(February-March 1975)

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Volume
21
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
100
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1974-11-19
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
DC [circle]
Editing
Murray Boltinoff; Paul Levitz (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #112.

Nightmare Without End (Table of Contents)

Batman; Sgt. Rock / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Aparo; Nick Cardy; Joe Kubert
Inks
Jim Aparo; Nick Cardy; Joe Kubert
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
B-2334
Genre
superhero; war
Characters
Batman; Sgt. Rock; The Secret Six (inset); Viking Prince (inset); Blackhawk (head shot); Green Arrow (head shot)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

The Brave and the Bold Presents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Levitz
Pencils
Jim Aparo (Sgt Rock); Nick Cardy (Batman)
Inks
Jim Aparo (Sgt Rock); Nick Cardy (Batman)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
L-424
Characters
Batman; Sgt. Rock

Indexer Notes

Contents and indicia page.

Nightmare Without End (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman; Sgt. Rock / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Jim Aparo
Inks
Jim Aparo
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Aparo

Job Number
B-2198
Genre
superhero; war
Characters
Batman; Sgt. Rock; Bulldozer; Dan Cathcart; Colonel von Bock
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Told in three parts.
Part 1 - The Haunted Sergeant (7 pages).
Part 2 - Manhunt for a Hero (5 pages).
Part 3 - The Coward Who Came In From the Cold War (8 pages).

Trail of the Black Falcon! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Viking Prince / comic story / 12.34 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Joe Kubert
Inks
Joe Kubert
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
L-421
Genre
adventure; historical
Characters
The Viking Prince
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This issue credits this story to Robert Kanigher. DC has fixed that credit with the publication of Viking Prince (DC, 2010 series) #[nn] to show that Bob Haney did write this story.

Told in two parts of 5.67 and 6.67 pages, the last page of each part are house ads for other DC Comics.

1001 Ways to Defeat Green Arrow! (Table of Contents: 4)

Green Arrow; Speedy / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Herron
Pencils
George Papp
Inks
George Papp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
L-425
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Arrow; Speedy
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Bottom 1/3 of last page is a house ad for other DC Comics.

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

The Brave and the Bold Mailbag / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Murray Boltinoff
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
B-2330

Indexer Notes

Letters or comments from Will D. Nash, Bob Rodi, Arlen Schumer, Scott Gibson, Jim Gilbert, John Sargent, Sean McInerney, Bruce Eiler, Kenneth Caples, Albert Tanner, Mark Smiley, Tom Barritt, Robert Klimczak, Jeff Thompson, Donny Hampton, Billy Flynn, Jim Poole, Rob Little, Jason Kinnard, Randy Swain, Steven L. Thompson, Thomas Heeran, Jim Planck, Andrew Roller, Hyman Bender, Bobby Hepp, Teddy Banning, Jeffrey Staines and Evan Davis.

Super-Heroes -- Super-Warriors! (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Allan Asherman
Pencils
Joe Shuster (Superman panels); Neal Adams (Batman and Sgt. Rock cover, signed)
Inks
Joe Shuster (Superman panels); Neal Adams (Batman and Sgt. Rock cover, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino; typeset; ?

Job Number
L-444
Characters
Superman; Adolf Hitler; Josef Stalin; Batman; Sgt. Rock
Synopsis
Describes what Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman (with Sgt. Rock), and Captain Marvel Jr. did during World War II.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The reprinted Superman portion is the last 4 panels (of 15) of "How Superman Would End the War."

Code Name: Mockingbird! (Table of Contents: 7)

Secret Six / comic story / 23.83 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
Frank Springer
Inks
Frank Springer
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Job Number
L-426
Genre
superhero; adventure
Characters
The Secret Six
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 9.67 and 14.17 pages, and includes the cover (which begins the story). The original pages 9 and 15 (here, pages 10 and 16) are expanded from 1/2-pages to 2/3-pages.
Last panel incorrectly states there will be another Secret Six story reprinted in issue #119. The next reprint was in #120

Double Clues #4 (Table of Contents: 8)

activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
Murphy Anderson (illustration)
Inks
Murphy Anderson (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
P-35
Characters
Batman

Indexer Notes

Puzzle.

The Menace from Inner Space (Table of Contents: 9)

Blackhawk / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Wood
Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Chuck Cuidera (credited as Charles Cuidera)
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman

Job Number
L-443
Genre
adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
Characters
Blackhawk
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Bottom 1/3 of last page has answers to puzzle Double Clues #4.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

activity / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
Murphy Anderson; Nick Cardy (illustrations)
Inks
Murphy Anderson; Nick Cardy (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here's the solution to Double Clues #4
Characters
Batman; Wildcat
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Nightmare Without End
    Batman; Sgt. Rock
  2. 1. The Brave and the Bold Presents
  3. 2. Nightmare Without End
    Batman; Sgt. Rock
  4. 3. Trail of the Black Falcon!
    The Viking Prince
  5. 4. 1001 Ways to Defeat Green Arrow!
    Green Arrow; Speedy
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    The Brave and the Bold Mailbag
  7. 6. Super-Heroes -- Super-Warriors!
  8. 7. Code Name: Mockingbird!
    Secret Six
  9. 8. Double Clues #4
  10. 9. The Menace from Inner Space
    Blackhawk
  11. 10. ["Here's the solution to Double Clues #4"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lee Lines
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Allen Ross
  • Jim Van Dore