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Publishers / DC / The Adventures of Bob Hope (1950) / #18
18December 1952-January 1953
$0.10

The Adventures of Bob Hope #18

DC · December 1952-January 1953 · on sale October 22, 1952

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Identification plate

Series
The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#18
Publication date
December 1952-January 1953
Key date
December 1952
On-sale date
October 22, 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; Madge
2-comic story6script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen FitzgeraldBob Hope; Madge
4Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
5Superman Shows How UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerSuperman
6-comic story10script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen FitzgeraldBob Hope; Reggie Winters; Madge
7-activity0.5script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
9-comic story0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11-comic story10script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen FitzgeraldBob Hope; Madge; Slinky Martin; Farro Mike; Pete the Fixer
12-text article2script: Larry Nadle
13Now More Than Ever-promo (ad from the publisher)1
14-comic story5.67pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerKitty Karr; Hal; Stanley Miles; Paul Slocum; Sam DeCanter; Shep Lions

Plus 5.58 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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