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56April-May 1959
$0.10

The Adventures of Bob Hope #56

DC · April-May 1959 · on sale 1959-02-17

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Series
The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#56
Publication date
April-May 1959
Key date
1959-04-00
On-sale date
1959-02-17
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 story7.67script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Graham PlaceBob Hope
4The Brave and the Bold; Viking Princepromo (ad from the publisher)1
5What's Your B.Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
6-comic story7.67script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Graham PlaceBob Hope
8Teen Laffscartoon1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
9A Bit of Disc and Datatext article1letters: typeset
10-comic story9.67script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Graham PlaceBob Hope

Plus 5.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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