The Adventures of Bob Hope #89

(October-November 1964)

Smoking Is for Squares! (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Characters

Paulette Breen (Miss American Teenager); Bob; Bob's friend

Synopsis

Bob's friends insist he should try smoking, but Paulette Breen talks them out of it.

Keywords

beauty queen; cigarette; smoking; teen; tobacco

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

"Published as a public service in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly, coordinating organization for national health, welfare and recreation agencies of the U.S." Paulette Breen is "winner of the Palisades Amusement Park National Contest."

A Comedy of Eras, Part 1 (Table of Contents: 2)

Bob Hope / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mort Drucker ?

Inks

Mort Drucker ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Bob Hope; Harvard Harvard III; Tuesday Wednesday; Professor Blinkly; Captain Wednesday

Synopsis

Tuesday Wednesday enlists Bob to help recover her stolen Golden Gazelle statuette, which conceals a map to vast treasures. Bob uses the Professor's time machine to visit the statuette's earlier owner, Captain Wednesday, as Wednesday takes off for World War I aerial combat.

Keywords

biplane; dog; time travel; World War I

Indexer Notes

The name of Tuesday Wednesday riffs on the name of Tuesday Weld, a popular sex symbol of the day.

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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Homer / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, that's finished...

Genre

humor

Characters

Homer; rich kid

Synopsis

A rich kid hires Homer to wash and wax his Matchbox model car.

Keywords

model car

Nothing Else Is Silly Putty! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Silly Putty / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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L.C. Leprechaun; Lucky Charms / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Part 2: Aviator Bob, the Chicken Eagle (Table of Contents: 7)

Bob Hope / comic story / 2.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mort Drucker ?

Inks

Mort Drucker ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Bob Hope; Harvard Harvard III; Captain Wednesday; Baron von Fluglemop

Synopsis

Bob and Harvard get tangled up in World War I aerial combat, saved only by Harvard's machine-gunning skill. Learning that Wednesday's great-great grandfather owned the statuette, they set their time control to December 26, 1776, when Nigel crossed the Delaware with Washington.

Keywords

biplane; dog; time travel; World War I

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Bob Hope / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Part 3: A Ridiculous St. Nick-ulous (Table of Contents: 11)

Bob Hope / comic story / 13.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mort Drucker ?

Inks

Mort Drucker ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Bob Hope; Harvard Harvard III; George Washington; Kelly (Nigel); Hessian soldiers; Cleopatra; Mark Antony; Tuesday Wednesday

Synopsis

Washington convinces Bob to infiltrate the Hessian camp disguised as Mrs. Santa Claus, leaving time-bomb cuckoo clocks. Learning that Antony gave the statuette to Cleopatra, Bob and Harvard travel through time to the Battle of Actium. Cleopatra shows Bob the treasure's location, in exchange for which he and Harvard attack Octavian's fleet with horrible-smelling blue cheese. Returning to 1964, Bob and Harvard learn that Cleopatra honored them with giant statues... but the statues and the treasure are now beneath an artificial lake on the Nile.

Keywords

American Revolution; Egypt; New Jersey; Romans; time travel; Trenton

Indexer Notes

The damming of the Nile echoes the controversial dam that flooded the site of the temple of Abu Simbel at the time. The entire issue springboards from the current movie spectacular "Cleopatra," starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and Rex Harrison -- although Antony in the story has the face of Marlon Brando.

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Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

How's Trix? (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Trix; Trix Rabbit / comics-form advertising / 0.75 page (report information)

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Bebe / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff ?

Inks

Henry Boltinoff ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hello, little girl...

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Bebe; zookeeper

Synopsis

Bebe is shocked to learn that a kangaroo is a native of Australia... her uncle married such a native.

Reprints

• in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #214 (October-November 1974)

Keywords

kangaroo; zoo

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Bob's Gag Bag / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Bob's partial to gags about dogs.

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Gags relating to Bob Hope

100 Magnets (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

100 Magnets / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

132 Roman Soldiers (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Roman War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

204 Revolutionary War Soldiers (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

100 Pc. Toy Soldier Set (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)