Surely, at some point, someone must have described BOB HOPE as "The King of Comedy"!
Whether or not it ever happened, the covers of THE ADVENTURES OF BOB HOPE # 58 (DC Comics, Cover Date: August-September, 1959)...
...And THE ADVENTURES OF BOB HOPE # 89 (DC Comics, Cover Date: October-November, 1964)...
...Make a good case for a "Hope Mirthful Monarchy"!
Check 'em out side-by-side...
Same layout, but different setting!
Same guy about to jab Bob... once as a Black Knight, and once as a Centurion!
SAME EXACT DIALOGUE BALLOON!
The adoring females vary slightly, in both looks and positioning!
But, most strangely of all... these are TWO VERY DIFFERENT STORIES! One is not a remake of the other! Each is unique unto itself!
Yet, they not only share the SAME COVER GAG - thus becoming our latest "Separation At Mirth", but also share the same cover LAYOUT and DIALOGUE!
You won't see that happen very often!
THE ADVENTURES OF BOB HOPE # 58 cover is drawn by Owen Fitzgerald.
THE ADVENTURES OF BOB HOPE # 89 cover is drawn by Mort Drucker.
Oh, and lest I forget, if anyone doesn't get the gag in our SUBJECT HEADER ("The Monarch Who's Mediocre!"), here's the inspiration for that!
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| "Mickey Mouse as The Monarch of Medioka" - a classic Mouse Tale, by the great Floyd Gottfredson! |
See? We'd never leave you hanging, now would we?
...Though we may leave Bob Hope "hanging"... until he "gets the point"...
...Which, regardless of historical era, looks to be any second now!
Before he yelps in pain, let's say so long and leave you with THE ADVENTURES OF BOB HOPE # 58 and THE ADVENTURES OF BOB HOPE # 89... Separated at Mirth!
PS: Perhaps Bob might not have been "stuck with his fate" (...or whatever you call those pointy things), if HE had also been "SUPERMAN'S PAL" like Jimmy Olsen!
THAT'S the kind of "pal" I'd wanna have!
2 comments:
Both of these covers remind me (slightly) of the Donald Duck in Ancient Persia cover, which inspired my own homage to it based on Romano Scarpa's "Mummy Fearest" (or "The Money Mummy").
Deb:
Around here, we go with "Mummy Fearest" over "The Money Mummy", ‘cause it’s just a better title… unless it was a story about a mummy stuffed with money… which I believe they did back in the ‘60s.
But, for a story about a money-packed pyramid, which they DID do back in the ‘60s (twice by my count), and an aesthetically-motivated rival posing as a mummy, to scare said pyramid into abandonment, disuse, and eventual demolition, "Mummy Fearest" works best… and that’s why we went with it.
What you may not know is that, while "Mummy Fearest" was my title, it was shortened (as was the opening narrative caption) from something I thought was better still. In the grand tradition of Rocky and Bullwinkle episode chapter titles I originally proposed (…and imagine William Conrad as “Our Narrator” reading this with a hearty “Tune in Next Time for…”) “Pyramid Scheme – or Mummy Fearest"!
…But, alas, such was not to be!
And, moving off titles… Yes, there certainly is a resemblance between Carl Barks’ Donald Duck cover seen HERE and the Bob Hope covers… right down to an enemy behind a curtain equipped with a sharp object! Great catch!
I can't display Deb's painting in the comments section (need a link, rather than an image)... but it's a GOODIE!
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