The Brave and the Bold #75

(December 1967-January 1968)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman; The Spectre / comic story / 22.5 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Haney

Pencils

Ross Andru (signed)

Inks

Mike Esposito (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The scene: Gotham City's Chinatown!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman; Spectre; Shahn-Zi (introduction); James Gordon; Bill Loo; Danny Loo

Synopsis

Shahn-Zi walls off Chinatown in an attempt to force Danny Loo into becoming his successor.

Reprints

• in Lynvingen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1966 series) #9/1968 ([september] 1968)
• in Showcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold Batman Team-Ups (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([March] 2007)
• in Showcase Presents: The Spectre (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([June] 2012)
• in Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([March] 2017)
• in Batman in the Brave and the Bold: The Bronze Age (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2017 [February 2018])
• in The Spectre: The Wrath of the Spectre Omnibus (DC, 2020 series) ([October] 2020)

Keywords

Chinatown; Chinese New Year

Indexer Notes

Story across 24 pages in three parts (each labelled "Batman and the Spectre") of 7.5 pages each.

A Land of Many Walls (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Kashdan ?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

A description of the many defensive walls found in China other than the Great Wall.

Indexer Notes

Located between pages 8 and 9 of Sequence 1.

Dig what's Coming (Table of Contents: 3)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed); Carmine Infantino

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed); Mike Esposito

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Flash [Barry Allen]; Superman

Synopsis

The winner of a track race continues running, to his newsstand to find out who won the race between the Flash and Superman, in Flash #175.

Indexer Notes

The cover of Flash #175 is reproduced, with logo, DC bullet, price, code seal, month (but not number), dialogue balloons and blurb included, and an additional blurb added where nothing of substance is obscured. This item is located at the bottom of page 16 of Sequence 1.

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

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

Job Number

6584

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Cap showed me a neat way to pinstripe my model.

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

A rendering of reader Bill Graff's technique for making a very straight pinstripe on a racing car model.

Indexer Notes

This item is located at the bottom of the last page of Sequence 1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Neal Adams; Carmine Infantino

Inks

Neal Adams

Colors

?

Letters

typeset; ?

Characters

Deadman [Boston Brand]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Synopsis

Promotional advertisement for Adventure Comics #363, Strange Adventures #207 (with cover reproduction), Detective Comics #370 (with cover reproduction), Action Comics #357, Our Army at War #188 and Superman #203.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Batman Whirly-Word Game / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Martin Naydel

Pencils

Martin Naydel

Inks

Martin Naydel

Colors

?

Letters

Martin Naydel

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A miser won't mind parting with this!

Characters

Batman

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #72 (September-October 1954)

Indexer Notes

Despite the title, this is a puzzle to be solved rather than a game to be played.