The Adventures of Bob Hope #10

This 1951 DC comedy romp finds Bob Hope in distinctly exotic territory — the cover by Owen Fitzgerald drops him into a Middle Eastern street scene where he's cheerfully calling out "Doing anything tonight, honey?" while being hauled away by a trio of robed figures, as an amused woman looks on from a balcony above. The tagline promises readers they'll "join the laugh legion as he flirts with danger and damsels in the zaniest story this side of the Sahara," and Fitzgerald's expressive, rubbery cartooning sells every bit of that chaos. Packed with 52 big pages at just a dime, this is lighthearted adventure comedy at its most gleefully unpretentious.