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Issue: The Adventures of Bob Hope #89
Publication Date: October 1964
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Issues: #89 of 109 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/13/1964
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 23 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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A Comedy of Eras!

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): pretty girls; Roman soldier
Synopsis: Bob Hope in ancient Roman costume, surrounded with pretty girls. Bob is about to be jabbed from behind with a spear.
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Disclose Notes: Cover is a re-working of the cover for The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #58.
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Smoking Is for Squares!

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Genres: opinion
Character(s): Paulette Breen (Miss American Teenager); Bob; Bob's friend
Synopsis: Bob's friends insist he should try smoking, but Paulette Breen talks them out of it.
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.

"Published as a public service in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly, coordinating organization for national health, welfare and recreation agencies of the U.S." Paulette Breen is "winner of the Palisades Amusement Park National Contest."
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A Comedy of Eras, Part 1

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Harvard Harvard III; Tuesday Wednesday; Professor Blinkly; Captain Wednesday
Synopsis: Tuesday Wednesday enlists Bob to help recover her stolen Golden Gazelle statuette, which conceals a map to vast treasures. Bob uses the Professor's time machine to visit the statuette's earlier owner, Captain Wednesday, as Wednesday takes off for World War I aerial combat.
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First Line: Tootsie Rolls go on and on after other candy is gone!
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): rich kid
First Line: Well, that's finished...
Synopsis: A rich kid hires Homer to wash and wax his Matchbox model car.
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Nothing Else Is Silly Putty!

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Character(s): Batman
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Character(s): L.C. (Lucky Charms) Leprechaun (advertising character); kids
First Line: Tra la la
Synopsis: Kids trap the leprechaun and steal his Lucky Charms.
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Part 2: Aviator Bob, the Chicken Eagle

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Harvard Harvard III; Captain Wednesday; Baron von Fluglemop
Synopsis: Bob and Harvard get tangled up in World War I aerial combat, saved only by Harvard's machine-gunning skill. Learning that Wednesday's great-great grandfather owned the statuette, they set their time control to December 26, 1776, when Nigel crossed the Delaware with Washington.
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First Line: What makes a Tootsie Pop so special?
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Character(s): Superman
First Line: Boys and girls!
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Admission and discount coupons for any of 21 amusement parks nationwide: Palisades Amusement Park, Cliffside Park, NJ; Belmont Park, San Diego, CA; Santa Cruz Seaside Park, Santa Cruz, CA; Santa Claus Land, Santa Claus, IN; Riverside Park, Agawam, MA; Whalom Park, Fitchburg, MA; Paragon Park, Nantasket Beach, MA; Jolly Cholly Funland, N. Attleboro, MA; Excelsior Park, Excelsior, MN; Fun Fair Park, St. Louis, MO; Canobie Lake Park, Salem, NH; Uncle Cliff's Family Land, Albuquerque, NM; Storytown U.S.A., Lake George, NY; Suburban Park, Manlius, NY; Dorney Park, Allentown, PA; Hershey Park, Hershey, PA; Rocky Glen Park, Moosic, PA; Playtown Park, Springfield, PA; Rocky Point Park, Warwick, RI; Lagoon Amusement Park, Salt Lake City, UT; and Santa's Land U.S.A., Putney, VT.
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First Line: Use coupon below and Bob Hope will be delivered to you regularly...
Synopsis: Promo with order coupon for subscriptions to any of four DC titles
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Part 3: A Ridiculous St. Nick-ulous

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Harvard Harvard III; George Washington; Kelly (Nigel); Hessian soldiers; Cleopatra; Mark Antony; Tuesday Wednesday
Synopsis: Washington convinces Bob to infiltrate the Hessian camp disguised as Mrs. Santa Claus, leaving time-bomb cuckoo clocks. Learning that Antony gave the statuette to Cleopatra, Bob and Harvard travel through time to the Battle of Actium. Cleopatra shows Bob the treasure's location, in exchange for which he and Harvard attack Octavian's fleet with horrible-smelling blue cheese. Returning to 1964, Bob and Harvard learn that Cleopatra honored them with giant statues... but the statues and the treasure are now beneath an artificial lake on the Nile.
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Disclose Notes: The damming of the Nile echoes the controversial dam that flooded the site of the temple of Abu Simbel at the time. The entire issue springboards from the current movie spectacular "Cleopatra," starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and Rex Harrison -- although Antony in the story has the face of Marlon Brando.
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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Bullwinkle the Moose
First Line: Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?
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Disclose Notes: Ad, in comic story form, for Cheerios cereal from General Mills.
On the page between the 3rd and 4th pages of the previous story sequence.
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First Line: I like chocolate fudge best!
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How's Trix?

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Character(s): Trix Rabbit (advertising character)
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): zookeeper
First Line: Hello, little girl...
Synopsis: Bebe is shocked to learn that a kangaroo is a native of Australia... her uncle married such a native.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bob's Gag Bag
First Line: Bob's partial to gags about dogs.
Synopsis: Gags relating to Bob Hope
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100 Magnets

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Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for 100 magnets from Magnets.
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132 Roman Soldiers

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Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for toy soldiers from Roman War Soldiers.
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204 Revolutionary War Soldiers

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Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for toy soldiers from Revolutionary War Soldiers.
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100 Pc. Toy Soldier Set

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Character(s): Ben Rebhuhn; Bill Butler
First Line: Brother, can you spare a dime?
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Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for American Body Building Club.
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First Line: Boys, girls, men, women...
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Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for selling Christmas cards from Wallace Brown, Inc.
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