The Adventures of Bob Hope #86

The setup couldn't be funnier: Bob Hope, clutching a sign for "Miss Hardy's Obedience School for Dogs," wants to enroll his talking hound — not so he'll speak, but so he'll learn to bark like a normal dog. Mort Drucker's expressive linework brings the whole gag to life, with a bemused blonde questioning Bob's logic while the star of the show — Harvard Harvard III, a wise-cracking hound sitting in an armchair with a notebook and an apple balanced on his snout — steals the scene entirely. This 1964 DC gem introduces Bob's "hilarious, happy-go-lucky" new canine companion, and if the cover is any indication, Harvard Harvard III is going to be very hard to upstage.