Issue | #1 |
Published | January 1969 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Richard Goldwater |
Characters | Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Tough Teddy Tambourine; Buddy Drumhead; Rebel; Cameos: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones |
Genre | humor |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Rudy Lapick |
Notes | Art identifiable as DeCarlo by his style and by his statement that he drew the first issue (quoted in "The Best of Betty and Veronica Summer Fun") Rudy Lapick was back to being DeCarlo's main inker at this time (after the death of DeCarlo's brother Vince, who had been inking for him for a while), and the inking style seems to be his. The mainstream Archie characters can be seen in the crowd waiting to attend The Bingoes' concert. |
Characters | Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Samson Smythe; Mrs. Smythe [Shiela]; Willie Wilkin; Mrs. Wilkin [Wilma]; Rebel |
Synopsis | When the feud between their fathers prevents Bingo and Samantha from seeing each other, Rebel comes up with a way to bring them back together. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Rudy Lapick |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Notes | Scripts in this issue are identifiable as Frank Doyle by his distinctive humor as well as DeCarlo's statement (quoted in "The Best of Betty and Veronica Summer Fun") that Doyle wrote the premiere issue of this comic. |
Characters | Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Samson Smythe; Mrs. Wilkin [Wilma]; Willie Wilkin; Rebel |
Synopsis | Mr. Wilkin, up to his ears in tax forms, is in no mood to give Bingo money for a date. But his mood changes after another confrontation with Samson Smythe. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Rudy Lapick |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Characters | Li'l Jinx; Greg |
Synopsis | Li'l Jinx notices that Greg is following her, but can only guess why. |
Genre | humor; children |
Script | Joe Edwards |
Pencils | Joe Edwards |
Inks | Joe Edwards |
Letters | Joe Edwards |
Characters | The Bingos [Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Buddy Drumhead; Tough Teddy Tambourine] |
Synopsis | Pin-up of "The Bingos". |
Genre | humor |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Rudy Lapick |
Notes | The name of the band is spelled "The Bingos" on this pin-up, but through the rest of the book is spelled "The Bingoes". |
Characters | Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Willie Wilkin; Samson Smythe; Rebel |
Synopsis | Mr. Wilkin tries to get Mr. Smythe to stop calling him "Wilkins" instead of "Wilkin." |
Genre | humor |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Rudy Lapick |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Characters | Bingo Wilkin |
Synopsis | Bingo answers letters from typical teenagers. |
Pencils | Joe Edwards |
Inks | Joe Edwards |
Characters | Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Willie Wilkin; Samson Smythe; Rebel; Mrs. Wilkin [Wilma]; Buddy Drumhead; Tough Teddy Tambourine |
Synopsis | Bingo and his friends go to the Smythe house to play their music for Samantha; Teddy tries to do something "dastardly" to break up Bingo and Samantha, and only Rebel can stop him. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Rudy Lapick |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Notes | The story ends with a note asking the readers to write in and say if they'd like to see more issues of this comic. |