The Adventures of Bob Hope #4

Issue #4 of DC's The Adventures of Bob Hope delivers a full 52 pages of comedy for a dime, and the cover sets the tone perfectly — Hope appears in full detective disguise, sporting a magnificent fake mustache, a plaid deerstalker cap, and a pipe, all while striking a hilariously serious sleuthing pose. The photo cover teases the "Private Eye" story inside, with "America's Favorite Funnyman" playing it completely straight in his gumshoe getup, which only makes it funnier. With Cal Howard writing and Owen Fitzgerald on art, this 1950 issue captures exactly why Hope's brand of broad, good-natured humor translated so effortlessly into comics.