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Issue: The Adventures of Bob Hope #43
Publication Date: February 1957
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Issues: #43 of 109 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/16/1956
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Larry Nadle (actual)
Disclose Notes: Issue credits were discussed on the GCD mailing list in December 2006, with principal input from Jerry Bails' Who's Who, Bob Hughes, Bob Bailey and Steven Rowe.

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): Cal Howard ?
Penciller(s): Owen Fitzgerald
Inker(s): Graham Place ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity, humorous
Feature(s): The Adventures of Bob Hope
Character(s): Bob Hope; cave girl
First Line: This can't be the Stone Age! -- I'm just putty in the hands of a girl like you!
Synopsis: Bob Hope rubs noses with a sexy cave girl.
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The National Sports Council
First Line: We'll ripple your body with muscles...
Synopsis: Ad for The National Sports Council
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cal Howard ?
Penciller(s): Owen Fitzgerald
Inker(s): Graham Place ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity, humorous
Feature(s): The Adventures of Bob Hope
Character(s): Bob Hope; Mrs. Peabody; Carolyn Spooner; Professor Spooner
First Line: Right! For sixty-five thousand dollars...
Synopsis: Bob Hope hopes to become a contestant on "The $65,000 Question" to make money. He accidentally strikes Carolyn Spooner with his yo-yo. She takes him to the lab of her father, who puts him into a time machine and sends him into the future. He encounters his rich, grateful landlady, Mrs. Peabody.
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Pages: 8
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): AMF Roadmaster
First Line: Take it from a champion race driver...
Synopsis: Ad for ANF Roadmaster bicycles
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Pages: 1
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A Famous Composer of Italian Operatic Music

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Martin Naydel
Penciller(s): Martin Naydel
Inker(s): Martin Naydel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Cartoon Criss-Cross
Synopsis: Combination crossword puzzle and acrostic.
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Pages: 0.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
First Line: Wildroot Cream-Oil gives you confidence...
Synopsis: Wildroot Cream-Oil ad with single-panel cartoon
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Pages: 0.33
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Winter Sports Champions of the World

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Synopsis: Feature on 1956 Winter Olympics.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cal Howard ?
Penciller(s): Owen Fitzgerald
Inker(s): Graham Place ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity, humorous
Feature(s): The Adventures of Bob Hope
Character(s): Bob Hope; Mrs. Peabody; Carolyn Spooner; Professor Spooner; cave girl; cave man
First Line: But why should I hit you, Mr. Hope...
Synopsis: Bob Hope returns from the future. Professor Spooner accidentally sends him into the prehistoric past where Bob encounters dinosaurs, a sexy cave girl, and a cave man
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Part 2.
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Buy Daisy Fun with Your Christmas Money!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
Synopsis: Ad for Daisy Manufacturing Company's air rifles
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Appears on the two pages between page 4 and page 5 of the previous story sequence.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): A Bit of Disc and Data
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Peg
Character(s): Peg
First Line: Hi, Peg!" "I hear you have a date with Bill Williams tomorrow...
Synopsis: Peg's friend chews bubble gum to keep Bill Williams from kissing her.
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Pages: 0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops
First Line: We love those cough drops...
Synopsis: Ad for Smith Brothers Wild Cherry cough drops
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Pages: 0.5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cal Howard ?
Penciller(s): Owen Fitzgerald
Inker(s): Graham Place ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity, humorous
Feature(s): The Adventures of Bob Hope
Character(s): Bob Hope; Mrs. Peabody; Carolyn Spooner; Professor Spooner; cave girl; cave man
First Line: -Oogoo!" "Oogoo Boogoo!
Synopsis: Bob Hope is avoids the cave man's club by ducking for his yo-yo. The cave girl knocks out the cave man and saves Bob from a pterodactyl. Bob insults her by suggesting that they "boop-boop-a-doop". She punches him and he lands back in Professor Spooner's lab. He fails to get on "The $65,000 Question", so Mrs. Peabody chases him with a club to get her rent.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Part 3.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Peg
Character(s): Peg; Peg's father; Clara (Peg's mother); Mr. Jones
First Line: Father's a regular dreamboat to let me wear his shirts!
Synopsis: Peg wears all of her father's shirts, so he doesn't have one for a meeting with a client, Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones's daughter has also worn all his shirts.
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Pages: 2
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100 Toy Soldiers $1.25

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): 100 Toy Soldiers
Synopsis: Ad for 100 Toy Soldiers from Josely Co.
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Do You Want Spending Money?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
Synopsis: Ad for selling motto plaques from Stephens Credit Sales
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white.
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Junior Space Pilots on the Beam!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ray Thompson
Inker(s): Ray Thompson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
Synopsis: Ad for selling White Cloverine Salve from Wilson Chemical Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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