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22August-September 1953
$0.10

The Adventures of Bob Hope #22

DC · August-September 1953 · on sale 1953-06-17

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Series
The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#22
Publication date
August-September 1953
Key date
1953-08-00
On-sale date
1953-06-17
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
1The Line of Stars!promo (ad from the publisher)1
2-comic story7.75script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen FitzgeraldBob Hope; Mrs. Peabody
6Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.375letters: typeset
7Polio Research Will Mean Victory!public service announcement0.125letters: typeset
8-comic story10script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen FitzgeraldBob Hope; Mrs. Peabody; ship's steward
10Binky Shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
11-comic story6script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen FitzgeraldBob Hope; Mrs. Peabody; ship's steward
12-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffHoney; Gloria
13Time Out to Grincartoon1
14A Bit of Disc and Datatext article2letters: typeset
15-comic story6.67pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerKitty Karr; a movie producer

Plus 6.08 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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