Abbott and Costello Comics #11

When Lou Costello shows up at a masquerade party dressed as Napoleon, he's mistaken for the real thing by a Napoleon-obsessed escapee from a sanitarium—and this delusional Frenchman won't take no for an answer. What follows is a wild night of mistaken identity and escalating chaos as Lou gets dragged through a movie theater, a bakery full of cream-filled pastries, and eventually into a scheme to blow up a condemned bridge. By the time Lou finally makes it to his party, he's had enough of emperors to last a lifetime.

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello's quiet museum visit turns chaotic when Lou accidentally knocks over an ancient artifact—and then some actual museum thieves show up looking for a valuable headdress. What follows is a wild chase through the Egyptian exhibits as the boys try to stay one step ahead of the crooks, with plenty of close calls, hiding spots, and slapstick mayhem along the way.

When Lou Costello announces he's striking out on his own to start a business, Bud Abbott wastes no time pointing out all the reasons why that's a terrible idea—but Lou's got his heart set on being his own boss. What could possibly go wrong when inexperience, ambition, and zero business sense collide?

When Bud Abbott and Lou Costello spot a crying young woman named Betty Drake, they learn she's in love with Lamont Lavaleer but his wealthy, aristocratic parents think she's not good enough for their son. In a scheme to win over the snobbish Lavaleer family, the two con men pose as European nobility—with Costello passing himself off as a count—and manage to wrangle an invitation to the family estate. Between disastrous dinner conversations, a chaotic fox hunt, and a high-society ball in their honor, Abbott and Costello stumble their way through the world of the rich and powerful, hoping to prove that Betty deserves a chance at happiness.

Little Bit enters the local soap box derby with a homemade vehicle that draws mockery from the other competitors—until Firechief Hogan offers some unconventional advice to help the underdog stand out. When race day arrives, Little Bit's cart produces some surprising results that turn the tables on all those who doubted him.

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello find themselves evicted and scrambling for a place to live in a housing shortage—until Lou cooks up a scheme to win over a soft-hearted landlord by dressing up as an accident victim and playing on his sympathies. What follows is a hilarious series of mishaps in their newly acquired apartment that threatens to undo all of Lou's careful scheming.