The Adventures of Bob Hope #89

When Tuesday Wednesday’s prized Golden Gazelle statuette vanishes, she enlists Bob to track it down—only to discover the stolen artifact hides a map to legendary treasures. With the help of Professor Blinkly’s time machine, Bob journeys to the past, arriving just as Captain Wednesday prepares for aerial combat in World War I, setting off a chaotic mix of history, humor, and high-flying antics.

In this zany chapter of The Adventures of Bob Hope, Aviator Bob and Harvard Harvard III find themselves caught in a whirlwind of World War I dogfights—only to escape thanks to Harvard’s surprisingly sharp marksmanship. When they learn that Captain Wednesday’s great-great grandfather once owned a mysterious statuette, the trio sets their time control to December 26, 1776, in a bid to uncover its secrets.

In this delightfully absurd adventure, Bob Hope teams up with Harvard Harvard III and Kelly (Nigel) to pull off a holiday heist across history, starting with a daring mission disguised as Mrs. Santa Claus in a Hessian camp. When the trail leads them to ancient Egypt and a deal with Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium, they must use blue cheese as a weapon to turn the tide—before returning to 1964 to discover their legendary reward has been submerged beneath a modern artificial lake.