The Brave and the Bold #169 [Newsstand]
(December 1980)

DC, 1955 Series
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Volume
26
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980-09-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893044012
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #183.
This issue is a variant of The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #169 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Angel of Mercy, Angel of Death! (Table of Contents)

Batman; Zatanna / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Aparo (signed)
Inks
Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
C-450
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Zatanna
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Angel of Mercy, Angel of Death! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman; Zatanna / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Mike W. Barr
Pencils
Jim Aparo (signed)
Inks
Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
J-6364
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Zatanna; Alfred Pennyworth; Angela Marcy; Raymond Marcy; "Steel" Springer; John Yoder
Reprints

Superman Saves the Weather Satellites! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Superman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Council Calls for Death (Table of Contents: 3)

Nemesis / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Burkett
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
J-6904
Genre
adventure
Characters
Nemesis; The Council; Irene Scarfield; Leonard Maddoks; Noel Chesterton; Samuel Solomon; Jay Kingston; Martin Brasser
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Brave and the Bold Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Levitz
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-626

Indexer Notes

Letters and comments from Tony Edwards, Mark Lagasse, Ken Hommel, Billy Wanderski and Arnold Lehman.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Angel of Mercy, Angel of Death!
    Batman; Zatanna
  2. 1. Angel of Mercy, Angel of Death!
    Batman; Zatanna
  3. 2. Superman Saves the Weather Satellites!
    Hostess Twinkies; Superman
  4. 3. The Council Calls for Death
    Nemesis
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Brave and the Bold Mailbag
This issue was modified by
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Phil Owens
  • Jim Van Dore