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43February-March 1957
$0.10

The Adventures of Bob Hope #43

DC · February-March 1957 · on sale 1956-12-16

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Series
The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#43
Publication date
February-March 1957
Key date
1957-02-00
On-sale date
1956-12-16
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-cover1script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Graham PlaceBob Hope; cave girl
2-comic story8script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Graham PlaceBob Hope; Mrs. Peabody; Carolyn Spooner; Professor Spooner
4A Famous Composer of Italian Operatic Musicactivity0.67script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
6Winter Sports Champions of the Worldpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
7-comic story8script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Graham PlaceBob Hope; Mrs. Peabody; Carolyn Spooner; Professor Spooner; cave girl; cave man
9-text article1letters: typeset
10-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffPeg
12-comic story6script: Cal Howard; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Graham PlaceBob Hope; Mrs. Peabody; Carolyn Spooner; Professor Spooner; cave girl; cave man
13-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffPeg; Peg's father; Clara (Peg's mother); Mr. Jones

Plus 7.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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