VOLUME 1 1965 - 1977
COMICS INDEX
VOLUME 1 1965 - 1977
COMICS INDEX LEONIDAS FRAGIAS
The Arts & Charts Index to Batman: The Brave & The Bold The format and design of this book is based on George Olshevsky's Marvel Index series and Murray Ward's DC Index series. Their books have a beautiful layout which was an inspiration for me. The Official Marvel Index is a series of comic books released by Marvel Comics which featured synopses of several Marvel series. The books were largely compiled by George Olshevsky and featured detailed information on each issue in a particular series, including writer and artist credits, characters who appeared in the issue, and a story synopsis. The Official Marvel Index was preceded by the Marvel Comics Index (also compiled by Olshevsky) and distributed by Pacific Comics Distributors sporadically from 1976-1982. These books were magazinesized as opposed to comic-sized. The first Official Marvel Index titles were published in 1985, and produced regularly through August 1988. A similar series of indices was published for DC Comics. The Official DC Index was released by Independent Comics Group (an imprint of Eclipse Comics) from 1985–1988. The books were edited by Murray Ward. The data for this book is taken from various sources. I fill the gap of the missing data, since I have the complete collection of DC and Marvel comics from the 1930s to the present. Also I made some corrections, when the data is wrong. The book series cover the silver age (the 1960s) and the bronze age (from 1970 to 1986) of DC Comics. This is my favorite era, when it comes to comics. Many thanks to DarkMark, George Olshevsky, Murray Ward, Mark Waid and Mike Tiefenbacher among others. Leonidas Fragias
THE BATMAN: THE BRAVE & THE BOLD COMICS INDEX Volume 1, 2018. Published by Arts & Charts. Editor: Leonidas Fragias, Writers: Various. The Brave & The Bold is trademark of DC Comics Inc. All art and cover reproductions Š2018 DC Comics Inc.
Brave and the Bold #59 April-May 1965 Cover Artist: Gil Kane / Murphy Anderson Story: “The Tick-Tock Traps of the Time Commander” (25 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Ramona Fradon Synopsis: Batman and Green Lantern are victimized by a new villain, the Time Commander, who learns their secret identities and then transports them to different time-eras.
Brave and the Bold #64 February-March 1966 Cover Artist: Gil Kane Story: “Batman Versus Eclipso” (25 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Win Mortimer Synopsis: An eclipse releases Eclipso from Bruce Gordon’s body to begin a crime-rampage in Gotham with the help of an organization called CYCLOPS and the Queen Bee, a girl who stole Batman’s heart but who has now landed him in prison.
Brave and the Bold #67 August-September 1966 Cover Artist: Carmine Infantino / Joe Giella Story: “The Death of the Flash” (25 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Carmine Infantino Synopsis: The Flash is facing death from overexertion as he attempts to help Batman corral a group of super-swift thieves.
Brave and the Bold #68 October-November 1966 Cover Artist: Mike Sekowsky / Murphy Anderson Story: “Alias the Bat-Hulk” (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Mike Sekowsky Synopsis: The Joker, the Riddler, and the Penguin transform Batman into a huge, chemically-powered, monstrous Bat-Hulk, and, during a period of normalcy, the Caped Crusader appeals to Metamorpho for help.
Brave and the Bold #69 December 1966 / January 1967 Cover Artist: Carmine Infantino / Joe Giella Story: “War of the Cosmic Avenger” (24 pages) Writer: Bob Kashdan Artist: Win Mortimer Synopsis: The Time Commander tricks Green Lantern into supplying him with enough power to recreate Cosmo, a humanoid created by an Earth scientist, and Batman and Green Lantern are forced to battle them both.
Brave and the Bold #70 February-March 1967 Cover Artist: Carmine Infantino / Joe Giella Story: “Cancelled: Two Super-Heroes” (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Johnny Craig Synopsis: A wealthy collector is out to expose the Justice League members’ secret identities, starting with Batman, and hires a gang of crooks to help him do it. But Batman enlists the aid of Hawkman and his wife Shiera to keep his identity unknown.
Brave and the Bold #71 April-May 1967 Cover Artist: Carmine Infantino / Chuck Cuidera Story: “The Wrath of the Thunderbird” (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: George Papp Synopsis: Batman and Green Arrow train John Whitebird, an Indian tycoon, to get him in shape for a contest for chieftainship of his tribe, but a con man called the Promoter has ulterior motives for wanting Whitebird to lose.
Brave and the Bold #74 October-November 1967 Cover Artist: Ross Andru / Mike Esposito Story: “Rampant Run the Robots” (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Ross Andru Synopsis: Batman tries to deal with a robot crime wave in Gotham City in which the Metal Men are implicated.
Brave and the Bold #75 December 1967 / January 1968 Cover Artist: Neal Adams Story: “The Grasp of Shahn-Zi” (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Ross Andru Synopsis: The Spectre and Batman team up to keep the malevolent 1000year-old sorceror, Shahn-Zi, from taking the son of the mayor of Chinatown in Gotham as his successor.
Brave and the Bold #76 February-March 1968 Cover Artist: Neal Adams Story: “Doom, What Is Thy Shape?” (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Mike Sekowsky Synopsis: Batman teams up with Plastic Man to stop the Molder and his Plasmoid androids from looting Gotham City.
Brave and the Bold #77 April-May 1968 Cover Artist: Ross Andru / Mike Esposito Story: “So Thunders the Cannoneer” (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Ross Andru Synopsis: A villain called the Cannoneer hijacks priceless art treasures from the Brotherhood Train with the help of a six-inch-high confederate, so Batman calls in the Atom to help capture their foes.
Brave and the Bold #78 June-July 1968 Cover Artist: Bob Brown Story: “In the Coils of the Copperhead” (23 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Bob Brown Synopsis: Batgirl and Wonder Woman appear to be caught up in a rivalry for Batman’s love, and the time he spends keeping them both from fighting gives a new crook called the Copperhead plenty of time to steal.
Brave and the Bold #79 August-September 1968 Cover Artist: Neal Adams Story: “The Track of the Hook” (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Neal Adams Synopsis: Deadman comes to Gotham City to try and get Batman to help find his murderer, the Hook. But both of them become embroiled in a web of crime to find the secret syndicate leader in Gotham.
Brave and the Bold #80 October-November 1968 Cover Artist: Neal Adams Story: “And Hellgrammite Is His Name” (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Neal Adams Synopsis: The Creeper comes to Gotham and Batman is forced to team up with him to battle an insect-powered villain, Hellgrammite.
Brave and the Bold #81 December 1968 / January 1969 Cover Artist: Neal Adams Story: “But Bork Can Hurt You” (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Neal Adams Synopsis: A seemingly invulnerable hood, Carl Bork, turns up in Gotham City and attempts to take the town over. Batman gives battle while the Flash tries to learn the secret of Bork’s power.
Brave and the Bold #82 February-March 1969 Cover Artist: Neal Adams Story: “The Sleepwalker of the Sea” (23 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Neal Adams Synopsis: Batman tracks down a gangland murder to Orm Marius, who is secretly the Ocean Master, and finds that a zombie-like Aquaman is now in his power.
Brave and the Bold #83 April-May 1969 Cover Artist: Neal Adams Story: “Punish Not My Evil Son” (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Neal Adams Synopsis: Bruce Wayne takes in the juvenile delinquent son of his father’s late friend, which causes problems for Batman and the Teen Titans as they investigate a crooked oil company.
Brave and the Bold #84 June-July 1969 Cover Artist: Neal Adams Story: “The Angel, the Rock and the Cowl!” (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Neal Adams Synopsis: When Bruce Wayne encounters an aged Nazi, he remembers fighting alongside Sgt Rock and Easy Company during World War II to prevent that Nazi from developing a terrible weapon.
Brave and the Bold #85
Brave and the Bold #86
August-September 1969 Cover Artist: Neal Adams Story: “The Senator’s Been Shot” (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Neal Adams Synopsis: Senator Cathcart is shot by minions of tycoon Miklos Minotaur, and Bruce Wayne is appointed to take his place as interim senator. Oliver Queen has designed a new Green Arrow costume, but one of his projects is threatened by Minotaur’s thugs. Both Batman and Green Arrow soon team up to take down Minotaur and save the senator’s son from him.
October-November 1969 Cover Artist: Neal Adams Story: "You Can't Hide From a Deadman" (23 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Neal Adams Synopsis: 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.
Brave and the Bold #87 December 1969 / January 1970 Cover Artist: Mike Sekowsky / Dick Giordano Story: “The Widow-Maker” (23 pages) Writer, Artist: Mike Sekowsky Synopsis: After racer Willi Von Dort’s men beat up Bruce Wayne, he is prohibited from entering the race because of his injury. Instead, he enters as Batman, but Diana Prince, the former Wonder Woman, has already become involved in the case.
Brave and the Bold #88 February-March 1970 Cover Artist: Neal Adams Story: “Count Ten and Die” (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Irv Novick Synopsis: While Batman tries to nab a spy who is selling space-station secrets to the Soviets, Wildcat, as Ted Grant, must confront an old rival in the ring before a group of boys he is training for the World Youth Games.
Brave and the Bold #89 April-May 1970 Cover Artist: Neal Adams / Dick Giordano Story: “Arise, Ye Ghosts of Gotham” (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Ross Andru Synopsis: The descendants of the Hellerites, a group persecuted as witches in Gotham decades ago, return to the city with a demand that territory be ceded to them in reparation. But mystic menace ensues, and Batman teams with the Phantom Stranger to resist it.
Brave and the Bold #90 June-July 1970 Cover Artist: Neal Adams Story: “You Only Die Twice!” (25 pages) Writer: Murray Boltinoff, Bob Haney Artist: Ross Andru, George Tuska Synopsis: 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.
Brave and the Bold #91 August-September 1970 Cover Artist: Nick Cardy Story: “A Cold Corpse For the Collector” (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Nick Cardy Synopsis: While Batman is trying to track down a mob employee called the Collector, Black Canary, in disguise, is trying to romance Larry Lance of Earth-One, her dead husband’s counterpart, and the two are connected.
Brave and the Bold #92 October-November 1970 Cover Artist: Nick Cardy Story: “Night Wears a Scarlet Shroud” (22 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Nick Cardy Synopsis: In England, the Batman and three newfound friends who are working on a movie Bruce Wayne has invested in become involved in the case it depicts for real when the Scarlet Strangler, a legendary killer, appears to be making new victims.
Brave and the Bold #93
Brave and the Bold #94
December 1970 / January 1971 Cover Artist: Neal Adams Story: “Red Water, Crimson Death” (23 pages) Writer: Denny O’Neil Artist: Neal Adams Synopsis: Batman takes a voyage to Scotland, where he becomes involved in saving the life of a young boy, learning why a strange red tide poisons the fish in the area for a year, and encountering what may be the ghost of a long-dead Scottish king.
February-March 1971 Cover Artist: Nick Cardy Story: “Rebels In the Streets” (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Nick Cardy Synopsis: A group of teenage radicals creates an atomic bomb and makes upgrading demands of Gotham City, but Batman and the Teen Titans must locate and deactivate the bomb while those demands are being met.
Brave and the Bold #95 April-May 1971 Cover Artist: Neal Adams / Dick Giordano Story: “C.O.D.: Corpse On Delivery” (22 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Nick Cardy Synopsis: Ruby Ryder, the cold, calculating, beautiful and wealthiest woman in the world hires Batman (for a $5,000,000 charity check) to recover her lost fiancee, Kyle Morgan. When he retrieves Morgan, she shoots her lover, apparently to death, and frames Batman for the crime.
Brave and the Bold #96 June-July 1971 Cover Artist: Murphy Anderson / Nick Cardy Story: “The Striped Pants War!” (23 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Nick Cardy Synopsis: When a 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. Little does anyone know that the Batman will not be far behind.
Brave and the Bold #97 August-September 1971 Cover Artist: Nick Cardy Story: “The Smile of Choclotan” (22 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Bob Brown Synopsis: Batman seeks to find an amnesiac Wildcat in Mexico and save Wildcat’s young friend from El Grande, a gangster who seeks a fabulous ancient treasure.
Brave and the Bold #98 October-November 1971 Cover Artist: Nick Cardy Story: “Mansion of the Misbegotten” (22 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Batman runs into a hidden coven led by an evil child while investigating a ritual murder, and gets some help from the Phantom Stranger.
Brave and the Bold #99 December 1971 / January 1972 Cover Artist: Neal Adams / Dick Giordano Story: “The Man Who Murdered the Past” (25 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Bob Brown Synopsis: The Flash helps out Batman when his friend appears to be possessed at times by the spirit of a long-dead sailor, but learns that Batman has discovered his father tried to find a way to return the dead to the land of the living, and wants to use that method to bring back his parents.
Brave and the Bold #100 February-March 1972 Cover Artist: Nick Cardy Story: “The Warrior In a Wheel-Chair” (25 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Batman is incapacitated by a gangster’s slug near his heart. While he awaits a surgeon to arrive from Europe, he uses Robin, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, and Black Canary to try and stop a major drug shipment from hitting Gotham.
Brave and the Bold #101 April-May 1975 Cover Artist: Nick Cardy Story: “Cold Blood, Hot Gun” (25 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Metamorpho is brought out of a treatment chamber a year early by Simon Stagg in order for him to help Batman protect Sapphire Stagg from a hired killer named Bounty Hunter, whose list of potential victims includes her name.
Brave and the Bold #102 June-July 1972 Cover Artist: Nick Cardy Story: “The Commune of Defiance” (22 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artists: Jim Aparo (pgs. 1-13), Neal Adams (pgs. 14-22) Synopsis: Batman and the Teen Titans help the Young Aquarians, a youth activist group, clean up Gotham’s Barclayville district and defy gangster Sonny Trask, who lays claim to the area.
Brave and the Bold #103 September-October 1972 Cover Artist: Nick Cardy Story: “A Traitor Lurks Inside Earth� (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Bob Brown Synopsis: A robot computer which controls part of the U.S. defense system begins acting independently and against humans, so Batman calls in the Metal Men to help bring it down.
Brave and the Bold #104 November-December 1972 Cover Artist: Nick Cardy Story: "Second Chance For a Deadman?" (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Batman stops a bunch of heavily armed crooks and one of them turns out to be Waxey Doyle, a crook who has been on the top ten most wanted list! Somehow Waxey has assumed a new identity, assisted by plastic surgery! Now Batman must search for the location of the facility that provided Doyle with the service of changing his identity!
Brave and the Bold #105 January-February 1973 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “Play Now, Die Later” (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Batman and Diana Prince become involved in what appears to be the “Spanish prisoner” game, conducted by revolutionaries and insurgents from a Latin country, but discover that the game is very real-and played for keeps.
Brave and the Bold #106 March-April 1973 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “Double Your Money and Die” (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Batman and Green Arrow investigate the murders of several investors in a double-your-money scheme, and discover Two-Face is behind the killings.
Brave and the Bold #107
Brave and the Bold #108
June-July 1973 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “The Three-Million Dollar Sky” (1 page) Part 1: “One of Our Jets Is Skyjacked” (7 pages) Part 2: “Black Canaries Don’t Fly” (8 pages) Part 3: “Batmen Laugh Last” (7 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: A skyjacker demands $3,000,000 in ransom and the release of a drug trafficker and murderer in exchange for hostages’ safety, and Batman and Black Canary come aboard in disguise to try to trip up the pair of criminals.
August-September 1973 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “The Night Batman Sold His Soul!” (24 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: When trying to save a hostage boy, Batman is shot with a bullet and left for dead; however, he is saved by a shadowed figure that Batman believes is the devil and that his life is in forfeit. Batman later runs into Sgt. Rock, who believes he knows the true identity of this shadowy figure.
Brave and the Bold #109
Brave and the Bold #110
October-November 1973 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “Gotham Bay, Be My Grave” (1 page) Part 1: “City of Fear” (6 pages) Part 2: “Enter the Demon” (7 pages) Part 3: “The Derelict From the Depths” (6 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Batman and the Demon team up against a revenant who comes to Gotham with a mission to murder all seafarers.
December 1973 / January 1974 Cover Artist: Nick Cardy Story: “A Very Special Spy” (1 page) Part 1: “The Gloves of Gold” (6 pages) Part 2: “Requiem For a Wildcat” (6 pages) Part 3: “Witness For a Dead Man” (7 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Ted Grant has taken a job as an oil company vice-president, but Batman convinces him that Wildcat must help uncover the mystery behind the company’s possible theft of a privately owned additive formula.
Brave and the Bold #111
Brave and the Bold #112
February-March 1974 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “Death Has the Last Laugh” (1 page) Part 1: “A Batman’s Rage” (5 pages) Part 2: “The Unholy Allies” (7 pages) Part 3: “The Gates of Fear” (7 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: The Joker claims responsibility for the murder of an entire family, and Batman is out for revenge, until he becomes convinced that another party might be trying to pin the rap on the Clown Prince of Crime.
April-May 1974 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “The Impossible Escape” (1 page) Part 1: “The Raiders From Nowhere” (5 pages) Part 2: “The Immortal Trap” (6 pages) Part 3: “What Price, Eternity” (8 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Batman and Mr. Miracle find themselves separately summoned to the tomb of Atun in Egypt, which is said to hold the secret of immortality, but has already claimed the lives of several persons.
Brave and the Bold #113 June-July 1974 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “The 50-Story Killer” (1 page) Part 1: “Swan Song For a Top Cop” (5 pages) Part 2: “Tower of Hostages” (7 pages) Part 3: “What Price One Batman?” (7 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Commissioner Gordon is forcibly retired, Batman is replaced as Gotham’s guardian by the Metal Men, and all must somehow cope with a one-armed terrorist who is holding Bruce Wayne and everyone in his skyscraper for ransom.
Brave and the Bold #114 August-September 1974 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “Last Jet To Gotham” (1 page) Part 1: “Souls Under the Sea” (5 pages) Part 2: “The Deadly Wine” (6 pages) Part 3: “Hour of Armageddon” (8 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Batman tries to get Aquaman to help him save an airliner sunk at sea, only to learn that Aquaman did the sinking himself, to save Gotham from an atomic booby trap on board.
Brave and the Bold #115 October-November 1974 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “The Corpse That Wouldn’t Die” (1 page) Part 1: “Golden Girl-Hunt” (6 pages) Part 2: “The Body That Was Re-Born” (7 pages) Part 3: “Ten Feet To Eternity” (7 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Batman is electrocuted by a gangster’s booby trap while seeking a hostage, but the Atom shrinks to miniature size and stimulates Batman’s brain to use him as a “robot” against the hoods.
Brave and the Bold #116 December 1974 / January 1975 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “Grasp of the Killer Cult” (1 page) Part 1: “Streets of Fear” (5 pages) Part 2: “The Tooth of Kali” (7 pages) Part 3: “Judgment of a Goddess” (7 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Three ritual murders by strangling are committed in Gotham City, and Batman and The Spectre go after a group of World War II vets whose bodies are possessed by the ghosts of long-dead Thugs from India.
Brave and the Bold #117 February-March 1975 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “Nightmare Without End!” Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Has Sgt. Rock gone crazy? He keeps seeing a coward he executed back during the war. Can Batman get to the truth before Frank Rock's military career is over?
Brave and the Bold #118 April 1975 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “May the Best Man Die” (18 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: The Joker steals a dog whose body contains an antidote to a deadly disease threatening a prisonful of cons, and his price for it is a boxing bout in which Batman and Wildcat fight to the death with spiked metal gauntlets.
Brave and the Bold #119 June 1975 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “Bring Back Killer Krag” (1 page) Part 1: “Death Wears Polka Dots” (5 pages) Part 2: “Island of Blood” (6 pages) Part 3: “Wings of Vengeance” (6 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Batman attempts to bring back an assassin from a hostile Carribean nation, but Man-Bat competes with him in order to pick up a $100,000 reward for the killer’s return.
Brave and the Bold #120 July 1975 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “This Earth Is Mine” (1 page) Part 1: “No Chains For Me” (7 pages) Part 2: “Whom the Gods Would Destroy” (6 pages) Part 3: “Die On Your Feet, or Live On Your Knees” (8 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Batman is magically drawn by a shaman into Kamandi’s future, where he helps Kamandi and other humans of that time fight against Gorgo and his gorilla soldiers near Mt. Rushmore.
Brave and the Bold #121 September 1975 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “The Doomsday Express” (1 page) Part 1: “Hostages of History” (5 pages) Part 2: “Ultimatum For an Iron Horse” (6 pages) Part 3: “Tick-Tock For a Runaway” (6 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Batman is captured aboard the Liberty Express by a trio of American Indian terrorists who threaten to destroy the Constitution and Declaration of Independence which are aboard unless their demands are met, and the Metal Men come to Batman’s rescue.
Brave and the Bold #122 October 1975 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “The Hour of the Beast” (1 page) Part 1: “Monster, Monster, Burning Bright” (4 pages) Part 2: “Green Grows Death” (6 pages) Part 3: “Look Homeward, Hero” (7 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: While Swamp Thing is held captive as a freak show attraction by promoter B. B. Riggs, Batman and Commissioner Gordon must deal with a plague of fast-growing giant vines that endanger Gotham.
Brave and the Bold #123
Brave and the Bold #124
December 1975 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “How To Make a Super-Hero” (1 page) Part 1: “The Impossible Impostor” (5 pages) Part 2: “Return of a Tigress” (6 pages) Part 3: “Heroes Are Re-Made, Not Born” (6 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Batman deputizes Plastic Man to impersonate him while he is trying to buy a tribe’s totem at auction and return it to them. But Ruby Ryder, who also wants the totem, tricks Plastic Man into drinking a brainwashing cocktail, enabling her to frame Wayne for murder with his help. Metamorpho takes a hand to spring Batman from jail and help them fight Ruby and Plas.
January 1976 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “Small War of the Super Rifles” (19 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: When a shipment of the military's new M-76 rifles is stolen, Sgt. Rock is sent to track down the thieves. He’s gonna need help on this one and Batman is the man for the job!
Brave and the Bold #125 March 1976 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “Streets of Poison” (1 page) Part 1: “Mission To Chan” (5 pages) Part 2: “In the Tiger’s Lair” (5 pages) Part 3: “Return of a Heroine” (7 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Batman and the Flash, investigating an Asian head of state who may be reneging on a drug-destroying deal with the United States, find a long-lost aviatrix in his land who may be working with the mastermind.
Brave and the Bold #126 March-April 1976 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “What Lurks Below Buoy 13" (1 page) Part 1: “Hot Potato, Cold War” (4 pages) Part 2: “Fear Is the Enemy” (13 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: When an international criminal captures an Atlantean tracking satellite, Batman and his reluctant ally Aquaman go to recover it.
Brave and the Bold #127 June 1976 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “Dead Man’s Quadrangle” (1 page) Part 1: “The Corpse Wore Boots” (4 pages) Part 2: “Across the ‘Zero Zone’” (6 pages) Part 3: “In the Grip of Iron-Fist” (6 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Batman must keep a promise to a dead illegal immigrant to avenge his brother’s murder by bringing in a smuggler of aliens named El Zapatero. To help out, he teams with Wildcat, who has a phobia about using his fists since accidentally killing a man in a recent comeback boxing match.
Brave and the Bold #128 July 1976 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “Death By the Ounce” (1 page) Part 1: “Vanished--the Richest Man In the World” (4 pages) Part 2: “The Hag Behind the Gun” (7 pages) Part 3: “Goodbye To Granny” (5 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Mr. Miracle has returned to Earth with Barda and Oberon to begin a new escape-artist tour, but Batman asks for his help in recovering the kidnapped Shah of Karkan from his mysterious abductor, who proves to be Granny Goodness.
Brave and the Bold #129 September 1976 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “The Claws of the Emperor Eagle” (1 page) Part 1: “Curse of the Black Bird” (5 pages) Part 2: “Flight 311 is Skyjacked” (5 pages) Part 3: “The Solar Trap” (6 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Green Arrow, as Oliver Queen, acquires the fabled Emperor Eagle, symbol of Pathan, which brings bad luck to each of its bearers. Queen is captured by the Joker and Two-Face and taken to Pathanistan, where he is sentenced to death, but Batman and the Atom come to his rescue.
Brave and the Bold #130 October 1976 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “Death At Rainbow’s End” (1 page) Part 1: “Ambushed By the Ghastly Grimacer” (4 pages) Part 2: “Green Arrow’s Treachery” (6 pages) Part 3: “To Whom the Last Laugh?” (6 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Even at the cost of endangering Batman’s life, Green Arrow continues to try to reclaim the Emperor Eagle, with the Atom trying to keep him alive and the Joker, Two-Face, and Gen. Mahmood out to retake the bird themselves.
Brave and the Bold #131
Brave and the Bold #132
December 1976 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “Take 7 Steps to...Wipe-Out!” (18 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: When the ambassador of Sudaria is murdered by a leopard, it attracts the attention of both Batman and Wonder Woman! Together they uncover a plot by none other than Catwoman!
February 1977 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “Batman--Dragon Slayer?” (17 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: A wealthy industrialist leaves a gift to Richard Dragon, kung fu fighter. An old partner of the magnate’s assumes Dragon has been left the fortune which the partner wishes to acquire, and sends a martial arts killer, the Stylist, to murder Dragon, but the Batman takes a hand in the game.
Brave and the Bold #133 April 1977 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: "Another Kind of Justice" (17 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Commissioner Gordon has Batman out searching the waters of Gotham City in order to crush the drug combines that are using Dead Man's Reef to smuggle drugs into the city. After a drug bust, Batman decides it's time to take in its dealer: Achille Lazlo. Batman decides he’s going to need some help on this case and calls in an old friend: Deadman!
Brave and the Bold #134 May 1977 Cover Artist: Jim Aparo Story: “Demolishment” (17 pages) Writer: Bob Haney Artist: Jim Aparo Synopsis: Green Lantern appears to defect to a Communist country, and Batman is captured when he comes after him. Intelligence chief Miklos Vakla decides to subject Batman to his own version of brainwashing, the Demolishment.
VOLUME 1 1965 - 1977
An Explanation of the Comics Index In this series, we examine every issue of every DC and Marvel comic book of the silver and the bronze age and also provide you with a color reproduction of the comic’s cover, a complete listing of the creative people involved in producing the comic, a summary of what happened in each adventure, and various other information. All comics indexed in a series will run in serial order, beginning with the first issue or the earliest issue that features the series being indexed. Each of the index entries is as self-explanatory as possible. Some of the criteria we used to create an index entry are provided below. Cover Credits It usually takes many people to produce a comic book cover, from conception and design through coloring and production, and it is impossible to credit them all. The Artist, responsible for the basic execution of the cover, does the lion’s share of the work. If more than one artist works on a cover, some usually pencil and the others usually ink. Records of artists and letterers are sometimes unavailable, particularly for covers that appeared many years ago, so the identities of some cover artists and letterers are the best guesses that the indexers and DC’s and Marvel's current editors and art staff can make. Credits other than Artist or Artists and Letterer appear where known. Story Information Story titles are given as they appear on the title pages, not as on the covers or in coming attractions. When a story lacks a title or title page (a rare occurrence), a note to this effect appears as a Comment. Story credits are taken from the credits as published. As with cover credits, it is impossible to credit everybody who worked on a story, but whenever additional information is available, it appears in the Index. If the published credits in a story are incorrect, the Index corrects them wherever possible.
Chronology A time line for all of DC’s and Marvel's comics that allows proper chronological ordering of the appearances of every DC and Marvel character is far from complete. Nevertheless, some appearances are known to precede or follow others. Whenever chronological information is known reliably but is not obvious from the continuity of the stories, it is noted in parentheses. “First appearance” accompanies a character’s listing when the comic is the earliest one in which the character appears. A first appearance is not necessarily a character’s chronologically earliest appearance, which might occur, for example, in an origin flashback first told many years later. As a general rule, in the case of feature characters who are members of a team but who also appear in their own features or comics, issue-by-issue chronological notations for these characters are made in the indexes to their own features, not in the index to the team feature. For instance, Superman’s chronology is noted in The Superman Index, not in The Justice League of America Index. A casual reading of a few Plot Synopses will make it abundantly clear that a whole month does not usually pass for the characters in between monthly issues of a comic. Many issues begin hours or even minutes after the previous month’s story. Consequently, a character who has had his own feature for ten years will not have aged ten years in the time it took for those comics to come out. As for trying to determine in what year a given adventure takes place, there’s no conclusive answer. Specific dates that appear in stories, as well as mention of current events and popular culture, depictions of contemporary fashions, and usage of contemporary slang, are all what is known as Topical References. These are specific details added by a writer or artist to a story to make it seem current at the time the story is being published. They are not necessarily indicators of when — what year or even what decade — a story took place.