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Issue Details

Issue	#18
Published	December 1952-January 1953
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	44
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Larry Nadle (actual)

Cover Details

Characters	Bob Hope; Madge
Genre	celebrity; humor
Pencils	Owen Fitzgerald
Inks	Owen Fitzgerald

6 page Bob Hope story "This ought to be a swell day for the beach"

Characters	Bob Hope; Madge
Synopsis	Bob tries to impress a girl he just met by claiming to be a business man and deep-sea fishing enthusiast. They end up tangling with gamblers on a casino ship out past the three mile limit.
Genre	celebrity; humor
Script	Cal Howard
Pencils	Owen Fitzgerald
Inks	Owen Fitzgerald

1 page Superman public service announcement "UNICEF spells Help For the Children of the World"

Characters	Superman
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer

10 page Bob Hope story "This ought to be a swell day for the beach" Part 2

Characters	Bob Hope; Reggie Winters; Madge
Genre	celebrity; humor
Script	Cal Howard
Pencils	Owen Fitzgerald
Inks	Owen Fitzgerald

Half page Teen Teasers activity

Script	Martin Naydel
Pencils	Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks	Martin Naydel (signed)

Half page Jerry the Jitterbug filler

Genre	teen; humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

10 page Bob Hope story "This ought to be a swell day for the beach" Part 3

Characters	Bob Hope; Madge; Slinky Martin; Farro Mike; Pete the Fixer
Genre	celebrity; humor
Script	Cal Howard
Pencils	Owen Fitzgerald
Inks	Owen Fitzgerald

2 page A Bit of Disc and Data text article

Genre	gossip
Script	Larry Nadle?
Letters	typeset

5 page Kitty Karr of Hollywood story "In a restaurant looking for a part"

Characters	Kitty Karr; Hal; Stanley Miles; Paul Slocum; Sam DeCanter; Shep Lions
Synopsis	Stanley Miles decides to create a movie especially for Kitty, then writes her out of the script.
Genre	humor; soap
Pencils	Mort Drucker
Inks	Mort Drucker