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Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series) UK Edition comic books

  • Issue #141UK
    Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series) UK Edition 141UK

    UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. Cover by Jim Aparo. "Pay - or Die!", script by Bob Haney, art by Jim Aparo; Batman, Black Canary, and Alfred Pennyworth team up to crack down on the Jokers insurance racket, which forces his investors to make exorbitant payments or be killed. Dilema Hostess snack cakes ad with Wonder Woman. Statement of ownership - average print run 355,507; average paid circulation 147,912. 36 pgs., full color.

  • Issue #146UK
    Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series) UK Edition 146UK

    UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. Cover by Jim Aparo. "The Secret That Saved a World!", script by Bob Haney, pencils by Romeo Tanghal, inks by Frank McLaughlin; Batman teams up with the Unknown Soldier to stop a nazi spy from stealing plans to the atomic bomb. An Unbeatable Power! Hostess snack cakes ad with Superman. 36 pgs., full color.

  • Issue #147UK
    Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series) UK Edition 147UK

    UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. Cover by Jim Aparo. "Death-Scream from the Sky!", script by Cary Burkett, art by Jim Aparo; The Wayne Foundation has sent a communications satellite into orbit, only to find that it has been equipped with a laser cannon that can be used to destroy whole cities and that the Children of Light, a terrorist group, is threatening to use it to destroy Gotham City unless their leader, Kahman Abhood, is released from custody; Batman investigates STAR Laboratories, where the satellite was manufactured, and finds an unconscious Supergirl there; He revives her and learns that, as Linda Danvers, Supergirl helped counsel student prodigy Josh Kimble, a part-time worker at STAR Labs. When he neared her, her powers faded; As Supergirl, she discovered him sabotaging the satellite, but was stripped of her powers by his presence and knocked out by an unseen attacker; Batman and Supergirl team up. 36 pgs., full color.

  • Issue #152UK
    Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series) UK Edition 152UK

    UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. Cover by Jim Aparo. "Death Has a Golden Grab," script by Bob Haney, art by Jim Aparo; A computer glitch causes criminal charges to be filed against Ray Palmer and Bruce Wayne, so the Atom and Batman team up to find the source of the data corruption. Superman Meets the Orbitrons! ad for Hostess snack cakes. 36 pgs., full color.

  • Issue #155UK
    Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series) UK Edition 155UK

    Distributed in the United Kingdom (England). Exact copy of American edition except for cover price. Cover by Jim Aparo. "Fugitive from Two Worlds!", script by Bob Haney and Mike W. Barr, art by Jim Aparo; When Tri Vul attempts to use a meteor under Gotham City to cure his radiation poisoning, its removal causes earthquakes; Green Lantern and Batman bring him to justice before the Guardians of Oa, and replace the meteor to stop the earthquakes. Wonder Woman Saves the Astronauts ad for Hostess Fruit Pies. 36 pgs., full color.

  • Issue #163UK
    Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series) UK Edition 163UK

    UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 15p cover price. Cover by Jim Aparo. "Oil, Oil... Nowhere!", script by Paul Kupperberg, art by Dick Giordano; Batman and Black Lightning team up to discover why oil tank trucks have been disappearing on the Gotham-Metropolis run. A Flash in the Dam ad for Hostess snack cakes featuring the Flash. Article by Bob Rozakis on periodicals "The Comic Reader," "The Comics Journal," "Mediascene," and "The Buyer's Guide." 36 pgs., full color.

  • Issue #166UK
    Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series) UK Edition 166UK

    UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 15p cover price. Cover by Jim Aparo. "Requiem for 4 Canaries!", script by Michael Fleisher, pencils by Dick Giordano, inks by Terry Austin and Dick Giordano (some faces); The Penguin sets out to murder the four crooks whose testimony sent him to jail, and Batman and Black Canary seem unable to protect them. A Matter of Good Taste Hostess snack cakes ad featuring Batgirl. Back-up story: "Nemesis," script by Cary Burkett, art by Dan Spiegle; Thomas Tresser, as Nemesis, brings a ganglord to justice through his skills of impersonation by posing as the kingpins chief hitman. 36 pgs., full color.

  • Issue #169UK
    Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series) UK Edition 169UK

    UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 15p cover price. Cover by Jim Aparo. "Ice Station Alpha," script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by Dave Cockrum, inks by Dan Adkins; At midnight on September 19th 1944, in an alley in Gotham City (behind Marko Labs), Batman jumps a quintet of Nazi–looking equipment thieves, and dishes out some mayhem, but they all manage to scramble into their waiting truck and drive away, tossing a potato-masher grenade at Batman as they leave; At dawn that same day, the Blackhawk Squadron all land outside Warsaw, and fight their way into town on foot, with tommy guns and fists; The next evening, at the Dorsey Club in Gotham City, Bruce Wayne sees the bat-signal outside, ditches his date, changes identities, and visits Commissioner Gordon. She's No Angel Hostess snack cakes ad featuring Hawkman. Back-up story: "A Name Writ in Blood!", script by Cary Burkett, art by Dan Spiegle; Nemesis recalls how he and his brother both became FBI agents and how he was forced to leave the agency after his brother murdered his superior, Ben Marshall. 36 pgs., full color.

  • Issue #176UK
    Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series) UK Edition 176UK

    UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 15p cover price. Cover by Mike Kaluta. "The Delta Connection!", script by Martin Pasko, art by Jim Aparo; Selina Kyle has Batman search for her sister, a prison escapee, in a Louisiana swamp, where he meets Swamp Thing - and a hitman hired to kill Felicia Kyle. Gold for Dessert Hostess Twinkies ad with Plastic Man. Back-up story: "Endgame," script by Cary Burkett, art by Dan Spiegle; Nemesis enlists the help of a Shakespearean actor to help bring down Noel Chesterton. 36 pgs., full color.

  • Issue #178UK
    Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series) UK Edition 178UK

    UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 15p cover price. Cover pencils by Rich Buckler, inks by Dick Giordano. "Paperchase," script by Alan Brennert, art by Jim Aparo; Batman and the Creeper fight a murdering monster made of paper. The Robot Master Hostess Twinkies ad with Wonder Woman. "The Bitter Choice!", script by Cary Burkett, art by Dan Spiegle; emesis finds that Samuel Solomon has clamped a device to his heart that can induce a heart attack from too much strain. 36 pgs., full color.