The Adventures of Bob Hope #53 (1958) - 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	7.67	script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen Fitzgerald
5	Lost -- A Free Education!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
6	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
7	-	comic story	7.67	script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen Fitzgerald
9	Sue	comic story	0.5
11	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
12	-	text article	1	letters: typeset
13	-	comic story	5.67	script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen Fitzgerald
15	Careerwise!	comic story	2

Plus 7.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

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