The Adventures of Bob Hope #72 (1961) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Oceanic Ogling	cover	1	pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Bob Hope; Vera Bentley; ocean scientists
2	Deep Dive Dope: Part 1	comic story	7.67	script: Bob Oksner; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Bob Hope; various bathing beauties; beauty contest sponsor; beatnik beachcomber; female beatnik hotel clerk; squid (splash panel gag only); Cha-Cha (splash panel gag only)
4	Re-Live the Adventures of Superman When He was a Boy!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superboy; Lana Lang
5	People Are People!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Don Cameron; inks: Don Cameron; letters: Ira Schnapp
6	Deep Dive Dope: Part 2	comic story	9.67	script: Bob Oksner; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Bob Hope; various beatniks; female beatnik hotel clerk; Vera Bentley; butler; P. R. Bentley; attractive female ocean scientists; Cha-Cha; Olga
8	DC Comics; The Adventures of Jerry Lewis	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Jerry Lewis
10	Inside Hollywood	text article	1	letters: typeset
11	Deep Dive Dope: Part 3	comic story	7.67	script: Bob Oksner; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Bob Hope; attractive female ocean scientists; Vera Bentley; P. R. Bentley; Cha-Cha; Olga; short order cook (final panel only)
13	Beat	cartoon	1	script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker	various beatnik characters

Plus 5.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
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