The Adventures of Bob Hope #26

DC's long-running comedy series is in fine form with this April–May 1954 entry, where the cover finds a smitten Bob Hope dangling from a young woman's parachute harness — hearts floating around him — while a green plane marked "NC15" passes overhead and another parachutist drifts safely in the distance. Bob's deadpan punchline, "I washed it last night and can't do a thing with it," says everything you need to know about the cheerful, gag-driven spirit Owen Fitzgerald brings to his artwork here. A ten-cent slice of mid-1950s humor comics at their most charming.