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16August-September 1952
$0.10

The Adventures of Bob Hope #16

DC · August-September 1952 · on sale June 25, 1952

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Series
The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#16
Publication date
August-September 1952
Key date
August 1952
On-sale date
June 25, 1952
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen FitzgeraldBob Hope
1Superman Says: "It's Smart to Check -- And Doublecheck!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappClark Kent, Superman
2-comic story8script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen Fitzgerald
5-activity0.5script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
6-comic story8script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen Fitzgerald
7-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
9-comic story7script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen Fitzgerald
10-comic story0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
12-comic story5pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner
13-text article1letters: typeset
14Classical Cornertext article1letters: typeset
15Message to Parentspromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
16Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
17The Bob Hope Storycomic story5
18The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis; Here's Howiepromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 3.25 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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