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Issue: The Adventures of Bob Hope #72
Publication Date: December 1961
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Issues: #72 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/17/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Larry Nadle [as Lawrence Nadle]
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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Oceanic Ogling

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity, humorous
Feature(s): The Adventures of Bob Hope
Character(s): Bob Hope; Vera Bentley; ocean scientists
First Line: These are our ocean scientists, Bob!
Synopsis: Bob meets a bevy of beauties who are ocean scientists.
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Pages: 1
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Test Your Talent!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Art Instruction Schools
First Line: Draw your choice of any one of these heads – pirate, basset or girl.
Synopsis: Win a $495 scholarship in commercial art from Art Instructors Schools by drawing a pirate, dog and woman.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Black and white ad on inside front cover.
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Deep Dive Dope: Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity, humorous
Character(s): Bob Hope; various bathing beauties; beauty contest sponsor; beatnik beachcomber; female beatnik hotel clerk; squid (splash panel gag only); Cha-Cha (splash panel gag only)
First Line: ...and can you imagine, honey, everyone warned me not to go swimming with you...
Synopsis: Bob Hope is almost fired as a beauty contest promoter but instead is sent out to buy a pad so that he can take notes. He encounters a beatnik reciting poetry on the beach.
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Pages: 7.67
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
First Line: Tootsie Roll Makes History!
Synopsis: Pilgrims were looking for Tootsie Rolls when they landed on Plymouth Rock!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Ad for Tootsie Roll candy. Lower third of page.
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Re-Live the Adventures of Superman When He was a Boy!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): DC Comics; Superboy
Character(s): Superboy; Lana Lang
First Line: In every issue of Superboy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: DC house ad for Superboy. Reproduces the cover illustration for Superboy (1949 series) #93 December 1961. The cover price in the illustration is left blank, as Superboy #93 would become the first 12-cent issue of the title.
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People Are People!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff ?
Penciller(s): Don Cameron
Inker(s): Don Cameron
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, political
First Line: Originally, before the dawn of history, all men were of the same race...
Synopsis: All races are equal and must work together.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 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.
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Deep Dive Dope: Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity, humorous
Character(s): Bob Hope; various beatniks; female beatnik hotel clerk; Vera Bentley; butler; P. R. Bentley; attractive female ocean scientists; Cha-Cha; Olga
First Line: Wow! What a crazy stationery store!
Synopsis: Bob is recruited by Vera Bentley to lead the venture of her father, P. R. Bentley, to find a fresh-water current two miles deep in the ocean.
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Pages: 9.67
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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): Tootsie Roll Fudge
First Line: I'm a fudge judge!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Ad for Tootsie Roll Fudge. Lower third of page.
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity, humorous
Feature(s): DC Comics; The Adventures of Jerry Lewis
Character(s): Jerry Lewis
First Line: Okay--All you guys and dolls!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: DC house ad for The Adventures of Jerry Lewis. Reproduces the cover illustration for The Adventures of Jerry Lewis (1957 series) #67 November-December 1961. The cover price in the illustration is blanked-out, as The Adventures of Jerry Lewis #67 would be the last issue of the title to bear a 10-cent cover price. The actual cover price for the issue may not have been set when this ad was created. Top half of page.
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207 Stamps

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Zenith Company
First Line: Plus 88 flags of the world...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for stamps from Zenith Company. Lower half of page.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Inside Hollywood
Synopsis: News and gags about movie and TV stars
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Subject celebrities include: Clint Walker, Christine Nelson, Peter Brown (mentioned twice), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (mentioned twice), Troy Donahue (mentioned twice), Anthony Eisley, Grant Williams, Rex Reason, Peter Breck, Evan McCord, Connie Stevens, John Russell, Robert Preston, Donald May.
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Deep Dive Dope: Part 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity, humorous
Character(s): Bob Hope; attractive female ocean scientists; Vera Bentley; P. R. Bentley; Cha-Cha; Olga; short order cook (final panel only)
First Line: Mr. Hope -- don't dive there! The sign! The sign!
Synopsis: Cha-Cha and Olga try to blow up Bob to keep him from discovering the fresh-water spring. Vera saves Bob, but the bomb destroys the spring.
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Pages: 7.67
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar
First Line: Kids flip their lids for Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Ad for Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar. Lower third of page.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Beat
Character(s): various beatnik characters
First Line: That was beautiful, Steve...
Synopsis: Four single-panel cartoons about beatniks
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Pages: 1
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An Amazing Invention--"Magic Art Reproducer"

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Norton Products
First Line: Draw any person in one minute
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for mirror drawing aid from Norton Products
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Physical Training
First Line: The world's greatest molder of handsome he-men and champs out of weaklings says...
Synopsis: Ad for muscle-building courses from Jowett Institute of Physical Training
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for muscle-building courses from Jowett Institute of Physical Training. Black and white ad on inside back cover.
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Announcing the All-New Daisy B-B Gun

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Co.
First Line: "Spittin' Image"
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Daisy’s "Spittin' Image" B-B Gun, and new Jumbo B-B Tube. Painted illustration of a stagecoach action scene. Color ad on back cover.

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