Willie Wilkin

Willie Wilkin is a typical American teenager living next door to his girlfriend Bingo Wilkin in the Archie Comics humor series That Wilkin Boy. His everyday suburban misadventures with family, friends, and romance drive the lighthearted comedy of the series.

Willie Wilkin has been a beloved fixture of Archie Comics' warm, small-town universe ever since Frank Doyle and Dan DeCarlo introduced him in That Wilkin Boy #2 back in 1969 — a Silver Age arrival who's been keeping readers company across an impressive 55 years of publication. A supporting player in the world surrounding Bingo Wilkin and the Smythe family, Willie shares his pages with the likes of Samantha and Sampson Smythe, and even crosses paths with Archie Andrews himself, placing him squarely in that cheerful, interconnected Archie neighborhood. His appearances span digest favorites like Laugh Comics Digest and Jughead & Friends Digest Magazine, the kind of well-thumbed collections that introduced generations of young readers to these characters. With 47 catalog appearances and two collector-recognized key issues to his name, Willie is a genuine piece of Silver Age Archie history — the sort of character that rewards the dedicated fan who loves digging a little deeper into the publisher's rich, sun-drenched universe.