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38April-May 1956
$0.10

The Adventures of Bob Hope #38

DC · April-May 1956 · on sale 1956-02-12

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Series
The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#38
Publication date
April-May 1956
Key date
1956-04-00
On-sale date
1956-02-12
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen FitzgeraldBob Hope
2-comic story8script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen FitzgeraldBob Hope; Cindy Monroe
3-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5Binky Says: "It's Fun to Belong!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBinky; Allergy
6-comic story8script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen FitzgeraldBob Hope; Cindy Monroe
7On the Setcomic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
8-text article2letters: typeset
9-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10The One and Only Supermanpromo (ad from the publisher)1
11-comic story6script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen FitzgeraldBob Hope; Cindy Monroe

Plus 4.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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