The Adventures of Bob Hope #45 (1957) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen Fitzgerald	Bob Hope
2	-	comic story	8	script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen Fitzgerald	Bob Hope
4	Worldwide Adventures in Science!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
5	-	comic story	8	script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen Fitzgerald	Bob Hope
6	You'll Want to Join Up with Sgt. Bilko	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner
7	The Ballad and the Source	text article	1	letters: typeset
8	-	comic story	6	script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen Fitzgerald	Bob Hope
9	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11	Fashion Plate	comic story	4	pencils: Graham Place; inks: Graham Place

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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