The Brave and the Bold #116

(December 1974-January 1975)

The Brave and the Bold Presents (Table of Contents)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jim Aparo (Spectre); Nick Cardy (Batman)

Inks:

Jim Aparo (Spectre), Nick Cardy (Batman)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

B-2230

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman; Spectre

Indexer Notes

Page composed of a Batman figure from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #92 and a Spectre figure from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #435.

Grasp of the Killer Cult (Table of Contents)

Batman; Spectre / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Haney

Pencils:

Jim Aparo

Inks:

Jim Aparo

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jim Aparo

Job Number:

B-2087

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; occult

Characters:

Batman; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; James Gordon; Lola Lalanna; John T. Weaver; James Wilson

Synopsis:

Bizarre murders are committed by seemingly upstanding citizens who are soon determined to be imposters. They turn out to be members of a World War II military construction crew possessed by the spirits of followers of the Far Eastern goddess Kali. It takes the power of the Spectre to prevent her resurrection.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Lynvingen (Semic AS, 1977 series) #9/1978 (uke 44 1978)
• in Showcase Presents The Brave and the Bold Batman Team-Ups (DC, 2007 series) #3 (2008)
• in Showcase Presents: The Spectre (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([April] 2012)

The Dimensional Caper! (Table of Contents)

Teen Titans / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Haney

Pencils:

Nick Cardy

Inks:

Nick Cardy

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Letterese

Editing:

Dick Giordano (original editor)

Job Number:

B-2233

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Robin [Dick Grayson]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]; Aqualad [Garth]; Mr. Walters; Chet Walters; Leader One [Mr. Downs] (School Principal); Sally; Mr. Farnum (Physics Teacher); Eddie (student); Marcia (student)

Synopsis:

The Titans prevent an invasion from another dimension that occupies the same space as Chet Walters' school.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #16 (July-August 1968)

Indexer Notes

This story is divided into three chapters, the final page of each being only approximately one-half story/art, the remainder filled with a DC house ad.

Double Clues #3 (Table of Contents)

activity / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Rozakis

Pencils:

Nick Cardy; Jim Aparo; ?

Inks:

Nick Cardy; Jim Aparo; ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

P-34

Content Information

Characters:

Robin [Dick Grayson]; Wonder Woman (vignette); Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (vignette); Wonder Girl [Donna Troy] (vignette); Spectre (vignette); Batman (vignette); Kid Flash [Wally West]

Synopsis:

A word puzzle to reveal the identity of Batman's co-star in the next issue.

Indexer Notes

Lower half of final page of Sequence 3; answers in Sequence 6.

The Wonder Girl figure (upper body only) is taken from the cover of Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #23; the Spectre (head only) from the cover of Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #432; the rest are currently unidentified.

Knight for a Day! (Table of Contents)

Silent Knight / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Irv Novick

Inks:

Irv Novick

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Robert Kanigher ? (original editor)

Job Number:

B-2232

Content Information

Genre:

period; swashbuckler

Characters:

Silent Knight

Synopsis:

True heir to the throne Brian is assigned to deliver the Sun Ruby to a neighboring kingdom, in the hope that he will be killed travelling through the Forest Perilous, but as the Silent Knight he surmounts all obstacles.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #2 (October-November 1955)

["Readers, here are the answers..."] (Table of Contents)

activity / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Rozakis

Pencils:

?; Joe Kubert

Inks:

?; Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

P-34-B

Content Information

Genre:

Game

Characters:

Batman; Sgt. Rock

Synopsis:

Answers to Double Clues #3.

Reprints:

• from ? [Batman and Sgt. Rock figures]

Indexer Notes

Bottom third of last page of Sequence 5.

The Brave and the Bold Mailbag (Table of Contents)

letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (logo)

Inks:

? (logo)

Colors:

? (logo)

Letters:

? (logo); Typeset

Job Number:

B-2282

Indexer Notes

Excerpts from letters by Hume Baugh, George E. Guay, Dave Romm, Matthew O'Bannon, Philip Street, "R.C.W.," Lynn Scharbow, Chris Padovano, Rich Reeves, Mike Goodman, Steve Andrews, Billy Stripling, Alan Spinney, Will Nash, Ed Sordellini, Dan Coggins, Alan Addleman, Scott Gibson, Scott Taylor, Martin Boyer, Clarence Rutherford, Black Wolf (a Native American reader) and Bob Rodi (a plot premise for a Wonder Woman team-up rejected by the editor). An apparently entire letter from Dan Gheno with reply from the editor. Specifications of original publications of the stories reprinted in this issue. Team-up suggestions from Steve Getman, Ms. Lynne Pope, Jeff Reynolds, Dale Cendali, Robert Sherrill, Gary S. Arkell, David Hsiung, Bill Morgan, Jack Herring, David Jones, Dave Butler, Larry Varvel and Bobby Justice.

Heroes Who Wouldn't Die! (Table of Contents)

filler / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Rozakis

Pencils:

Jim Aparo; Neal Adams; Carmine Infantino; Frank Harry; Howard Purcell; ?; Joe Certa; Bruno Premiani

Inks:

Jim Aparo; Neal Adams; Carmine Infantino; Frank Harry; Howard Purcell; ?; Joe Certa; Bruno Premiani

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

B-2234

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman; Deadman; Ghost Patrol; The Gay Ghost; Robotman [Paul Dennis]; Robotman [Cliff Steele].

Synopsis:

Due to his new-material co-star this issue being the Spectre, Batman discusses various other DC heroes whose origins begin with their deaths, or near-deaths.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #7 (April 1942) [Robotman [Paul Dennis]
• from Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1942 series) #4 (Fall 1943) [Gay Ghost panel]
• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #205 (October 1967) [Deadman page]
• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #238 (January 1972) [Batman figure, from cover]
• from ? [Batman vignette]
• from ? [Batman figure, from a 1960s pin-up]
• from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #? [Ghost Patrol panel]
• from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #80? [Robotman [Cliff Steele] panel]
• from Doom Patrol (DC, 1964 series) #100? [Robotman [Cliff Steele] panel]

Indexer Notes

It is uncertain which Doom Patrol issue the Cliff Steele panel comes from as the two original panels are identical.

In the Coils of Copperhead! (Table of Contents)

Batman, Wonder Woman and Batgirl / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Haney

Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Bob Brown

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Murray Boltinoff (original editor)

Job Number:

B-2231

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman; Copperhead; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Wonder Woman

Synopsis:

Batman's pursuit of a new villain is complicated by both Wonder Woman and Batgirl falling in love with the Caped Crusader.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #78 (June-July 1968)

Indexer Notes

This story is divided into three chapters, the last page of each being two-thirds story/art and one-third DC house ad.

The Many Lives of the Spectre (Table of Contents)

Spectre / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Rozakis

Pencils:

Jim Aparo; Nick Cardy; Bernard Baily; Murphy Anderson

Inks:

Jim Aparo; Nick Cardy; Bernard Baily; Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

B-2235

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; occult

Characters:

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Batman (one vignette)

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #53 (March 1940) [top tier (art only) from last page of Spectre story]
• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #60 (January-February 1966) [cover illustration (art only)]
• from Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #83 (September 1970) [cover illustrations (art only)]
• from Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #5 (November-December 1973) [from the cover, two of three vertical panels]
• from ? [Batman vignette]

Indexer Notes

Batman fills in the readers on the background of his co-star this issue, the Spectre.