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

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Cover by Howard Purcell. "Fury of the Exiled Creature," script by Bob Haney, art by Howard Purcell; Atlantis is attacked by sea creatures, sending Aquaman and Aqualad to the rescue of their fellow Atlanteans; Aquaman is surprised to find that his ability to communicate with sea creatures has no effect; Tyros battles Hawkman and Hawkgirl on the surface with an army of birds; Fleeing the battle, Tyros takes Hawkgirl to the cave which contains the crystal that transformed him into the creature he now is; He uses it to turn Hawkgirl into a harpy and sends her out to attack Hawkman. One-page Peter Puptent Explorer story by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Joe Kubert. "Suicide Mission! Save Him or Kill Him!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Joe Kubert; A high priority secret mission falls into Lt. Johnny Cloud's lap: To deliver a secret agent, codenamed "Martin," back to US Headquarters by whatever means necessary; The agent had recently been rescued from a Nazi prison camp by French Revolutionists, and they were to rendezvous with Lt. Cloud at a predetermined location; Cloud was also told that his plane was rigged to explode in the case of a crash, to prevent the enemy from discovering the mission orders; Sgt. Rock and Jeb Stuart help out. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Bob Brown. "The Challenge of the Expanding World," script by Bob Haney, art by Alex Toth; A dictator manipulates the Atom into inadvertently causing his micro-world to expand and threaten Earth, but the Flash lends his tiny comrade a hand in dealing with the menace. Full-page ad for Hawkman # 1. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Bruno Premiani. 1st appearance and origin of the Teen Titans (Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad) in "The Thousand-and-One Dooms of Mr. Twister," script by Bob Haney, art by Bruno Premiani; The townsfolk of Hatton Corners is in the midst of a dispute; The adults of the neighborhood feel that the teen populace are too wild and unruly, whereas the teens feel that the adults are too "un-hip" and incapable of relating to teenage problems; Ironically, the teen youth movement is led by Eddie Corliss, son of the town's mayor; Eddie organizes a club house meeting and invites three famous teen super-heroes to come to Hatton Corners to support their cause; They invite Aqualad, Kid Flash and Robin; Before the heroes arrive however, a crazed super-villain known as Mister Twister blusters through town riding atop a giant cyclone. Cap's Hobby Center by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover pencils by Ramona Fradon, inks by Charles Paris. "Revenge of the Robot Reject," script by Bob Haney, pencils by Ramona Fradon, inks by Charles Paris; When the Metal Men are destroyed by the machinations of Dr. Will Magnus's first robot, Uranium, and his silver girlfriend Agantha, both of whom imprison him in his lab, Magnus sends an SOS to the Atom, who makes a desperate attempt to reconstruct the heroic robots. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Bernard Baily. Smoking Is for Squares! public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Sheldon Moldoff. "Raid of the Mutant Marauders," script by Bob Haney, art by Bernard Baily; An android is created on the planet Argon with all the powers of the Justice League members, who is able to utilize the powers of two members at a time, and correspondingly takes a half-and-half appearance of those heroes (i.e., half-Flash / half-J'onn J'onzz); But when he falls in love with that planet's queen, is rejected, and is rocketed to Earth, the android goes on a rampage that even the Flash and the Martian Manhunter seem unable to halt. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover pencils by Ramona Fradon, inks by Charles Paris. 1st appearance of Metamorpho in "The Origin of Metamorpho," script by Bob Haney, pencils by Ramona Fradon, inks by Charles Paris; Rex Mason agrees to do one last trip for Simon Stagg which will net him enough money to marry Sapphire; Simon send Java with Rex with orders to strand him in Egypt; Java accidentally traps Rex in a pyramid where Rex is given strange powers over the chemical elements. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover pencils by Ramona Fradon, inks by Charles Paris. 2nd appearance of Metamorpho in "The Junk Yard of Doom," script by Bob Haney, pencils by Ramona Fradon, inks by Charles Paris; World War II-era traitor Maxwell Tremaine kidnaps Metamorpho with the aid of the Orb of Ra, tries to make him repair the broken super-weapons in his "junk yard of doom" for use in world conquest, and ends up battling the Element Man with them when he refuses. Don't Give Fire A Place to Start! public service announcement starring Superboy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Human Chemical Plant article about Metamorpho. From the Inventor's Workbench filler page about a lunch box patent by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Gil Kane. "The Tick-Tock Traps of the Time Commander," script by Bob Haney, pencils by Ramona Fradon, inks by Charles Paris; While attending a performance by John Starr, a modern day "Monte Cristo" claiming to be framed for a crime he did not commit, Bruce Wayne is approached by Starr after the performance in his guise of the Time Commander, using his time-shifting hour glass to reveal that he knows Wayne is really Batman and asks for Batman's help in clearing his name; However, this proves to be a ploy, and the Time Commander knocks out and ties up Batman and uses the Caped Crusaders resources to trick the Green Lantern into charging the Time Commander with power from his ring while disguised as Batman. "Timely" Topics text story. Peter Puptent Explorer humor story by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Nick Cardy. 2nd appearance of the Teen Titans (and 1st appearance of the new Wonder Girl, Donna Troy, who joins the Titans) in "The Astounding Separated Man," script by Bob Haney, art by Bruno Premiani; The town of Midville has decided to have itself a "Teen Day" and the mayor elects a "Teen Mayor" for the next 24 hours to celebrate, choosing local boy Tommy Holmes; Suddenly, a menace the towns folk known as the Separated Man attacks again, sending a giant hand to terrorize the city; With this danger on the loose, Tommy calls in the newly formed Teen Titans: Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash and Wonder Girl to come and rescue the city. Superman ad. Legendary Teams article about Jason and the Argonauts, Hercules, Castor, and Pollux. Cap's Hobby Center by Henry Boltinoff. Happy Hobby Time! public service announcement starring Superboy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Murphy Anderson. "Mastermind of Menaces," script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson; The villainous Mist returns to his life of crime by using flowers from Dinah Drake's floral shop to hypnotically induce wealthy people into parting with large sums of money, and when Starman gets involved in the case, the Mist figures out a way to nullify his famed Gravity Rod. The Origin of Starman article by Julius Schwartz, art by Jack Burnley. The Origin of Black Canary article by Julius Schwartz, art by Carmine Infantino. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Murphy Anderson. "The Big Super-Hero Hunt!", script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson; The Sportsmaster appears on the scene and steals the famed Parker Trophy, leaving Black Canary, who, along with her men, were assigned to protect it, to get it back; At the same time, Starman discovers that Wildcat has been captured by the Huntress, and while fending off birds sent by the villainess to attack him, he learns that the crime duo are now man and wife, and are out to capture himself as well as Wildcat and Black Canary. Text page describes the origins of Wildcat, the Huntress, and Sportsmaster. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Jim Mooney. "The Revolt of the Super-Chicks," script by Bob Haney, art by John Rosenberger; When Supergirl rescues a movie actress and sees the movie crew attending to her every little need, she decides to quit being a heroine and search for romance and glamor as a Paris model; Superman makes no headway in persuading her to return to heroics, so he asks Wonder Woman to plead in his behalf; But, when Wonder Woman tracks Supergirl down at a fashion show, she finds the Girl of Steel with a new lover, Henri, and is soon romanced herself by Andre, Count de Tour; Both super-heroines are on vacation at the Isle of Love with their new swains; Unfortunately, the Isle is also the home base of Multi-Face, a super-villain who can change his facial features at will. Multi-Face attempts to destroy both heroines to save his operation. Cap's Hobby Center by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Gil Kane. "Batman versus Eclipso," script by Bob Haney, art by Win Mortimer; Falling for rich playgirl Marcia Monroe, Batman gets caught up in a plot to steal the priceless emerald cat jewel stolen by the CYCLOPS organization; Framed for the theft of the jewel, Batman is arrested and jailed, giving the CYCLOPS organization and their operative the Queen Bee the opportunity to capture Eclipso just as he emerges from his host Bruce Gordon; While Eclipso is used to make a heist, Batman manages to break out of prison and with the help of Bruce Gordon, defeats Eclipso (shunting the villain back into Gordon's body) and toppling CYCLOPS' plan; Although Batman manages to identify that Marcia Monroe was really Queen Bee, she manages to get away, however Batman vows that one day she will have to answer to her crimes. Cap's Hobby Center by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Bruno Premiani. "Alias Negative Man," script by Bob Haney, pencils by Dick Giordano, inks by Sal Trapani; The Brotherhood of Evil captures Negative Man in a lead coffin; The other members of the Doom Patrol act quickly to place Larry's body in suspended animation, so that he doesn't die from prolonged separation from his other self; The Brotherhood then launches a campaign to cause civil unrest around the world using subliminal messages; The Doom Patrol contacts the Flash to substitute for their captured member; Flash disguises himself as Negative Man to make the Brotherhood think they failed to capture the real Doom Patrol member; Next the Doom Patrol destroys the satellite responsible for the subliminal messages, foiling the Brain's plot. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by Ramona Fradon, inks by Charles Paris. "Wreck the Renegade Robots," script by Bob Haney, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Mike Esposito; Metamorpho goes to Doc Magnus for help being returned to normal and ends up helping the Doc when the Metal Men are turned evil by The Master. Your Free Trip Around the World! public service announcement about libraries, script by Jack Schiff, art by Sheldon Moldoff. Cap's Hobby Hints by Henry Boltinoff. Metals Can Be Fickle article. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella and Murphy Anderson (Batman's head). "The Death of the Flash," script by Bob Haney, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Charles Paris; A series of robberies committed by a group of super-fast thieves called the Speed Boys have been plaguing both Gotham and Central City, drawing the attention of both Batman and the Flash; Although struck with a fatal illness that gets worse every time he runs, the Flash teams up with the Caped Crusader to try and stop the super-fast crooks; However, just before the Flash can nab any of them his sickness gets the best of him and the crooks get away; During one robbery, Batman and the Flash manage to capture one of the Speed Boys and Batman takes his shoes to analyze while the Flash goes after the rest of the group; However, Flash finally succumbs to his illness and is taken by the Speed Boys who show off the Flash's supposedly dead body on TV. The Policeman Is Your Friend! public service announcement by Jack Schiff. This issue contains a statement of ownership - average print run 368,000; average paid circulation 248,000. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Joe Giella. "Alias the Bat-Hulk," script by Bob Haney, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Mike Esposito; When the Riddler, Joker and Penguin team up together to commit a series of crimes to grab Batman's attention, he falls into their trap which leads to Batman being exposed to a chemical of the Joker's design that causes Batman to periodically change into a creature dubbed "Bat-Hulk", a giant muscle-bound creature who's touch can melt anything in its grasp; Changing back to human form, Batman seeks out the aid of Metamorpho to try and find a chemical combination to reverse the mutation, however Batman changes back into Bat-Hulk and goes on a rampage, before ultimately finding the Joker, Riddler, and Penguin and joining up with them in their next criminal plot; Metamorpho goes after the crooks, and battles the Bat-Hulk, clearly a Hulk parody. Ad for Batman and Robin Magic Photo Kit. Start a Hobby Today! page starring Willy and Dilly by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella. "War of the Cosmic Avenger," script by Bob Haney, art by Win Mortimer; The Time Commander has returned to plague Batman once more, using a near indestructible iron bat harness to trap the Caped Crusader, leading him to summon Green Lantern for help; The Time Commander then gets a hold of the iron bat harness and siphons the energy from Green Lantern's ring that was absorbed by it and uses it to create a device to recreate a creature named Cosmos, created by a Dr. Carruthers, but destroyed thereafter because of its evil nature; Time Commander then sends the creature against Batman and the Green Lantern. Cap's Hobby Hints by Henry Boltinoff. Famous Super-Villains article. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella. "Cancelled: 2 Super-Heroes!", script by Bob Haney, pencils by Johnny Craig, inks by Charles Cuidera; When rich man dubbed the "collector" (for his obvious obsession with collecting valuable objects) boasts his next priceless collection will be the secret identities of super-heroes, local hero Batman is his first target; Using a power computer of his own design to deduce the identity of the hero, the machine tells him that Batman is really Bruce Wayne; The Collector then sets out a series of crimes in which the crooks primary objective is to collect enough forensic evidence to prove that Batman is really Bruce Wayne; Deducing the Collectors plot (but not his identity), Batman seeks the aid of Carter Hall (AKA Hawkman) who is in Gotham City for a museum exhibition in his civilian guise to help throw off the crook; Staging a battle between themselves, Batman and Hawkman trick the Collector into believing Hawkman is really Bruce Wayne and Batman is really Carter Hall to draw him out into the open. Cap's Hobby Hints by Henry Boltinoff. Super-Turtle half-page story by Henry Boltinoff. Statement of ownership - average print run 460,000; average paid circulation 277,000. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Charles Cuidera. "The Wrath of the Thunderbird," script by Bob Haney, art by George Papp; When Chief Standing Bear of the Kijowas indian tribe died, a contest for the next chief is set to take place between John Whitebird and the crooked Tom Tallwolf, Whitebird enlists the aid of Batman to help him train for the competition; Batman helps him train in every competition except archery, which Batman calls on his old pal Green Arrow to help train Whitebird in the competition; Meanwhile, Tallwolf enlists the aid of J. Jay Jaye, the biggest promoter in Gotham City to help him fix the competition so that Tallwolf wins; When the Promoter provides Tallwolf with the means to victory and Tallwolf is made chief of the Kijowas, Jaye orders Tallwolf to summon the Thunderbird, a powerful bird that can only be summoned by the Cheif of the Kijowas, so that Jaye can exploit the bird for his own personal gain; However, the Thunderbird proves too much to handle, and Batman and Green Arrow arrive to stop the creature. Half-page Billy story by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Murphy Anderson. "Phantom Flash, Cosmic Traitor," script by Bob Haney, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Charles Cuidera; The Spectre must stop the ghost of a fallen World War I ace from taking revenge on his old squadron members, even though his opponent has turned the Flash into a ghostly being and bent him to his will. Famous Phantoms article. Cap's Hobby Hints by Henry Boltinoff. Half-page Moolah the Mystic story by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Charles Cuidera. "Galg the Destroyer," script by Bob Haney, pencils by Howard Purcell, inks by Sal Trapani; Atlantis is threatened by raiders from a watery micro-world controlled by a monster named Galg, so Aquaman sends for the Atom to lend a hand. Cap's Hobby Hints by Henry Boltinoff. The Little Fellows article about important short men through history such as Napoleon Bonaparte, Billy the Kid (born William H. Bonney or Henry McCarty), John Horton Slaughter and Tom Thumb (born Charles Sherwood Stratton). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. "Rampant Run the Robots," script by Bob Haney, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Batman and the Metal Men team up (more-or-less) to battle Dr. Daedalus and Icarus and his rogue robbing robots; R4573 and Klang are robots greeting each other at the First International Robot Exposition where the action starts. Batman is shown with anti-robot bias that is cured over the storyline. Famous Old Robots article. Cap's Hobby Hints by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Neal Adams. "In the Grasp of Shang-Zi!", script by Bob Haney, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Celebrations (celebrating the "Year of the bat") in Gotham City's Chinatown are interrupted by the arrival of Shang-Zi, and ancient spirit who blocks off Chinatown from the rest of Gotham City with a mystical barrier, as part of a plan to reinstate his 1,000 year rule on the Earth; Trapped inside the city, Batman attempts to stop Shang-Zi, and is joined by the Spectre who was able to transverse through the barrier; While the Spectre matches might and magic against Shang-Zi, Batman tracks down the source of Shang-Zi's power, a magical wheel, and smashes it with a batarang just as Shang-Zi was gaining the upper hand against the Spectre. A Land of Many Walls article; A description of the many defensive walls found in China other than the Great Wall. Cap's Hobby Hints by Henry Boltinoff. The Batman Whirly-Word Game puzzle page. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Neal Adams. "Doom, What Is Thy Shape?", script by Bob Haney, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Jack Abel; After a series of complex heists, the Molder attracts the attention of Batman, who begins a manhunt to find the sculpting villain; The Molder gains the upper hand when he traps Batman in front of an oncoming train, however the Caped Crusader is saved by Plastic Man; The two heroes team up, and in spite of the fact that the Molder's weapons work against Plastic Man's abilities, the two heroes manage to trip up the crook enough for Batman to defeat the crook and turn him over to the police. Some Famous "Plastic" Men article. Robin back-up reprint, "The Man Called "50-50"! starring Robin, Commissioner James Gordon, "50-50" Finley, Pete, Ruff, Burns, and Judson, script by David Vern, art by Jim Mooney. Statement of ownership - average print run 521,000; average paid circulation 340,000. Half page Neal Adams ad (penciled version of a Lois Lane cover). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. "So Thunders the Cannoneer!", script by Bob Haney, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; When a train full of priceless artwork is replaced with forgeries by the Cannoner, Batman goes on a quest to find who stole the priceless works, and enlists the aid of the Atom; The Cannoner, meanwhile has tricked circus midget Lilli De La Pooche to take a shrinking pill that shrinks her down to three inches and blackmails her into helping him stash the artwork until the heroes are thrown off. Half-page Billy story with Corgi Batmobile by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover pencils by Bob Brown. "In the Coils of Copperhead!", script by Bob Haney, pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Mike Esposito; While Batman is otherwise busy stopping crooks making off with an armored truck, the evil Copperhead has disguised himself as a poor man in order to get close enough to a visiting monarch in order to steal her tiara; When Batman finally tries to stop Copperhead he is too late; With his reputation on the line, Batman vows to somehow deal with Copperhead; Devising a plan, Batman sets up an electronic beam alarm to protect the Golden Casque of Montezuma; However, as he is setting this up, both Wonder Woman and Batgirl appear over the city writing messages of love to Batman before getting into a scrap over who is worthy of the Caped Crusaders affections; Stopping the two from quarreling they both agree to a contest to decide which of the two are worthy of Batman's love; As the event is televised Copperhead figures this is the best time to strike. The Weird World of Snakes article. "Warrior Bold" story starring Abraham Lincoln and Elmer E. Ellsworth, script and art by Fred Ray. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Neal Adams. "The Track of the Hook," script by Bob Haney, art by Neal Adams; While aiding Commissioner Gordon in solving the murder of small time crook Whitey Marsh, Batman learns that the killer was wearing a hook; Deadman, having come to Gotham City to seek Batman's aid in finding his killer, believes the villain responsible, the Hook is in Gotham after overhearing the eye witness account of Marsh's murder; Aiding Batman the two learn that the killer was not the man who Deadman is looking for, but a thug working for Kubla Kaine, a wealthy business man who is running for mayor and is secretly running a crime syndicate out of Gotham City. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Neal Adams. "And Hellgrammite Is His Name!", script by Bob Haney, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Dick Giordano; Newsman Jack Ryder (secretly the Creeper) approaches Batman with information that the criminal Hellgrammite is in Gotham City; This revelation leads to Batman and the Creeper working together to stop the mammoth crook from his bid to eliminate prominent gang members; Battling the Hellgrammite throughout Gotham, the duo locate him in the Gotham subway system where they down Hellgrammite with a combination of a fire extinguisher and the electrified third rail; After the Hellgrammite's defeat, the Creeper makes his escape to avoid his own arrest at the hands of the Gotham PD. Letter from comics writer Tony Isabella. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Neal Adams. "But Bork Can Hurt You!", script by Bob Haney, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Dick Giordano and Vince Colletta; When mercenary for hire named Bork arrives in Gotham City and realizes that he's mysteriously invulnerable, he begins a campaign to take over the city, even besting Batman in combat; While Batman is trying to stop Bork and his followers, Batman sends the Flash on a quest to find the source of Bork's power; Flash finds it in a wooden statue carved into Bork's likeness, however it appears to be equally invulnerable; Running it straight through the sun however destroys it; With the source of Bork's power destroyed, Batman is able to defeat him in single combat. Bork is then turned over to the authorities. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Dick Giordano. "The Sleepwalker from the Sea!", script by Bob Haney, art by Neal Adams; While trying to stop a theft and murder by Gotham docks, Batman is mysteriously attacked by Aquaman; Suspicious of the Marius Enterprises company, Batman decides to investigate as Bruce Wayne, feigning an interest in donating money to the companies project to build a sea city; However, his knowledge of the goings on puts him at risk and company head Marius orders Aquaman to kill Wayne; Surviving the attempt and bringing Aquaman to Gotham PD headquarters, Batman helps Aquaman snap out of his hypnosis; Aquaman reveals that Marius is really his half-brother Ocean Master. Cap's Hobby Hints by Henry Boltinoff. Statement of ownership--average print run 469,000; average paid circulation 290,000. One page "Teen Talk" cartoons by Mort Drucker. Vigilante character profile. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Batman and the Teen Titans star in "Punish Not My Evil Son." Due to a promise Bruce's father had made to his friend to take care of his child, Lance Bruner arrives in the life of Bruce Wayne as his new ward. Dick and the rest of the Titans try to help Lance mend his delinquent ways, but Lance resists. When he finds out that Bruce and Dick are really Batman and Robin, Lance believes he can cash in on this knowledge. Characters: Batman; Teen Titans [Robin [Dick Grayson]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]; Kid Flash [Wally West]]; Alfred Pennyworth; Lance Bruner; Grantland Stark; Milo Manton; Charles Hinton. Written by Bob Haney, with art by Neal Adams. Cover by Irv Novick. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Last 12-cent cover price. Cover by Neal Adams. "The Angel, the Rock and the Cowl," script by Bob Haney, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Neal Adams and Joe Kubert (page 19); When Bruce Wayne is called to the Gotham Museum to see the statue of the Archangel Gabriel smuggled out of Nazi-occupied France during World War II, because a man with a German accent called about it called to claim it; Bruce informs him that the real statue is still in France and the one in Gotham is a fake; They are then attacked by a man Bruce recognizes as Von Stauffen; Bruce then recalls back to a day during World War II, when he was in London, and his friend, a British spy named Digby is killed in a bombing and so Bruce covered his mission for the British forces; Traveling into Nazi occupied France, Bruce meets up with Sgt. Rock and Easy Company along the way; Investigating a strange amount of wine coming out of Chateaurouge, Bruce learns that it's occupied by Nazi's led by Von Stauffen; As a spy, Bruce is unable to learn what the secret is behind the wine, so he tries as Batman and comes to blows with Rock and Easy Company again who happen to be in the area. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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First 15-cent cover price. Cover by Neal Adams. "The Senator's Been Shot!", script by Bob Haney, art by Neal Adams; When the newly voted senator for Gotham City is shot before he can vote on a important anti-crime bill, Bruce Wayne is selected to finish the rest of the Senator's term during his recovery so that the crucial deciding vote for the bill be made; Meanwhile, as Batman, Bruce attempts to find out who was responsible for having the senator shot and along the way teams up with the Green Arrow to bring the shooter to justice, just in time for Bruce to vote in favor of the crime bill. First appearance of the new Green Arrow costume. One-page Adams biography written by his wife. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Neal Adams. "You Can't Hide from a Deadman!", script by Bob Haney, art by Neal Adams; While busting up a crime scene, Batman is suddenly attacked by Robin, and then Commissioner Gordon and various people on the streets; Batman realizes it is actually Deadman who is possessing the bodies and attacking his former ally; Fighting off all these attacks, Batman manages to convince Deadman to stop, and soon learns that his friend was hypnotized into attacking him by the evil Sensei; Eventually, they learn that the Sensei plans to destroy Nanda Parbat. Batman and Deadman travel there and stop the League of Assassins from destroying the land. Letter from comics writer Tony Isabella. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Dick Giordano. "The Widow-Maker!", script and pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Dick Giordano; When Willi Van Dort (son of the Nazi war criminal General Van Dort) plans to use unsportsmanlike means to win a race by having Bruce Wayne attacked, Batman enters the race, and with the help of Wonder Woman and I-Ching wins the race instead of Van Dort, who was willing to win by any means, even murdering Batman; The plot is foiled with the help of Wonder Woman, Batman wins the race and Van Dort and his accomplices are arrested; Wonder Woman also gets into some trouble with the law when it turns out the car she thought was a rental was the wrong one and was reported stolen Also features a one-page text article titled "The Greatest Heroes of Them All," the first in a series recounting the heroes who previously appeared in Brave and Bold. This article covers the appearances of Golden Gladiator, Viking Prince, Silent Knight, Robin Hood, Col. Rick Flagg, and Cave Carson. One-page "A Matter of Life and Death!" story, script by Murray Boltinoff, art by Jack Sparling. Bio on Mike Sekowsky. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Neal Adams. "Count Ten... and Die!", script by Bob Haney, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Mike Esposito; When Bruce Wayne hires retired boxer Ted Grant to coach the US Team that will be competing in the World Youth Games in Vienna, Austria, Bruce helps bring a new sense of pride in the down-and-out former boxer; As Bruce aids the Anglo-American Military Intelligence to stop the selling of information to Russians as Batman, Ted is challenged by the Russian World Youth Coach, Koslov, the Hammer -a former boxing opponent of Ted - to a boxing match to determine which nation has the best fighter; As Batman tracks down the informant trying to sell the information to the Russians, Ted tries to help Batman out as Wildcat. Also features a one-page text article titled "The Greatest Heroes of Them All," the second in a series recounting the heroes who previously appeared in Brave and Bold. This article covers the appearances of the Justice League of America, Hawkman, the Teen Titans, and Metamorpho. One-page western story, "Death Turns the Dial!", script by Murray Boltinoff, art by George Tuska. One-page western story, "Killed with Kindness!", script by Murray Boltinoff, art by George Tuska. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Neal Adams. "Arise Ye Ghosts of Gotham," script by Bob Haney, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Gotham City is visited by a religious group called the Hellerites, a group of people who centuries ago owned the land that later became known as Gotham City; The forefathers of Gotham had forced the Hellerties off the land, and now they have returned with their apparent messiah and founder Josiah Heller was prophesied to come back and threaten to turn Gotham City into a desert unless the land was turned over to his people; Batman and the Phantom Stranger to join forces to learn the truth behind Josiah's apparent supernatural powers. Statement of ownership - average print run 448,000; average paid circulation 242,000. Also features a one-page text article titled "The Greatest Heroes of Them All," the third in a series recounting the heroes who previously appeared in Brave and Bold. This article covers the appearances of the Martian Manhunter, Flash, and various heroes who appeared in issues without Batman. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Neal Adams. "You Only Die Twice!", script by Bob Haney, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; After a near death experience, Batman is visited by Adam Strange, who explains to him that after a freak accident involving the Zeta-Beam, Adam was transported to Earth sometime in the future and found Batman's obituary; However, as Adam grabbed for the newspaper, he was transported back to modern day Rann, only taking part of the obituary with him, so that the year of Batman's death is unknown; Giving this information to Batman leads the caped crusader to become paranoid of his coming demise, and leaves Earth with Adam Strange in the middle of solving a crime involving a contracting scheme and contractor Mike Morrison. However, when viewing Gotham City via a machine on Rann, Batman observes Alfred being taken hostage by the mob over gambling debts. Also features a one-page text article titled "The Greatest Heroes of Them All," the fourth in a series recounting the heroes who previously appeared in Brave and Bold. This article covers the appearances of Green Lantern, Eclipso, Flash, Metamorpho, Hawkman, Green Arrow, the Metal Men, Plastic Man, the Atom, Batgirl, and Wonder Woman. One-page horror story, "Spirit in the Séance," script by Murray Boltinoff, pencils by George Tuska, inks by George Tuska. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Neal Adams. 'A Cold Corpse for the Collector,' script by Bob Haney, art by Nick Cardy; While Batman is on the trail of the elusive crime lord known as the Collector, Black Canary has come to Earth-One from Earth-Two, and has sought out the Earth-One counterpart of her husband, Larry Lance; Warned by Batman that the Larry Lance of Earth-One is not as good-hearted as her late husband of Earth-Two, Black Canary pursues a relationship with Larry; The two heroes get caught up in the Collector's scheme to see Batman killed; In the final battle, Larry is revealed to be the Collector; In a struggle with Batman, Larry is stabbed by his own knife and dies; Afterwards, Batman encourages Black Canary to make a life for herself on Earth-One, and that she has Batman as a friend and ally. The Also features a one-page text article by Marv Wolfman titled '"The Greatest Heroes of Them All," the fifth in a series recounting the heroes who previously appeared in Brave and Bold. This article covers issues 79-86 (the Neal Adams issues). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Nick Cardy. "Night Wears a Scarlet Shroud!", script by Bob Haney, art by Nick Cardy; While in England, Batman begins investigating incidents of murder on the set of a film telling the story of England's famous Scarlet Strangler; Enlisting the aid of the "Bat-Squad" consisting of Mick, Margo, and The Major; The foursome searches the streets of London trying to find clue of the Strangler; Eventually, after a few encounters, and mysteries leading the group to wonder if they traveled back to the Stranglers time, they find the Strangler in an old wine cellar; Saving Margo, and learning that the Strangler is film actor Basil Coventry, Batman's fight with the killer is stopped when they break through the floor and Batman finds himself pinned under a Nazi Bomb left over from World War II. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Neal Adams. "Red Water Crimson Death," script by Denny O'Neil, art by Neal Adams; In a tale narrated by Cain from House of Mystery, Batman slips up and almost gets himself killed trying to stop a normal thug, and is forced to go on vacation by Commissioner Gordon, who believes Batman is heading towards a total burn out; Reluctantly taking the Commissioner's advice, Batman (in his civilian guise of Bruce Wayne) takes a boat cruise in which he saves a small boy named Sean who falls overboard; Going along with the boy to his home of Arin Island, Bruce find that mystical forces are working to have him solve a mystery on the island as Batman; Learning of a local legend of the red sea that has killed many (including Sean's parents) and the supposed cases of haunting on the island, Batman soon learns that it is businessman Alysius Cabot; Cabot is really dumping chemicals into the water that is causing people to die, and is using technology to play on peoples superstitions. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Nick Cardy. "Rebels in the Streets," script by Bob Haney, art by Nick Cardy; The ghetto's of Gotham City have been barricaded off by a group called Stopp (The Society to Outlaw Parent Power), a group of disenfranchised teenagers who want parents (and adults in whole) to bow to their demands and fix up the ghettos; Using Batman as their mouth piece, the Caped Crusader does everything in his power to try and maintain peace between Stopp and the Gotham police; However, things escalate when Stopp informs Batman that they have a bomb which they plan to use to blow up part of the city; Batman enlists the aid of the Teen Titans to infiltrate the ghetto in order to find the location of that bomb either in their civilian guises or their costumed identities, while Batman and the rest of the city try to keep Stopp from detonating the bombs by allowing themselves to be locked up in the Gotham jail. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Neal Adams. "C.O.D. Corpse on Delivery," script by Bob Haney, art by Nick Cardy; Batman is hired by Ruby Ryder Inc. owner, Ruby Ryder to find her fiance Kyle Morgan, whom she claims went missing in South America; However, when Batman finds Kyle Morgan and brings him back to Ryder, she shoots him dead; Batman then goes on the trail to find Ryder when she escapes; Aided by a mysterious benefactor, Batman finds her in Morocco and takes her back to the States, where she is sentenced to death for the murder of Morgan; However, Batman stops the execution when he reveals that Kyle Morgan isn't dead, but in the room, Morgan then reveals himself to be alive, and really be the hero known as Plastic Man as he tries to make his escape. Statement of ownership - average print run 407,112; average paid circulation 210,889. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Last 15-cent issue. Cover pencils by Nick Cardy and Carmine Infantino (Batman figure), inks by Nick Cardy and Murphy Anderson (Batman figure). "The Striped Pants War!", script by Bob Haney, art by Nick Cardy; When friend of Bruce Wayne, Ambassador Adams is murdered by the Companeros De La Muerte, a terrorist outfit, Bruce Wayne is asked to go to the country of the Companeros' origin as temporary ambassador and sign a treaty before a given deadline, the President and the Secretary of State have asked Batman to act as Wayne's bodyguard (Batman making an appearance at the meeting thanks to Alfred in disguise); Flying to the country, Bruce is surprised to see that Sgt. Rock has been stationed as the embassy's chief of security; Rock is upset that after 30 years of service that he's been delegated to embassy duty and being given a hard time after botching protecting the ambassador; Believing there is a traitor in their midst, Batman begins to suspect Rock as the one working with the Companeros. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Neal Adams. "The Smile of Choclotan!", script by Bob Haney, pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Nick Cardy; While Bruce Wayne is vacationing in South America, as Batman, he saves a young boy named Luis Mercado from a snipers bullet; Following the boy into town, he learns that his old friend Wildcat is also in the area, resuming his career as a boxer; Observing Wildcat's match and spotting somebody putting a chemical in his drinking water, Batman strikes and helps Wildcat and Luis escape; He learns that Wildcat has amnesia, and that Luis is being targeted by a crime boss named El Grande. Reprint back-up story (from Strange Adventures 205): The origin and first appearance of Deadman in "Who Has Been Lying in My Grave?", script by Arnold Drake, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by George Roussos; Shot during a performance, trapeze artist Boston Brand dies, only to find that his spirit lives on with the ability to inhabit the bodies of others; By the will of Rama Kushna his spirit will walk among the living until his killer is found. Letter from comics editor and writer Bob Rozakis. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Giant-size issue. Cover by Nick Cardy. "Mansion of the Misbegotten!", script by Bob Haney, art by Jim Aparo; When Batman goes to visit his old friend Roger Birnam, who is dying, he promises to watch over Birnam's wife Clorinda and his son Enoch; After the funeral, when a man who posed as Birnam's doctor and as a religious articles salesman turns out at the Gotham morgue, victim of a ritual murder, Batman rushes to Birnam Towers to check on Birnam's family; Batman soon finds himself caught in a Satanic cults rituals, which involve little Enoch. Reprint back-up story (from Phantom Stranger 1, September 1952): "The Killer Shadow!" starring Phantom Stranger, script by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Sy Barry. Reprint back-up story: "One Challenger Must Die" starring the Challengers of the Unknown, script by Arnold Drake, art by Bob Brown. Article in which Jim Aparo talks about his career. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Giant-size issue. Cover by Neal Adams. "The Man Who Murdered the Past!", script by Bob Haney, pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Nick Cardy; Visiting the old Wayne summer home, Batman reflects on the happy times that he spent there with his parents Coming across his parents ashes, Batman suddenly gets possessed by the ghost of Manuel, the islands old Port-A-Gee who died 50 years ago; Each night the same incident happens, where Batman is possessed by the ghost and causes trouble on the island; Batman calls the Flash for help; the two travel to the spirit world and learn that Manuel is plotting to bring all the spirits to new bodies in the realm of the living; Flash and Batman soon find the source of Manuel's possession ability: A black diamond carved into the shape of the Egyptian life goddess. Reprint back-up story: "The Secret of Odin's Cup!" starring Viking Prince, script by Bob Haney, art by Joe Kubert; Jon and the mute bard take shelter in a cave during a storm; But this is no ordinary cave, as it leads to the vast lair of Wotan, underworld Viking. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Giant-size issue. Cover by Nick Cardy. "The Warrior in a Wheel-Chair," script by Bob Haney, art by Jim Aparo; When Batman is struck by a snipers bullet, only the skilled surgeon Dr. Hellstrom can save his life, however the doctor has to travel to Gotham from Zürich; Meanwhile, Batman is in a weakened condition right at a critical point in his mission to bus the latest shipment of Cocaine into Gotham City; Unable to finish the job himself at risk of killing himself, Batman enlists the aid of Robin, Green Arrow, Black Canary, and Green Lantern to help him; He sends the group out to seek out his leads however, each and every single one leads to a dead end; When Batman is undergoing is surgery, the lead surgeon is revealed not to be Dr. Hellstrom, but the drug lord Belknap, who has taken Hellstrom's place to try and kill Batman on the operating table. Reprint back-up story: "Hide and Seek," script by Jack Miller, art by Neal Adams; Deadman seeks to learn what has happened to the police detective assigned to his case; He discovers that the detective, Michael Riley, has been falsely accused of brutally beating a thief who had already surrendered to him, and has been kicked off the force. Letter from comics writer Bob Rozakis. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.