Issue | #16 |
Published | January 1972 |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | Richard Goldwater |
Characters | Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Tough Teddy; Buddy Drumhead |
Genre | teen; humor; drama |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Characters | Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Tough Teddy; Sheila Smythe |
Synopsis | Samantha tells us the story of how her father tried to push her away from Bingo and toward Teddy, and how her mother managed to set things right. |
Genre | teen; humor; drama |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Rudy Lapick |
Notes | The first of a series of stories done in romance-comics style. In this case, what would normally be a standard comedy story is outfitted with flowery first-person narration by Samantha to give it a more dramatic feel. |
Characters | Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe |
Synopsis | Wise advice to readers from Bingo and Sam. |
Script | Eda Edwards [as Bingo and Samantha] |
Pencils | Joe Edwards |
Inks | Joe Edwards |
Letters | Joe Edwards |
Characters | Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe; Tough Teddy; Uncle Herman; Rebel |
Synopsis | As part of his homework for an acting course, Bingo has to be churlish and unpleasant for four hours, followed by four hours of nonstop smiling. |
Genre | teen; humor |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Gus LeMoine |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Characters | Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Tough Teddy |
Synopsis | Outside a chemical factory, Mr. Smythe finds his daughter, Bingo and Teddy protesting against pollution, leading to an argument about environmentalism, picketing, and the dangers that big business is inflicting on the planet. |
Genre | teen; humor; drama |
Script | Dick Malmgren |
Pencils | Gus LeMoine |
Inks | Rudy Lapick |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Notes | Starting with this story and "There's Something About a Soldier" in the same issue, Mr. Smythe becomes an arch-conservative arguing with the kids about social and political issues. This new approach may have been inspired by the smash success of the TV series "All In the Family" a few months earlier; Mr. Smythe's new characterization is very similar to Archie Bunker. |
Characters | Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday |
Genre | children; humor |
Script | Joe Edwards |
Pencils | Joe Edwards |
Inks | Joe Edwards |
Letters | Joe Edwards |
Characters | Dilton Doily; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason |
Synopsis | Dilton teaches his friends about the picture game known as a Rebus. |
Genre | teen; humor; fact |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Rudy Lapick |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Characters | Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Tough Teddy; Wilma Wilkin |
Synopsis | After Bingo passes his army physical, Mr. Smythe, Bingo and Teddy argue about draft-dodging, which Mr. Smythe considers un-American. Bingo and Teddy defend the people who refuse to fight in an immoral war, but finally agree that if they're drafted, they'll go and fight even though they oppose the war. |
Genre | teen; humor; drama |
Script | Dick Malmgren |
Pencils | Gus LeMoine |
Inks | Rudy Lapick |
Notes | One of the few stories to directly address the Vietnam war and opposition to the draft. |