The Adventures of Bob Hope #91

DC's long-running comedy series hits a gleefully absurd note with this 1965 issue, as the cover by Mort Drucker drops Bob Hope into a doctor's coat as the hilariously unqualified "Dr. Killpain, the Brainless Brain Surgeon." Drucker's wonderfully expressive linework captures Bob mid-examination, gleefully announcing a "leaky valve" diagnosis to a baffled, rotund patient — while the stethoscope is plugged into a water cooler going "GLUG! GLUG!" — as a red-haired nurse looks on with knowing amusement. If the cover is any indication, The Brainless Brain Surgeon, Part 1 promises the kind of cheerful, slapstick comedy that made this series a reliable treat throughout the 1960s.