The Adventures of Bob Hope #32

Owen Fitzgerald's cover for this April–May 1955 DC title sets up a breezy comic scenario outside a bullfighting arena, where a caricature of Bob Hope — dressed in a matador's costume — is far more interested in charming two elegantly dressed señoritas than in answering a rotund official's plea to come inside and "pick a bull." The speech bubbles do all the heavy lifting, with Hope quipping that he'd rather stay outside and "pick a doll," hearts floating in the air as the two smiling women lean his way. At a dime a copy, this is vintage mid-1950s humor comics in fine form, with Fitzgerald's lively, expressive linework keeping the laughs light and the characters full of personality.