The Adventures of Bob Hope #85

DC's long-running comedy series delivers another absurd delight with this 1964 issue, featuring a cover by Mort Drucker that sets up the gag perfectly: Bob Hope sits perched on one side of a giant golden scale, munching what appears to be a banana, while three exotically costumed women look on — a speech bubble has him pleading for "five more minutes" before they put him on the scale. A pile of bananas heaped at the base only adds to the silliness, and Drucker's expressive caricature work makes Hope's gleeful, self-satisfied grin utterly irresistible.