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Issue Details

Issue #61
Published February-March 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Lawrence Nadle

Cover Details

Genre sitcom
Pencils Mort Drucker
Inks Mort Drucker
Notes Drucker credit from Bob Hughes. Cover previously credited to Bob Oksner.

7 page Bob Hope story "The Newspaper Man"

Synopsis Bob lands a reporting gig. His assignment: to interview Nostril Darmus. He claims he can predict the future, but only when he has a cold.
Genre sitcom
Script Bob Oksner
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner
Notes First line: "B-B-Bob, our future doesn't look bright."

Half page statement of ownership "Statement of Ownership"

Letters Typeset

1 page Superboy public service announcement "It's Fun to Help Others"

Genre superhero
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

7 page Bob Hope story "The Newspaper Man Part 2"

Synopsis Hoods come to kidnap Darmus for their mobster boss who wants to know which ponies will win at the track. They nab Bob instead. In a panic, Bob "eenie-meeney-miney-moes" it and hits five winners.
Genre sitcom
Script Bob Oksner
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Adventures of Jerry Lewis #56 ad"

1 page Teen Age filler

Genre gags
Script Mort Drucker ?
Pencils Mort Drucker ?
Inks Mort Drucker ?

1 page A Bit of Disc and Data text article

Genre Fact; Review
Letters typeset

8 page Bob Hope story "The Newspaper Man Part 3"

Synopsis Things get complicated. A female reporter sent to interview Darmus tracks Bob down and helps him escape. At the same time the mobster's bookie, comes to grab him so he doesn't lose any more money.
Genre sitcom
Script Bob Oksner
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner