(October-November 1955)

DC, 1950 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1955-08-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Bob Hope / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Owen Fitzgerald
Inks
Owen Fitzgerald
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Before we hire you as our bicycle guide, Mr. Hope, do you think you can hold a group like us together?
Genre
humor
Characters
Bob Hope
Keywords
bicycles

Draw Bob Hope! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Art Instruction, Inc. courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Bob Hope / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Cal Howard
Pencils
Owen Fitzgerald
Inks
Owen Fitzgerald
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What a crummy hotel this is!
Feature Logo
The Adventures of Bob Hope
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Part 1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Peg / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look at that new lifeguard!
Genre
humor; teen

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil / comics-form advertising / 0.25 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Bob Hope / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Cal Howard
Pencils
Owen Fitzgerald
Inks
Owen Fitzgerald
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oboy! Today's the day...
Feature Logo
The Adventures of Bob Hope
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Part 2.

Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Frontier Fighters; The Legends of Daniel Boone / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Buzzy Asks: "What Are You Getting Out of School?" (Table of Contents: 8)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
advocacy; teen

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

A Bit of Disc and Data / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Bob Hope / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Cal Howard
Pencils
Owen Fitzgerald
Inks
Owen Fitzgerald
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, dear! A fork in the road...
Feature Logo
The Adventures of Bob Hope
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Part 3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff
Inks
Henry Boltinoff
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text
An invitation to a costume ball!
Genre
humor
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Honey in Hollywood / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
J. J. Jackson--publicity!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Artistic Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Janie Bride Doll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll; Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Before we hire you as our bicycle guide, Mr. Hope, do you think you can hold a group like us together?"]
    Bob Hope
  2. 1. Draw Bob Hope!
    Art Instruction, Inc. courses
  3. 2. ["What a crummy hotel this is!"]
    Bob Hope
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Schwinn Bicycles
  5. 4. ["Look at that new lifeguard!"]
    Peg
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil
  7. 6. ["Oboy! Today's the day..."]
    Bob Hope
  8. 7. Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone
    Frontier Fighters; The Legends of Daniel Boone
  9. 8. Buzzy Asks: "What Are You Getting Out of School?"
    Buzzy
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    A Bit of Disc and Data
  11. 10. ["Oh, dear! A fork in the road..."]
    Bob Hope
  12. 11. ["An invitation to a costume ball!"]
    Moolah the Mystic
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  14. 13. ["J. J. Jackson--publicity!"]
    Honey in Hollywood
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Artistic Greeting Cards
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Janie Bride Doll
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll; Tootsie [all other candies]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Merlin Haas
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore