The Adventures of Bob Hope #67

DC's long-running comedy series delivers a genuinely charming gag on the cover of this 1961 issue, with a caricatured Bob Hope — decked out in a red bandleader's uniform — smugly conducting "Hope's Flea Circus" while a delighted redhead in a showgirl costume peers through a magnifying glass at the tiny performers inside. The joke lands perfectly in the speech bubbles: asked how he keeps his fleas so talented, Bob admits he just keeps promising them a dog for Christmas. Mort Drucker's cover art brings it all to life with the crisp, expressive linework that made him one of the sharpest caricaturists of the era.