Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1950-08-09
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Larry Nadle (actual editor)
Cover Thumbnail for The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #5 Edit Cover
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Bob Hope / cover / 1 page

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Bob Hope

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On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Tomahawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Bob Hope / comic story / 13 pages

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Bob gets mistaken for a mummy and is shipped back to Egypt because there's a curse on him.

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Part 1.

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Radio Beams / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wilson's Youth Tonic will bring that fine, natural glow of health...
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Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page

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Bob Hope / comic story / 5 pages

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$100,000 in Smuggled Diamonds!
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Ray-o-Vac Batteries / comics-form advertising / 1 page

School Children 'Round the World
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Superman / public service announcement / 1 page

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A Bit of Disc and Data / text article / 2 pages

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Feature Films / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Hollywood Ha-Lights / Movie Ha-Lights / Broadway Ha-Lights / comic story / 0.67 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm just thrilled about visiting Hollywood...
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The Day's Best Bite!
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Nestlé's Crunch / advertisement / 0.33 page

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It Happens in Hollywood / text article / 2 pages

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Movie Mirth / comic story / 0.67 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:All right, you and Jim can go to the movies...
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Columbia Bicycles / advertisement / 0.33 page

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Video Laffs / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well, Tommy, how do you like watching the ball game...
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Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

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Bob Hope / comic story / 15 pages

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Part 3.

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Broadway Laffs / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well, here it is, finally-- Opening night!
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Dubble Bubble Gum / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

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Honey in Hollywood / comic story / 0.5 page

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Bud and Sis; Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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MoToR's Auto and Truck Repair Manuals / advertisement / 1 page

Quicksand!
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Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Bob Hope
  2. [no title indexed]
    Tomahawk
  3. ["--And I don't want to see your face around here again..."]
    Bob Hope
  4. ["Wilson's Youth Tonic will bring that fine, natural glow of health..."]
    Radio Beams
  5. [no title indexed]
    Schwinn Bicycles
  6. ["Boy! What a meal that was!"]
    Bob Hope
  7. $100,000 in Smuggled Diamonds!
    Ray-o-Vac Batteries
  8. School Children 'Round the World
    Superman
  9. [no title indexed]
    A Bit of Disc and Data
  10. [no title indexed]
    Feature Films
  11. ["I'm just thrilled about visiting Hollywood..."]
    Hollywood Ha-Lights / Movie Ha-Lights / Broadway Ha-Lights
  12. The Day's Best Bite!
    Nestlé's Crunch
  13. [no title indexed]
    It Happens in Hollywood
  14. ["All right, you and Jim can go to the movies..."]
    Movie Mirth
  15. [no title indexed]
    Columbia Bicycles
  16. ["Well, Tommy, how do you like watching the ball game..."]
    Video Laffs
  17. Editorial Advisory Board
  18. ["Hi, fellas! This is Bob 'Egyptian' Hope saying..."]
    Bob Hope
  19. ["Well, here it is, finally-- Opening night!"]
    Broadway Laffs
  20. ["I got the knot hole first!"]
    Dubble Bubble Gum
  21. ["Hollywood seems to go for the glamour type..."]
    Honey in Hollywood
  22. ["Bud, could I get a wrist watch..."]
    Bud and Sis; Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
  23. [no title indexed]
    MoToR's Auto and Truck Repair Manuals
  24. Quicksand!
    Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
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  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Peter Croome
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Adam Spector
  • Jim Van Dore
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