(June-July 1954)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1954-04-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Larry Nadle (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
The Adventures of Bob Hope / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A little more off the bottom, please!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bob Hope; Manny Loa
- Keywords
- grass skirts; leis; sarongs; scissors
Binky Says: "Act Your Age!"
Binky / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Binky
- Synopsis
- A lesson in taking responsibility for accidents.
Indexer Notes
inside front cover
[no title indexed]
The Adventures of Bob Hope / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Read it and weep!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bob Hope; Mrs. Peabody; a bum; Madelyne
- Synopsis
- Bob takes a job as first mate on a garbage scow and gets $80 in return for an act of charity.
Indexer Notes
Part 1.
Case of the Crossed-Up Car Crook
Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes / advertisement / 1 page
[no title indexed]
Block Buster / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They're fit for kings!
- Synopsis
- an anagram puzzle
- Reprints
-
in Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #135 (April 1959) - in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #113 (September-October 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
upper half of page
[no title indexed]
The Adventures of Bob Hope / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Before I lose my head...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bob Hope; Miss Classy Clothes; Madelyn
- Synopsis
- Bob wins a Hawaiian vacation and abandons his responsibilities on the scow.
Indexer Notes
Part 2.
[no title indexed]
Honey in Hollywood / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Someday I'll eat at a real fancy place...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Honey; Janet
- Synopsis
- Honey daydreams that she's big movie star.
- Reprints
- in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #110 (November 1959) which is reprinted
-
in Marvila, la Mujer Maravilla (Editorial Novaro, 1955 series) #58 (1 de julio de 1960)
-
[no title indexed]
The Adventures of Bob Hope / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Did you call me?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bob Hope; Mr. Dastop; Mr. Glender; Mrs. Peabody
- Synopsis
- The Classy Clothes Company takes back Bob's prize and he is forced to stowaway in a shipment of orchids to get back to New York.
Indexer Notes
Part 3.
[no title indexed]
A Bit of Disc and Data / text article / 2 pages
- Synopsis
- News about new movie and record releases.
[no title indexed]
Teen Teaser / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is something a prisoner finds highly desirable!
- Synopsis
- an acrostic puzzle
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["A little more off the bottom, please!"]
The Adventures of Bob Hope -
1.
Binky Says: "Act Your Age!"
Binky -
2.
["Read it and weep!"]
The Adventures of Bob Hope -
3.
Case of the Crossed-Up Car Crook
Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes -
4.
["They're fit for kings!"]
Block Buster -
5.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
6.
["Before I lose my head..."]
The Adventures of Bob Hope -
7.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
8.
["Someday I'll eat at a real fancy place..."]
Honey in Hollywood -
9.
["Did you call me?"]
The Adventures of Bob Hope -
10.
[no title indexed]
A Bit of Disc and Data -
11.
["Let's go see the lions and tigers now..."]
Dubble Bubble; Fleer -
12.
["This is something a prisoner finds highly desirable!"]
Teen Teaser -
13.
["--It's just one of those things, Mary dear!"]
Liz -
14.
Scripto Guarantees the Best... in Writing!
Scripto -
15.
["Step right up folks..."]
Mutt & Jeff -
16.
How to Fix Any Part of Any Car
Motor's Auto Repair Manual -
17.
["Hello, Bob - Have you found that underseas treasure?"]
Cloverine Salve
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Bob Hughes
- Dan Kocher
- Darrel McCann
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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