CREATOR

Name: Archie Comic Publications, Inc. (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded as MLJ Magazines (the initials of the founders' first names) in 1939 by Maurice Coyne, Louis Silberkleit, and John L. Goldwater, but the name was soon changed. Ongoing.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Archie in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The company's lasting name was taken from the immensely popular teenage character Archie, who has always been the company's flagship.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1969. Stopped in 1982 after 52 issues.

The main character is the 17-year old student Woodrow 'Bingo' Wilkin III, who is attending Midville High School. He is a lively and rambunctious boy with two main interests - his girlfriend Samantha Smythe and his pop group The Bingoes. Several of the recurring characters are remindful of the characters in Archie.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTERS


Wilkin, Smythe

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#1 - 1969
#10 - 1970
#21 - 1973

#35 - 1976
#45 - 1979
#52 - 1982

 

 

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