![The champion of this boxing match gloes off to fight Bob Hope in the semi-finals.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzlE9GzTu3K_lnQg52PXsGjoKOq_zOwRUcCVCo4Lmnvr75Z0zzrvhjNSl6siLdtofrkSyEo9uOs0Nx3YFzDbeoCaMyBYVkXdlgEEVZbzSitgUQPdo6fQQS4ZzFAPlAQfJ1ximBAwY9WPhQA4MnWCcjXO6qeWhiUVmrfDM4Y8NlSzrOvdv7yys/s1600/1-0503-bingcrosby-actioncomics5.jpg)
from "Star-Light" in Action Comics (1938 series) #5 (DC, October 1938), pencils and inks by Sheldon Moldoff
Here's an actually even earlier appearance, altho' it's not in a comic story but rather one of those text pages nobody reads:
![Bing, it's only 1937, you can't be sleepy ALREADY!](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7o8SuUPkd7P9WsvyjSPD33j84W-YZ8jCSrOxOnG_dmcBzRL8NV8KieUb9u2laArc8sfIDEwIQsNv4O3DP0vyYGEmbnqBtTZZofNFL8KF5f2iXDT_hyOIMgyQaDQaARrDwOV7mKQUdzHufr1Syj_JTdapDUaAnyoTF4IDj9q_MtRclbkPvPY/s1600/2-0503-bingcrosby-morefun25.jpg)
from More Fun Comics #25 (DC/Nicholson, October 1937), text by Mary Partrick, pencils and inks by Creig Flessel
While this content is not original to comic books (it was first published as a strip), here's probably the first appearance of Bing Crosby in a comic. Did you collect it? Put it in Mylar!
![Why are they swimming in lemonade?](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizfK_ObRRi6D7uIxn_MsFB6LuUZaoiKVwFjg-ChwERgIu52rHa-PnKJhXV4T8F0kMEgSUYfmQOFXmvOVDIVoGrh9XeXr5hYJUgg5598Yldff_oypr-bfeuvKO_cTKR_11zgR9H47lIeCoRsf5ti4ur5f48XJBneaK3dBsmPhtlsBOBbyvNKbA/s462/3-0503-bingcrosby-famousfunnies24a.jpg)
![Wolverine took his famous nickname for everybody straight from Bing!](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhej-_H3BdzGCHF-aGZ6I8AzjmGcXw8CfE9w4LERGhD3SwzVZHlhRPy5FQxNksBvakL4eZ9MmdE5idcSFrRhTKW9NlPJMnJMLsqMcNn9_A7697myehhfuNIU1-LzpBvFcBVJKwfEig85TDxL_LlDAiCvpa0nTYdkAZtuo3iftJU3anVOkAOf0s/s320/3-0503-bingcrosby-famousfunnies24b.jpg)
from "Olly of the Movies" in Famous Funnies #24 (Eastern Color, June 1936); script, pencils, and inks by Julian Ollendorff
To be fair, most of Der Bingle's comic book appearances have been in non-fiction featurettes or short stories about his life and career...
![And that's why they call him 'Streaky.'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hqU2YAISveB7Ejxs16wPFvojyg91KuJuKvZbohuZooIcSMHd2TNuKm2pPo06rDLMLrG1hnjK8lghVIEWeS4IWepmUIC_7rVU-Yrszge8bLMzZK32oZsHwb4LrNfskwlfd_J6_KkRp0TXbrTv0u067YLp_YpQ7p1_VfyxcnB834X0nTdjL_k/s1600/4-0503-bingcrosby-callingallboys13.jpg)
cover of Calling All Boys #13 (Parents' Magazine Press, September 1947), artist uncredited and unknown
...like this cameo appearance in a Glenn Miller bio story from '47...
!['See you in France, Bing! Sure you don't wanna tag along on the plane?'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zdrDAPGiBr4W7BI2hTT4Zpi8-yL4Co0D9t5y5Cu6fnLycac0WEiqmZ-UtHVbXeNspUidhw0xFjaXJsG-fH4_Z_hh1FTV_FiwVJVboeLX-gAfnFMZ6NQOONAIteyVs3l2TbpRfv0V1ACyuC_ZRdC0qA57BjoOulA6DN0lpMquUYhuiOI6q18/s1600/5-0503-bingcrosby-realfactcomics9-1947.jpg)
from "The Fighting Band-Leader" in Real Fact Comics #9 (DC, July 1947); script byJack Schiff; Mort Weisinger, and/or Bernie Breslauer; pencils and inks by Fred Ray
...or this "hey, that's pretty good art" spotlight from '48.
![BRING ME THE HEAD OF FATHER CHUCK O'MALLEY!](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMOUfNcU0reVwAHsQHDNHHZHyJ-Tqxmw3XMxBCzkgUj79I0Rp4LiEEz6uDKNJPXRP5nHfykxtN1Wa3Gftw8H6vSOGsA9QhunvQTVOV6HmAqB0v3lpn58Rbim7sq-VFqLaNZqtrOmsVAu0cjDykXnEtabVkBt16hO9kTPR3FpJPW_20_8yjFY/s1600/6-0503-bingcrosby-jukeboxcomics3-1948.jpg)
from Juke Box Comics #3 (Eastern Color, July 1948); script, art, and letters by Phil Berube
In just a little while, as Bing's stardom grew, so did the number of pages purely devoted to his life. Just like Superman!
![Keppers, Mr. Merion, you've already shot and mounted Bing, Harold Stassen, and Howard Pyle...I think you're over your limit!](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKe0QTUaqg5WSJTO6lAkfkSKfmQ8ulw0tq2ZQkm7n100n8WPZe_QUioOCYPI63dY5Fg2x3uaGx2GCCgQT3Go3gVcUKw_PimRgriJdPLHuxrk5SJQ_9mk8IcItfooh-mzA-co4NFougJwyav1ZAHsUuBR9V_mkDjV93wGjGVduAbw4blXh8FvQ/s1600/7-0503-bingcrosby-reallifecomics37a.jpg)
![Change your shirt from panel to panel, wontcha, Bing?](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8j7jRI0mlGcEbJLc0uKOL_XYS69Deo8JXN2iWTPm-EQh8vrEL-5xGbkRY9xTwMunTGH7UUrj50v17BwvEETzsjq_kfbmbg_YSMID7Z_9WwoNDs_5FyGle6UHqu2sDay_Bb0r7mmOfSRwmCVp5oGwGy-iA_HdOPT2xWsnfCilsn5uH6c_xOoE/s1600/7-0503-bingcrosby-reallifecomics37b.jpg)
![And change your SUIT once in a while, too! Geez.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmg7TPLJXoNicR1z7EhbBVpSAkdTJz_6GV3Kq4nk2aW6WqJAN_3Pv16XS_vQ90ujpL6T9fWW7wtnKrkVP7Qc_iQB0K6LLeqtpTe2bkEQ_98KT4qEOt3TgP1vUgXuFfbvRpKBGoyAzx0JXzkOMDeJqAUhhi8ca-eHTpGit783izAvfdpfIsUI/s1600/7-0503-bingcrosby-reallifecomics37c.jpg)
![Being a priest made Bing blue.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip2miwFZ1EtZ2QDpP4bN7z0o8UOaIITmPjkxg5qfQw8Ha_qB1gBa2sN_6ULvdscDeDqQe54amfPVN-4QvKHZhLtiY3BqoiJaRvuhX_QEAFfw52DnaXERufhUn_CMXavAKy8s2dk1qln2EyqhXHzRHSC6bU2bgRy2AFNXg3ADqY0n3370c3zTA/s1600/7-0503-bingcrosby-reallifecomics37d.jpg)
from "Bing Crosby: Going My Way?" in Real Life Comics #37 (Pines, January 1947), pencils and inks by Sam Cooper, cover artist uncredited and unknown
Even the official comic of the Roman Catholic Church liked him! (Good thing he wasn't divorced.)
![Not to be confused with next week's thrilling tale of ALfred Nobel, 'How Bang Begins.'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9OCoe8XwcMtNQKMchTmgSu2d8soY60Y3n7zwKm1aqlAvVQLWanC2Fjb5nwFlhVmgOKs_biXPmZYiR2DYN7esDs0Su7VQ0BBMT8KcPlIrEcyVG7wBZNBEmRhdl9IOujepJCWGbxe3j6nwEFVlk6L2lq2iCiUke2rxCJ4ACk2O8Uayt1Ft6lYk/s1600/8-0503-bingcrosby-treasurechest4-14a.jpg)
!['Sadly, all we have is 'Learn to Type' records.'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxh2Rpm-GrcqfxJUUKZbsOIatqoAa2bXlxhuy5HW6EesZ75_YwehM45LsS0dUtu7gkT9rDtUK0JnuRPto5jz1erft76xyb4hh3DBu-fSJ18wQSzR3APw2zuxr11146OH53WEeMS8dDaG10TvxaeYC2mTpCK_4dZyZ-GIkXf2dMFzI_AbiJhxQ/s1600/8-0503-bingcrosby-treasurechest4-14b.jpg)
![YOWZA that's one big car. Whatdaya get on that, a half inch to the gallen?](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOlL9Jp64uX1dasfEbzQnooRrStwneOBqE-O8VULcYfLhxione_w-UTw1RvKvd_aZ0srtV1K78PDOmdb0w_smdbbGmuZl8TnEMTByAZkv8m8sbxurPOnMF4MxoGAqwjNjCYqCPojXjNzSg2UXaZZkMB9md15KhAkPEWtrEfi_-XL3-8tbMcDE/s1600/8-0503-bingcrosby-treasurechest4-14c.jpg)
![Sadly for Bing and his career, these were silent movies.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjWevxQIJxLVjLwQ73CfpfiXttfptc21DbOJ3VJ7z66Oy2_tn5Vy3NDqXVxWSjvaIoZaoXhlgizsJe7uSxVi2FURLvCUgsaPVts_1EOZDTylfpRZBcN2lRzJO2NWTm6USAOiqgeLqJSXlMKoyo7pCwJcuKMvO0C_k79AlRPzpdLguE9aPjpHA/s1600/8-0503-bingcrosby-treasurechest4-14d.jpg)
from "Minstrel of the Mike" in Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact v.4 #14/60 (George A. Pflaum, March 1949), pencils and inks by Lloyd Ostendorf
At least one comic did worry about the Crosbys' marriage! As Golden Age Jerry Seinfeld was often heard to opine, "What's the Deal with the Crosbys?" (The deal? Volume, volume, volume!)
!['Only I, the disembodied head of his wife, know the real Bing!'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhFfR2rOoVALV_WLPjddq9EW8NiP7vxZZuMtBGXcIMFolfWbFW0chERy6nTcKbRlmCmgyOie22AY3yU0iPx_XYD_7--pGra0Fw-FUsMIG0jUbCYMpwLhyOBVhTODSV0TJsQijumpsgxdfUT486haM2qJHZxUoGMCrel3chjfU0qa8BduOhCEQ/s1600/9-0503-bingcrosby-famousstars2a-1950.jpg)
![Bing built his own Challengers of the Unknown!](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIb6CVPGQelDqvo6x3pZpoie52HRqNTYqcyYT1aX_XwRC2C9peh8WY8Ws6FxQ_mBTCoMh5nQ85CE48itj0ajgu3sZc1cmlWmnPRwOh0hO9z9JpoBfsTbCaK_0MPPexM6BzAWUz-GN4ERkeG8P8c-Ezl3Nr4JGDM08yyeU4ZKrnlDkn7tjBuXk/s1600/9-0503-bingcrosby-famousstars2b.jpg)
![The answer to 'What's with the Crosbys?' is, in fact, 'Nunna yer business.'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCptJns0mVJ4dKJTVFTDZecTDdv7hofv339SOjDwVMKFGufucrTyBHN7hpXzztrQuKnoxzO_acd9rPOo2vF8hl39L4AcH27sbT5z-wxt9qzLuwQlpHaftSNTaIQoANj4AvaChbfRCCurZuefhM0kG-eBhBApoTa6DhM1TqWMPeywlvuzkQR_8/s1600/9-0503-bingcrosby-famousstars2c.jpg)
from "What's with the Crosbys?" in Famous Stars #2 (Ziff-Davis, 1950); script, art, letters by Bill Everett. Yes, Namor's creator!
Here's a spot cartoon of Bing...
![A VERY early appearance on Laugh-In here.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1t9HAbh6MPN72j5NWhZh1GOMI86WlaXLvMlzV9SrkHEx1ro3DjYlyhemp9zTrU-7_xRPREjy3UIcfStAWBreaVy8F_GHTQ77F39rHyDBOFhYpTNUpTmpYO55W0Xa1CQ6MAGc7R1qmpASCrt1pElv0vhdohmb4SzQey2K9jLIF5szEYa5BeQ4/s1600/10-0503-bingcrosby-triumphcomics27-1945.jpg)
from "Professor Punk" in Triumph Comics #27 (Bell, August 1945), by Harry Brunt
...and a movie review — remember when comic books used to review films? (Me either, but I agree that Road to Utopia is just dandy.)
![Hey kids! Send away for your free Dorothy Lamour! Only twenty-six hundred Grape-Nuts boxtops!](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKu1bwbIbkjBohuoN6YUy1vhWkxdpm5_f8rqdOT7RgPrRjpam0ZC2zYmn5T155xcwX869xWXpDe3pmwluDwvUX9d-3PL3eyCEN0y321KnU4TXDPbW5LpV2UbZe7Bg74wWkarP06EDZY1Fpt1VNcq2DPMPbFRQ7lW0Sc8Y-j2YYhtZxy0rGys/s1600/10-0503-bingcrosby-truecomics49-1946.jpg)
from True Comics #49 (Parent's Magazine, May 1946)
But I know what you came looking for here. Did Bing Crosby ever meet famous comic book heroes? WELL OF COURSE HE DID, JUNIOR.
!['And her business is trying to remember whether she comes from Earth-1 or Earth-2.'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwjkecWqma5alFhuyK9Yzf2ITy-MzoszGKSb8NCBSnLQwTVRavRzWYv4DhCIqsdFGZIPp6wllW-zKlWDRkZy5plOL4X8tqDPMe-mwQ3aDJPtUuJvg0uPOnklDWXizItD35Nhr8l26DIU4gqRe9H7d4_9aDZROBMFu9wHh8C89QsOFwOcko8ug/s1600/11-0503-bingcrosby-allstarcomics44.jpg)
from "Evil Star Over Hollywood" in All-Star Comics #44 (DC/National, December 1948), script by John Broome, pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bob Oksner
Naturally, he frequently appeared in comics alongside movie partner Bob Hope:
![And then Will Smith came up on stage nad punched Humphrey right in the kisser.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKjL19j0AENq8de_qsb84CMgf6qFOrXV_BnZyx896yMGfKod76RTwerAGAopaUNjg3lWEWD_jCzMNKTfK5oHyVKmaJfCeiw3-nHRHet3o2D3KPC8vOFyArZrPM1atYeyxdzSG1VTzHDpoy7UXIZWX1vjlnFTU5gUuSN750EJqgttblQgV-6Yw/s1600/12-0503-bingcrosby-gigglecomics46.jpg)
from "Superkatt" in Giggle Comics #46 (ACG, October 1947), pencils and inks by Dan Gordon
Here's one of those you've probably seen, from pretty near the dawn of the Marvel Age: Bing and Bob drawn by Jack Kirby! I do kinda wish we'd see them doing their patty-cake punch-out routine on the Mole Man.
!['Cming up next on the SuperStation...'The Road to Latveria!'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0HGPBiFnMnRUGCgTa_JWZmMJz7Rdej0QeL101HFntthHZ_f_ioaUw-yn6UZEKJgxSwnGToDZ310e6D9kifj2cSUFkLc_0LNq4MDuvoc-WS6AATHyK_fF5JqqFUeLK40IN147tjAQMm_RNOZd6mDTjV_VFlIOLKfNzZFmG2nRR0SYjLQv7uE/s1600/13-0503-bingcrosby-ff9.jpg)
from Fantastic Four (1961 series) #9 (Marvel, December 1962), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers, colors by Stan Goldberg, letters by Artie Simek
Another Kirby Crosby and Hope, this time in a WWII Newsboy Legion story! Also: Carmen Miranda, Clark Gable, and Hedy Lamarr! (I don't know who the redhead is; do you?)
![And that's how Dan Turpin began his torrid affair with Hedy Lamarr.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj70ZyCDECot9EDOIsJvWm1mvp0EUtmMR5u5rgdt2teCUL2LxWvcBIBttYpH8HwNmiu2btby5YWMmWmwsxRC4ymRQw4zMyffFfAZcxKDksSjwBN7_x_5BOddprC3qd7aJB3Mqb_5Neem2_YaD2g5dE9TWj0J1oFqKIauqpse-0Bg_180B1212A/s1600/14-0503-bingcrosby-starspangledcomics12a.jpg)
!['Well, now, Junior, we seem to have gotten ourselves into an interesting development.'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_5DIISnmC1880kMuZNoQ2YoGL_VF_J-bpnuQf6wAnhkBI_Rl9RM5qRNqMeN0mltVKLTEt8352gTjueMCHqq6jJBZHDOXQBlJT1zPa3e_aa_P_OHUvnbZMq_YHAsTetfM_OuINkfNqUJhIK_Kc95lwL4XfHpXZVPjVk64_72FqczC_BNaS2DE/s1600/14-0503-bingcrosby-starspangledcomics12b.jpg)
from "Prevue of Peril" in Star Spangled Comics #12 (DC, September 1942), co-script and inks by Joe Simon, co-script and pencils by Jack Kirby, letters by Howard Ferguson
Bing meets the Howling Commandos (Bob Hope was in the previous panel) and Sgt. Fury!
!['Mr. Manelli, I've actually come here from the states to deliver you a cease-and-desist order from Dean Martin.'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQN5gNnLUsUCs2Mp7LQXsE5Swhv8hHAsvJsPbN8e6rdv3tKx3IweoPk1MoX8kSUw03-ZGhdv7yqu1yp518bkz3UhkqZNveIVA6E_HaYWkQuFWuxSfI-aOb64KjUfDcLcm7B79fLcQcWE9LdCwIA-QOlX6CWQxY5nERux3awY0s3IBQ7aVAZ_U/s1600/15-0503-bingcrosby-sgtfury24.jpg)
from Sgt. Fury #24 (Marvel, November 1965), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Frank Giacoia, letters by Sam Rosen
America's favorite rattus rattus inherits a dog who can impersonate Crosby!
![Now Mickey thinks Pluto is just plain TRASH.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipB71gq6oSThOSDVsJp4VUOEwmMfNLb5Pdytq0JWd_-JdGeMfod1qCQjwjh8vtRAcgpzReurPLFPfNEb_cHgjL18RTURU_KN8D8XB2ElWwDK3MzDoaTnRtQp0c_zpRD9vr-xUFtAzHb6ApnDhceDyxKhIQRjJdny6zrRJspEWsxx_WrDjycCg/s1600/0503-bingcrosby-waltdisneyscomicsandstories97.jpg)
from "[Orson the Wonder Dog]" in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #97 (Dell, October 1948); script, pencils, and inks by Bill Wright, colors by Western Publishing Production Shop
And our ever-livin' blue-eyed Bashful Benjy Grimm could enjoy a Bing 'n' Bob film if only everybody would stop clobberin'!
!['Aw, an' I wanted ta see 'Midnight Cowboy.' I luv a good Western.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bsPZgSH7F9LrZbmn9qZkCl_5STQCA4h7MEP3mcxco_2iPLICMqVBu8uICQCehYZDUApDt50_VQ-mNp89-lLgChQC18UV2R6vqBRA3uSstoEzsPtapWZoTiu8SdvdNPGIg7SQiBokvhPYzXIpGZkpivYNCVk-wbAz4j_25H3HsEHFiMGBjj8/s1600/15.6-0503-bingcrosby-mtioA1.jpg)
from Marvel Two-in-One Annual (1976 series) #1 (Marvel, September 1976), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Sam Grainger, colors by Phil Rachelson, letters by John Costanza (credited)
Longing for a Bing Crosby/Bob Hope Road picture in comic books? Well, What If...™ King Conan was Bing Conan?!? Huh? What then, hmm?
![Dorothy Lamour is Be-LIT!](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlhccNVtT-linv6lNZ6Bvby0-WoHhZAyBMeVevjUN2wqNizlFSz4WxD87lEVtRmKuFBLa0qbNSa_5d3-LLj1-1wh07kIhSp-aCDaxBSmTfgCzqDDT-eggEGF2BAQw6USrHkir2VOg9w8Qt9_uBBy_C0h4qWK_A0vl6T26Ix94n1Gcn4sZKZUs/s1600/15.7-0503-bingcrosby-whatif1977-34.jpg)
from "What If King Conan Were Bing Conan on the Road to Hyboria" in What If...? (1977 series) #34 (Marvel, August 1982), script and pencils by Eliot R. Brown, inks by Joe Sinnott, letters by Michael Higgins (?)
But ya know what? Bob Hope never had Bing Crosby guest-star in his comic book. Probably he knew that once Crosby started to sing, we'd all get up and head out for popcorn.
!['What's more, Jack Warner gave him a better trailer on the studio lot!'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZzVw4hItjc0BSAE2ive1JHue74bpZlMGFM78C_TWT_kGrrsvhgJxIjRjogSdfioyPaJNbOwzWD5jV-1IvRAQRRePAl5civFCDL9SHK4F1tU4hm6z3NkHJN6hnptTe6Zbos7z87nhUR4OcmDzv5jXcrsf6DpNiD_182ZEykXXzcthv1ph89w/s1600/16-0503-bobhope33.jpg)
cover of The Adventures of Bob Hope #33 (DC, June 1955), pencils and inks by Owen Fitzgerald
Hey, Jimmy Olsen, you shouldn'a be smoking! Oh wait, that's just Bing again.
!['What the heck, Bing...you're STILL wearing that same suit from Real Life Comics #37?!?'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmB7VpeOtda-aPclxSUR8TCl_eK8cGP1hTmFEEpxDAmlzmB6yo9tQBZG-LvF9J1FD7rq-5awWtxRCMNxpTjEheRlj3lMjJC1duaDUUL_TNKNRuRC8wkKK8ba6sR1JHogd673BGAWYxHjT4evuVDO2ZyPyoAtEXW_9E3abddyfcZ1OizLTuSg0/s1600/17-0503-bingcrosby-blackcat7.jpg)
from "Water-Skis Whipping" in Black Cat #7 (Harvey, August 1947), script by Blanche Carlin and/or Beverly Suser (?), pencils and inks by Lee Elias
But Bing's longest features were in those comics adapting his movies. While we never got a comic book version of Going My Way or Road to Morocco, here's a weird photo-fumetti-style adaptation of a '39 Universal film!
![Film apparently directed by Terry Gilliam. No wonder it took so long to come out!](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjpJ-24ZE5zsHHGlBeTAOhuNF7XpKBGzKdq9RdYh42_8Jwm0hlKx1qrA0mDggnAP4A8LKDjKXOnAk-LX58uDuPtyWGVVWb5AdS8ezwSKwVja0QfR5iKLddLsQEzIk14UdGlm8KMkt_uPpC5cYtfFOVvDrvPFHssCFBxrcgHZPQLk7dn31Cs8/s1600/18-0503-bingcrosby-moviecomics3a.jpg)
![Reading this comic book while watching Star Trek, John Byrne suddenly gets an awful, terrible idea.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRirCS4Evo1YzC6zHCBp5wcOqFRVcnGUxyOaD-tGzl-d18qvjcqW7TYqFItvhRPSDhXyFeDvGho39KEaBZqY1K3pEwWsKJ4gsiXKvRbgVv0FMAr7v3Dow0Ql_uBk4cqApw7L2PiUH1QWULYESf6FXGjcXDKuH9AIOfXZLp6dCUNcV-mWvkvT8/s1600/18-0503-bingcrosby-moviecomics3b.jpg)
![Whoia, SOMEbody got the big box of 72 Crayola crayons for their birthday!](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMeATDgU2_DF73R-DKHQJ0948b4iqBlWYC6mcJ_mGWwgCqMRT4DacuC96ji4wfhzN7CRqpCKg11IuV_LVFfR-ROiSh9dBP4q6VYL4SiTglIzhuN2zV0YEoDhqcfna9PXQeflB-lYDJXTM2o49Qa-9eYf7pTgQ4na3UcDHMBtjOq9KJdVxey8w/s1600/19-0503-bingcrosby-moviecomics3c.jpg)
![Next panel: Denny gets out of marrying Mary.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyo-GhbVGW6Dur9D6ZEaq_2qC-9CPOEt2I33dpVbiGHLaAbjEom1fuk7AUBypBP94zNTh33vrSukfMEGqpBVrQmgw0tsBdzUg2EaYGTBAwWj6gxwRkQHw8zoLSX_vYlaY6rdDdAWrbTRobhfKX0CgP9GNHOcS3HkK24xRz37tFIQ3fUCGttp8/s1600/19-0503-bingcrosby-moviecomics3d.jpg)
from "East Side of Heaven" in Movie Comics #3 (DC, June 1939), airbrushed and colorized photos by Jack Adler and Emery Gondor
DC did Bing better in adapting Frank Capra's fun but mostly forgotten race-course romance film Riding Highin their short-lived FEATURE FILMS series. (Curiously enough, issue #4 adapted Bob Hope's Fancy Pants!)
![NOW WAIT ONE DARN MINUTE, IS THAT THE SAME DOGGONE SUIT AGAIN, BING?!?](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2Y31wiVzuw5bWKzDaw_dvEtZxbNEG8Yo05oWMobxm_HI88hmP4ITzTq1O-jLXXAR11OYQ2tvk_NdINJD8_HEXSosDY3Hs4X657sDTJIFhB1X3V_CEzB5IB-kPzCbWKZHKmmfMLLkv_b8_DLKzvjdOrF5RjzokWEoh0p-4ZMsg3E8u9NknwI/s1600/20-0503-bingcrosby-missbeverlyhills8.jpg)
house ad from DC comics cover-dated May 1950
This version was fully drawn father than reproduced from photos, and Jack Sparling has captured a good likeness of Bing in his artwork.
!['Hey kids! Buy me instead of Superman #64!'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOt2X77bGL-N01hol2k7Cucg-oiAOpW7SitkjquXKuldJeX0z4vljbCRge7HXFwUKUTCKfGi1FT7AztLOPVZ6iRd7vZ-tg55zMT6_YhNyuzxAuzYMcUiJORfqHXmu5r_22tM-1TqLoOFNmns8bc8f8TZuGORALnJJ8mxipJ6bQ9CQPiRKC2Y/s1600/21-0503-bingcrosby-featurefilmsmag2a.jpg)
![And starring Seabiscuit as Sparky, the Wonder Horse!](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_qDbRoj0fH4uYxvmP1oo9_C9BvYprdWPGHezYen2Y4sIzat4bQXHpD5cReDScxktdZlABk8170c5EncTH5vS1PcU85lvsCt_mdacRdTqupgDB76MT-bhzZHZjcFJPCpbSvI-we9ltUhH4VzbqPtDokdyeE53uPd9OqfIr79holw_QthmCP8/s1600/21-0503-bingcrosby-featurefilmsmag2b.jpg)
![Bing spent a WHOLE lotta time in this picture kissing horses.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2IDHi5nbKKkmVFHbMicQQZVtUNPQIvI_FTHXgNLFnKiWoQr4VVFThYmoiUireZ-pePmgIJWxzxF9k1utgdVDEx_zpv7Y3svzoUSK_TJgXcmjcyU6k3SJByvgWO5u_m_TMr2cnEv-YKgGBn5CD1eZ-Y1-_OCtxk-GPi4mgzdN67_3GrNcdog/s1600/21-0503-bingcrosby-featurefilmsmag2c.jpg)
![Ah, at last he got his suit recolored.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmDnBnOrm6X1bV3LBTKHY2LDRm1rO8urRTeAeTfiRaOTI-NypggJqBwUyolAYQJwPQRJ8-w1jo_UOzWNCUci2D8M7Sjw2485j75pIwRshjqfZFIgHp8QsGAfDa-cUi8rbu7__jvhhpSQq5K2wL7wVdz76QShf65FaiPVM5WS14wm6ntP5I8k/s1600/21-0503-bingcrosby-featurefilmsmag2d.jpg)
from "Riding High" in Feature Films Magazine #2 (DC/National, May 1950), pencils and inks by Jack Sparling
Play us off with one of my favorite of your songs, Bing!
"Ain't Got a Dime to My Name" by Bing Crosby (Decca, 1942), written by James Van Heusen and Johnny Burke. From the film Road to Morocco (Paramount Pictures, 1942), screenplay by Frank Butler and Don Hartman, directed by David Butler
And a very happy birthday to ya! (Don't worry, I didn't invite Hope.)
Also, buy Bing Crosby Paints where you work or bank!
![Also available in Minute Maid Orange.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHwh-ikxv9GOl-CA4fE2t4c4iYCclv49fXu1xKFI0NgByUcEJ44rCj50pv2pIBy5_N6O0gABHJGNBukhVvV6EFCmpfGbM4lDtp6ql5c4MWcKTl2YBXdhozEDD6yHxFVaufgy4lKQiC6zLW_hqE3YJjXZWehJhwzpgdhpjMyUVgKVVtjSIECJY/s1600/22-0503-bingcrosby-bingpaint.jpg)
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