The Brave and the Bold

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The Brave and the Bold
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Cover of The Brave and the Bold #1 (August–September 1955), art by Russ Heath, Joe Kubert, and Irv Novick.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
ScheduleBimonthly (#1–117)
Monthly (#118–200)
Format(vol. 1 and 3)
Ongoing series
(Flash and Green Lantern:...)
Limited series
Publication date(vol. 1)
August–September 1955 – July 1983
(vol. 2)
December 1991 – June 1992
(Flash and Green Lantern:...)
October 1999 – March 2000
(vol. 3)
April 2007 – August 2010
No. of issues(vol. 1): 200
(vol. 2 and Flash and Green Lantern:...): 6 each
(vol. 3): 35
Main character(s)(vol. 1)
Many characters until Batman and a rotation of DC Universe characters with #50
(vol. 2)
Green Arrow, the Question, and the Butcher
(Flash and Green Lantern:...)
Flash, Green Lantern
(vol. 3)
Rotating characters from the DCU
Creative team
Written by
List
Penciller(s)
List
Inker(s)
List
Collected editions
The Brave and the Bold Team-Up Archives, Vol. 1 ISBN   1-4012-0405-8
The Brave and the Bold, vol. 1: The Lords of Luck ISBN   1-4012-1588-2
The Brave and the Bold, vol. 2: The Book of Destiny ISBN   1-4012-1861-X
The Brave and the Bold, vol. 3: Demons and Dragons ISBN   1-4012-2190-4
The Brave and the Bold, vol. 4: Without Sin ISBN   1-4012-2286-2

The Brave and the Bold is a comic book series published by DC Comics as an ongoing series from 1955 to 1983. It was followed by two miniseries in 1991 and 1999, and was revived as an ongoing anthology title in 2007 and 2023. The focus of the series has varied over time, but it most commonly features team-ups of characters from across the DC Universe.

Contents

Publication history

Volume 1

The first volume of the series ran for 200 issues from August/September 1955 to July 1983. [1] Originally, The Brave and the Bold was an anthology series featuring adventure tales from past ages with characters such as the Silent Knight, the Viking Prince, the Golden Gladiator, and Robin Hood. [2] With issue #25, the series was reinvented as a try-out title for new characters and concepts, starting with the Suicide Squad created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Ross Andru. [3] Gardner Fox and Joe Kubert created a new version of Hawkman in issue #34 (February–March 1961) with the character receiving his own title three years later. [4] [5]

Editor Julius Schwartz hired Gardner Fox and artist Mike Sekowsky to create the Justice League of America. The team debuted in The Brave and the Bold #28 (February–March 1960), and after two further appearances in the title received its own series. [6]

Issues #45 through #49 (Dec. 1962/Jan. 1963 through Aug./Sept. 1963) were devoted to "Strange Sports Stories", combining sport and science-fiction in tales such as "Challenge of the Headless Baseball Team" and "The Man Who Drove Through Time". [7] Ten years later, in 1973, Strange Sports Stories was resurrected as a DC Comics title in its own right, but it lasted only six issues. [8]

The series was changed yet again with issue #50 as a team-up title between established characters. [9] Starting with issue #59 The Brave and the Bold became, more specifically, a Batman team-up book with the Caped Crusader as the book's main focus. [10] This was due to the popularity of the Batman television series. [11] After issue #74, The Brave and the Bold was exclusively a Batman team-up title until it ended with issue #200.

The teaming of Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad in issue #54 (June - July 1964) by writer Bob Haney and artist Bruno Premiani led to the creation of the Teen Titans. [12] The three heroes subsequently appeared under the name "Teen Titans" in issue #60 (June–July 1965) by Haney and artist Nick Cardy and were joined by Wonder Woman's younger sister Wonder Girl in her first appearance. [13]

The Metamorpho character was created by Haney and artist Ramona Fradon in The Brave and the Bold #57 (December 1964–January 1965). [14]

The title was the first to feature Neal Adams' version of Batman, [15] generating fan interest that led to Adams' style defining the modern Batman image to this day. [16] In addition, Adams updated Green Arrow's visual appearance by designing a new costume for the character in issue #85 (August–September 1969). [17] The primary artist for the second half of the run was Jim Aparo, starting with #98 (October - November 1971). Haney frequently disregarded continuity by scripting stories which contradicted DC's canon or by writing major heroes in an out-of-character fashion. [18] Issue #100 (Feb.-March 1972) featured Batman and "4 Famous Co-Stars" (Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Black Canary, and Robin) in a story by Haney and Aparo. [19] Issues #112 (April - May 1974) to #117 (Feb.-March 1975) of the series were in the 100 Page Super Spectacular format. [20]

The character Nemesis, also known as Thomas Tresser, debuted in an eight-page backup story in issue #166 (September 1980) written by Cary Burkett and drawn by Dan Spiegle. [21] The Tresser character was created by Burkett in 1979, and named for an actor with whom Burkett was rooming in New Hampshire. [22]

Alan Brennert wrote four issues of The Brave and the Bold featuring Batman teaming with the Creeper, Hawk and Dove, [23] the Robin of Earth-Two, [24] [25] and the Catwoman. [26]

The title's final issue featured a team-up of the Batmen of Earth-One and Earth-Two [19] and included a preview of Batman and the Outsiders , the title that replaced The Brave and the Bold on DC's schedule and became Aparo's next regular assignment. [27]

Full list of issues

Issue #CharacterNotes
1–24Golden Gladiator, Viking Prince, Silent Knight, and Robin Hood Steady rotation of two or three of these characters per issue.
25–27 Suicide Squad First appearance of the Suicide Squad.
28–30 Justice League of America First appearance of the Justice League of America.
31–33 Cave Carson First appearance of Cave Carson.
34–36 Hawkman & Hawkgirl First Silver Age appearance of Hawkman and Hawkgirl.
37–39Suicide Squad
40–41Cave Carson
42–44Hawkman and Hawkgirl
45–49Strange Sports Stories
50 Green Arrow and Martian Manhunter team-upFirst team-up issue of the series.
51 Aquaman and Hawkman team-up
52 Sgt. Rock, Johnny Cloud, and Haunted Tank team-up
53The Atom and The Flash team-up
54 Kid Flash, Aqualad, and Robin team-upFirst appearance of the then-unnamed Teen Titans.
55The Metal Men and The Atom team-up
56The Flash and Martian Manhunter team-up
57–58 Metamorpho First appearance of Metamorpho the Element Man.
59 Batman and Green Lantern team-up
60Teen TitansFirst appearance of Wonder Girl.
61–62 Starman and Black Canary team-up
63 Supergirl and Wonder Woman team-up
64Batman and Eclipso team-upBilled as "Batman Versus Eclipso" due to the hero/villain status of the Eclipso character at this time.
65The Flash and the Doom Patrol team-up
66Metamorpho and the Metal Men team-up
67Batman and The Flash team-up
68Batman and Metamorpho team-upBatman becomes a Bat-Hulk for a time in this issue.
69Batman and Green Lantern team-up
70Batman and Hawkman team-up
71Batman and Green Arrow team-up
72 The Spectre and The Flash team-up
73Aquaman and The Atom team-upFirst appearance of Vulko.
74The Metal Men team-upFirst issue with Batman as the headlining regular character.
75The Spectre team-up
76 Plastic Man team-upFirst Silver Age appearance of Plastic Man.
77The Atom team-up
78Batman, Wonder Woman, and Batgirl team-upFirst appearance of Copperhead.
79 Deadman team-upFirst issue drawn by Neal Adams.
80 The Creeper team-upFirst appearance of Hellgrammite.
81The Flash team-up
82Aquaman team-up
83Teen Titans team-up
84Sgt. Rock team-up
85Green Arrow team-upFirst appearance of Green Arrow in his redesigned look.
86Deadman team-up
87Wonder Woman team-up
88 Wildcat team-upFirst Silver/Bronze Age appearance of Wildcat.
89The Phantom Stranger team-up
90 Adam Strange team-up
91 Black Canary team-up
92The Bat-Squad team-upFirst (and to date, only) appearance of the Bat-Squad.
93The House of Mystery team-up
94Teen Titans team-up
95Plastic Man team-upCover advertises team-up as a surprise.
96Sgt. Rock team-up
97Wildcat team-up
98The Phantom Stranger team-upFirst drawn by Jim Aparo, who would become main artist.
99The Flash team-up
100Batman, Robin, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, and Black Canary team-up
101Metamorpho team-up
102Teen Titans team-up
103The Metal Men team-up
104Deadman team-up
105Wonder Woman team-up
106Green Arrow team-up
107Black Canary team-up
108Sgt. Rock team-up
109The Demon Etrigan team-up
110Wildcat team-up
111 The Joker team-upMuch like the earlier Eclipso "team-up", it became adversarial.
112 Mister Miracle team-upFirst of a series of DC 100 Page Super Spectacular issues (mostly reprints with one new lead story).
113The Metal Men team-up
114Aquaman team-up
115The Atom team-up
116The Spectre team-up
117Sgt. Rock team-upLast of the Super Spectacular reprint issues.
118Wildcat team-upCover states "Co-Starring The Joker".
119 Man-Bat team-up
120 Kamandi team-up
121The Metal Men team-up
122 Swamp Thing team-up
123Batman, Plastic Man, and Metamorpho team-up
124Sgt. Rock team-up
125The Flash team-up
126Aquaman team-up
127Wildcat team-up
128Mister Miracle team-up
129–130Green Arrow team-up"Co-Starring The Atom, The Joker, & Two-Face". Two-Face had previously encountered Green Arrow in #106.
131Wonder Woman team-up"vs. Catwoman".
132 Richard Dragon team-upFirst issue of the series with the classic "bullet" DC logo.
133Deadman team-up
134Green Lantern team-up
135The Metal Men team-up
136Batman and Green Arrow team-Up with The Metal MenFollow-up to the previous issue.
137The Demon Etrigan team-up
138Mister Miracle team-up
139Hawkman team-up
140Wonder Woman team-up
141Black Canary team-upAlso featuring The Joker.
142Aquaman team-up
143The Creeper team-upTwo-issue Human Target backup feature begins.
144Green Arrow team-up
145The Phantom Stranger team-up
146 The Unknown Soldier team-up
147Supergirl team-up
148Plastic Man team-up
149Teen Titans team-up
150 Superman team-upCover advertises team-up as a surprise.
151The Flash team-up
152The Atom team-up
153 Red Tornado team-up
154Metamorpho team-up
155Green Lantern team-up
156 Doctor Fate team-up
157Kamandi team-up
158Wonder Woman team-up
159 Ra's al Ghul team-up
160Supergirl team-up
161Adam Strange team-up
162Sgt. Rock team-up
163 Black Lightning team-up
164Hawkman team-up
165Man-Bat team-up
166Black Canary team-upFirst appearance of Nemesis in the backup feature that began in this issue and continued in every issue after unless otherwise noted.
167 Blackhawk team-up
168Green Arrow team-up
169 Zatanna team-up
170Nemesis team-upNo backup feature this issue as Batman and Nemesis meet face-to-face.
171 Scalphunter team-up
172 Firestorm team-up
173 Guardians of the Universe team-up
174Green Lantern team-upFollow-up to the previous issue.
175 Lois Lane team-up
176Swamp Thing team-up
177 Elongated Man team-up
178The Creeper team-up
179 Legion of Super-Heroes team-upNo Nemesis backup this issue.
180The Spectre team-up
181 Hawk and Dove team-up
182 Robin (Earth-Two) team-upAlso featuring Starman.
183The Riddler team-up
184 Huntress team-up
185Green Arrow team-up
186Hawkman team-up
187The Metal Men team-upFinal appearance (death) of Nameless.
188–189 Rose and Thorn team-up
190Adam Strange team-up
191The Joker team-upAlso featuring The Penguin
192 Superboy team-upFinal issue featuring the Nemesis backup feature.
193Nemesis team-upFinal appearance of Nemesis within the series.
194The Flash team-up
195 I…Vampire team-up
196 Ragman team-up
197Catwoman team-upBoth the Batman and Catwoman in this issue are the Earth-Two versions.
198 Karate Kid team-up
199The Spectre team-up
200 Batman (Earth-Two) team-upFinal issue. Ended to make way for Batman and the Outsiders with the same creative team. Two backup features are included: one of Bat-Mite complaining to editor Len Wein and the other a preview of the Outsiders. First appearances of Halo, Geo-Force, Katana, and the Outsiders.

Volume 2

In December 1991 - June 1992, The Brave and the Bold returned as a six-issue miniseries featuring Green Arrow, the Question, and the Butcher. [28] The miniseries was written by Mike Grell and Mike Baron.

Flash and Green Lantern: The Brave and the Bold

A six-issue miniseries was published from October 1999 - March 2000 starring the Flash and Green Lantern titled Flash and Green Lantern: The Brave and the Bold. [29] This miniseries was written by Mark Waid and Tom Peyer with art by Barry Kitson and Tom Grindberg. A trade paperback of this mini-series was published in 2001 ( ISBN   1-56389-708-3).

The title was used again in 2001 for The Brave and the Bold Annual #1 (1969), [30] a one-shot special that reprinted selected Silver Age team-ups. The book was designed in the 1960s-style "80-Page Giant" format as if it were an actual annual issue of the original run of the title, which did not have an annual in 1969.

Volume 3

DC resurrected the Brave and the Bold title as another ongoing series in April 2007. [31] Deciding that it would be a random team-up series, and not a Batman team-up series, the first writer was Mark Waid, who remained on the title for its first 16 issues. The first arc, "The Lords of Luck", involved Batman in a team-up with Green Lantern Hal Jordan. The story depicted the characters joining forces with various other characters in tracking down the book of Destiny, with appearances by Supergirl, Lobo, Blue Beetle, the Legion of Super Heroes, Adam Strange, and the Challengers of the Unknown. The second arc picked up threads from the first, but mainly focused on self-contained stories.

After Waid's departure, Marv Wolfman took over for a two-part storyline, involving Supergirl and Raven battling the son of Triumph, while David Hine and Doug Braithwaite did a four-issue arc on the series featuring Hal Jordan and the Phantom Stranger. Following this, Dan Jurgens wrote issue #23, featuring Booster Gold and Magog. Like Wolfman's run, this era was prominent for its team-ups between DC heroes and the characters of Milestone Media. Writer Matt Wayne and artist Howard Porter collaborated on a team-up between Static and Black Lightning, and Adam Beechen and Roger Robinson wrote another featuring Hardware and Blue Beetle. The final Milestone issue was a team-up between Xombi and the Spectre, by John Rozum and Scott Hampton.

In September 2009, the title was taken over by J. Michael Straczynski and artist Jesus Saiz with issue #27, which featured a team-up between Batman and Dial H For Hero. Similar to the Milestone issues, it was intended for Straczynski's run on the series to showcase the Red Circle Comics characters licensed from Archie Comics. This idea was ultimately scrapped. Following the first issue, Straczynski wrote team-ups between: Barry Allen and Blackhawk; the Joker and the Atom; Hal Jordan and Doctor Fate; Batman and Brother Power; Aquaman and Etrigan; and Barbara Gordon, Wonder Woman, and Zatanna, which served as a companion piece to Alan Moore's Batman: The Killing Joke graphic novel.

Batman: The Brave and the Bold Volume 1

DC published a 22 issue comic book adaptation of the animated series Batman: The Brave and the Bold from 2009 [32] -2010. [33] In 2010 it was followed by a 16 issue series titled All New Batman: The Brave and the Bold [34] .

Batman and Wonder Woman

In 2018, DC released a limited series starring Batman and Wonder Woman.

The Doomed and the Damned

In October 2020, DC released an 80-Page Giant called The Doomed and the Damned.

Batman: The Brave and the Bold Volume 2

In May 2023, DC Comics released a fourth volume of the anthology series in entitled Batman: The Brave and the Bold, as a part of the "Dawn of DC" initiative. The series includes stories centered around Batman and other Gotham City-based characters, in addition other DC Universe superheroes. The first issue is 64-pages and features four stories by creators including Tom King, Mitch Gerads, Guillem March, Gabriel Hardman, Dan Mora, and Rob Williams. [35]

Collected editions

Awards

The series won Alley Awards in 1962 for "Best Single Comic Book Cover" (#42 by Joe Kubert), [70] in 1965 for "Best Comic Book Cover" (#61 by Murphy Anderson), [71] and in 1968 for "Best Full-Length Story" ("Track of the Hook" in #79 by Bob Haney and Neal Adams). [72] Issue #28 of the third series (the Flash and Blackhawk team-up) was nominated for an Eisner Award for "Best Single Issue (Or One-Shot)" in 2010. [73]

In other media

The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure

An episode of The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure was titled "The Brain, the Brave and the Bold", in which Aquaman battles a supervillain named the "Brain".

Justice League

The Brave and the Bold was used as the title for a two-part episode of the first season of Justice League . The title refers to the Flash (Wally West) and Green Lantern (John Stewart) characters in connection to the second mini-series featuring Barry Allen and Hal Jordan in the roles.

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

An animated series based on the Brave and the Bold concept aired from November 14, 2008, to November 18, 2011. The series features Batman teaming with various characters of the DC Universe, much like the first volume of the ongoing series. [74] The tone of the series is markedly lighter than the previous Batman: The Animated Series and The Batman .

Major characters who appeared in the series include:

Heroes

Adam Strange, Aquaman, the Atom, Batman, Bat-Mite, Black Canary, Black Lightning, Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, the Bronze Tiger, Captain Marvel, Deadman, Doctor Fate, Fire, Firestorm, the Flash, Green Arrow, the Green Lantern Corps, Guy Gardner, Hal Jordan, the Hawk and Dove, Hawkman, the Huntress, Jay Garrick, Jonah Hex, Kamandi, Katana, Metamorpho, OMAC, Plastic Man, the Question, Red Tornado, Vixen, Wildcat, Wonder Woman, and Superman.

Villains

Black Adam, Black Manta, Calendar Man, Cavalier, Clock King, Despero, the Gentleman Ghost, Gorilla Grodd, the Joker, Kanjar Ro, Kite Man, Equinox, Major Disaster, Morgaine Le Fey, the Music Meister, Ocean Master, Shrapnel, the Sportsmaster, the Terrible Trio, the Weeper, and Zebra-Man.

Arrowverse

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  3. ↑ Irvine, Alex (2010). "1950s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 95. ISBN   978-0-7566-6742-9. In "The Three Waves of Doom", a story that filled The Brave and the Bold #25, writer Robert Kanigher and artist Ross Andru introduced the Suicide Squad, a band of World War II-era military misfits.
  4. ↑ McAvennie, Michael "1960s" in Dolan, p. 102: "DC's...renaissance soared to new heights with the return of Hawkman and Hawkgirl. Writer Gardner Fox and artist Joe Kubert...ushered in a pair of Winged Wonders that, costumes aside, were radically different from their Golden Age predecessors".
  5. ↑ Daniels, Les (1995). "The Silver Age Applying a Fine Shine". DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes . New York, New York: Bulfinch Press. p. 130. ISBN   0-8212-2076-4. Hawkman took a little longer to get off the ground. He showed up initially in The Brave and the Bold #34 (February/March 1961), but had to wait three years for Hawkman #1 (April–May 1964).
  6. ↑ McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 99: "Editor Julius Schwartz had repopulated the [superhero] subculture by revitalizing Golden Age icons like Green Lantern and the Flash..He recruited writer Gardner Fox and artist Mike Sekowsky, and together they came up with the Justice League of America, a modern version of the legendary Justice Society of America from the 1940s".
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  10. ↑ McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 115: "By issue #50, The Brave and the Bold developed into the ultimate team-up book. The Brave and the Bold #59 added one final element to the team-up theme, when writer Bob Haney and artist Ramona Fradon partnered Batman with Green Lantern".
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