! one-page Li'l Jinx story by Joe Edwards. A Mynah Problem, script by Frank Doyle, art by Stan Goldberg; Mr. Smythe buys a mynah bird and teaches it to insult Mr. Wilkin, so Bingo comes up with a way to turn the tables. A Game of Chance, script by Frank Doyle, art by Stan Goldberg; Bingo and Uncle Herman put in a shuffleboard court and Mr. Smythe is determined to spoil it somehow. Sacrifice Play, script by Frank Doyle, art by Stan Goldberg; Uncle Herman decides that he's just in the way and leaves the Wilkin house, so Bingo has to come up with a way to make him change his mind. Dear Bingo & Samantha advice column. 36 pgs., full color.
Cover price $0.50.