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42December 1956-January 1957
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The Adventures of Bob Hope #42

DC · December 1956-January 1957 · on sale 1956-10-14

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Series
The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#42
Publication date
December 1956-January 1957
Key date
1956-12-00
On-sale date
1956-10-14
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
3Chipcomic story0.5script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry Lampert
5Gifts to the United Nations!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
6-comic story8script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen FitzgeraldBob Hope
8-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
9-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11On the Spot Souvenir of Louis Armstrong Jazz Tourtext article2letters: typeset
12-comic story8script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen FitzgeraldBob Hope

Plus 6.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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