COMIC BOOK COVER GALLERY: Real-life celebrities appearing as guests (or stars!) in comic books acquired in the '60s, '70s, and '80s

Celebrities! Famous people have been making appearances in comic books for nearly as long as there have been comic books. The appearances have ranged from walk-on roles by US presidents and Axis dictators to star turns by actors like Alan Ladd and Hopalong Cassidy, each of whom was among the many film idols to moonlight as the leads in their own licensed comics series. When I started amassing comics in the 1960s, DC Comics was still putting out comics starring Bob Hope and Jerry Lewis, and while I never owned an issue of The Adventures Of Bob Hope I was a fan of the irrepressible hoyven glavin of The Adventures Of Jerry Lewis. Speaking as someone who always wanted to see a Brave And Bold team-up of Batman and Babe Ruth, I'd say we're due for a Comic Book Cover Gallery of real-life famous (and infamous) figures appearing in comic books. 

Of course, my favorite examples of celebrity guest appearances in comic books fall outside the timeline:

While we're including a few licensed series, the main focus this week is on famous people guest-starring on other comic-book superstars' covers. The 1940s Daredevil Battles Hitler cover image represents a '70s reprint. As always, we'll be sticking exclusively to the '60s-'80s era of acquisition I've established for these galleries. Today's selection includes books I bought new, back issues I acquired after the fact (but within the timeline), and B-stock contraband originally purchased without their covers. These aren't actual photos of comics in my collection; most images are courtesy of the Grand Comics Database, which is grand indeed. But I did have each and every one of 'em at some point in time.

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