Bob Hope Meets the Mermaids - Comics by Owen Fitzgerald - High-Resolution Comic Book Scans

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    The Adventures of Bob Hope 20 mermaids underwater

    Cartoonist Owen Fitzgerald drew a whole run of great Bob Hope comics in the early 1950's. In issue #20 from April/May of 1953, Bob takes an undersea adventure where he finds all kinds of buried treasure!

    Bob Hope Mermaids drawn by Owen Fitzgerald

    It all starts when Bob Hope's landlady is hassling him for the rent...

    Landlady yells at Bob Hope When are you going to pay your rent?

    Bob gets a brilliant idea to raise money by looking for rare coins at the bottom of the sea.

    pier docks comic cats diving equipmenr for rent sale

    So he rents some diving equipment---

    Bob Hope tries on a diving suit

    -- and goes to the ocean floor looking for treasure.

    diving suit Mermaids and treasure chest ocean floor

    Much to his surprise, he encounters a beautiful mermaid!

    bob-hope- mermaid diving suit

    cute girl slips out of her mermaid suit

    Hey you're not a fish!

    In fact, there's a whole lot of cute dolls down there!

    Bob Hope gawks at the cute mermaids

    Subtlety is not Bob's strong suit.

    Mermaid queen and cute undersea girls

    Bob Hope begs like a dog in front of the cute mermaid queen

    do not allow the stranget to enter door 27

    bob-hope- opens box 27 discovers 1912 Coolidge nickels

    Wow! Look at all the 1912 Coolidge Nickels!

    Bob Hope closes the chest full of 1912 Coolidge Nickels

    Bob Hope stands in front of the forbidden room 27

    What's behind door 27?

    I don't want to spoil the surprise, so I'll let you find out for yourself below. Click on any of the thumbnails below for a nice BIG high-resolution comic book scan. If you'd rather download the whole comic book as ONE .PDF file, click HERE. It's a big file (over 17 Megabytes), but it's worth it!

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    Click on any of the thumbnails for a nice BIG high-resolution comic book scan.

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    Here's a GREAT article on
    Owen Fitzgerald     by John K

    More about Bob Hope Comics here

    Read about cartoonist Owen Fitzgerald HERE.

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