The Brave and the Bold #181 [Direct]
(December 1981)

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Volume
27
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
40
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-09-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dick Giordano (editor); Dave Manak (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Some copies may not have the 4-page glossy insert, which includes the Hostess ad.
This issue has variants:

Time, See What's Become of Me... (Table of Contents)

Batman; The Hawk and the Dove / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Aparo (signed)
Inks
Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
C-741
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; The Hawk; The Dove
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Time, See What's Become of Me... (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman; The Hawk and the Dove / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Brennert
Pencils
Jim Aparo
Inks
Jim Aparo
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Jim Aparo

Job Number
J-7626
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; The Hawk; The Dove; Thomas Kurland; Michelle Hall; Linda Hall
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Robin's insignia appears (page 13, panel 5).

Penguins on Parade (Table of Contents: 2)

The Penguin; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Editing
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
Synopsis
The Penguin distracts people with marching penguin puppets while stealing an antique sword, but is himself distracted by Hostess Fruit Pies planted by the police.
Keywords
Gotham City police; penguins; puppets; robbery; sword; umbrellas

Heartbreak! (Table of Contents: 3)

Nemesis / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Burkett
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
J-7689
Genre
adventure
Characters
Nemesis; Valerie Foxworth; Samuel Solomon; Dr. Ted Rice
Reprints

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

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

Script
Dick Giordano
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-895

Indexer Notes

Letters from T. M. Maple, Mark Lagasse and Christopher Sullivan.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Time, See What's Become of Me...
    Batman; The Hawk and the Dove
  2. 1. Time, See What's Become of Me...
    Batman; The Hawk and the Dove
  3. 2. Penguins on Parade
    The Penguin; Hostess Fruit Pies
  4. 3. Heartbreak!
    Nemesis
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Brave and the Bold Mailbag
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore