The Best of DC #26 [Direct]
(July 1982)

DC, 1979 Series
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Volume:
4
Price:
0.95 USD
Pages:
100
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
DC Comics, Inc.
Brand:
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
Editing:
Mike Barr
Format:
Color; 5" x 6.75"; Squarebound; Newsprint; Ongoing

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.


The Brave and the Bold (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jim Aparo
Inks:
Jim Aparo
Colors:
?
Job Number:
C-923

Content Information

Characters:
Batman; Deadman; Robin Hood; Viking Prince; Silent Knight; Suicide Squad

The Brave and the Bold (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of contents.


Batman Presents the Brave and the Bold (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Mike Barr
Pencils:
Jim Aparo (p. 1); Trevor von Eeden (pp. 2-3)
Inks:
Jim Aparo (p. 1); Larry Mahlstedt (pp. 2-3)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

Characters who have starred in Brave and the Bold


You Can't Hide from a Deadman! (Table of Contents)

Deadman; Batman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Haney
Pencils:
Neal Adams
Inks:
Neal Adams
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Deadman; Batman; Robin [Richard Grayson]
Reprinted:
  • from Brave and the Bold, The (DC, 1955 series) #86 (October-November 1968)

Three Arrows Against Doom! (Table of Contents)

Robin Hood / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Haney
Pencils:
Russ Heath
Inks:
Russ Heath
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Robin Hood
Reprinted:
  • from Brave and the Bold, The (DC, 1955 series) #9 (December 1956-January 1957)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from index of original printing.


Menace of the Mirage People! (Table of Contents)

Suicide Squad / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Kanigher
Pencils:
Ross Andru
Inks:
Mike Esposito
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Reprinted:
  • from Brave and the Bold, The (DC, 1955 series) #38 (October-November 1961)

Threat of the Ice King (Table of Contents)

Viking Prince / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Haney
Pencils:
Joe Kubert
Inks:
Joe Kubert
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Reprinted:
  • from Brave and the Bold, The (DC, 1955 series) #18 (June-July 1958)

Indexer Notes

Scripting credit from DC payment book via Gene Reed. Scripting credit is erroneously given in this reprint to Robert Kanigher.


Sword in the Lake! (Table of Contents)

Silent Knight / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Kanigher
Pencils:
Irv Novick
Inks:
Irv Novick
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
period
Reprinted:
  • from Brave and the Bold, The (DC, 1955 series) #21 (December 1958-January 1959)

The Secret Beneath the Earth (Table of Contents)

Cave Carson / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ed (France) Herron
Pencils:
Bruno Premiani
Inks:
Bruno Premiani
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Reprinted:
  • from Brave and the Bold, The (DC, 1955 series) #31 (August-September 1960)

Indexer Notes

origin and first appearance.


The Incredible Lava Creature [Chapter 2 of "The Secret Beneath the Earth"] (Table of Contents)

Cave Carson / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ed (France) Herron
Pencils:
Bruno Premiani
Inks:
Bruno Premiani
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Reprinted:
  • from Brave and the Bold, The (DC, 1955 series) #31 (August-September 1960)

The Magnetic Monster [Chapter 3 of "The Secret Beneath the Earth"] (Table of Contents)

Cave Carson / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ed (France) Herron
Pencils:
Bruno Premiani
Inks:
Bruno Premiani
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Reprinted:
  • from Brave and the Bold, The (DC, 1955 series) #31 (August-September 1960)

Swamp Thing is Back! (Table of Contents)

Swamp Thing / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Tom Yeates
Inks:
Tom Yeates
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Swamp Thing
Reprinted:
  • from Best of DC, The (1979 series) #24 (May 1982) [minus blurb for on-sale date]

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Promo for Swamp Thing #1, on sale February 11, 1982.


Six Star-Studded Spectaculars (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Batman; Deadman; Robin Hood; Viking Prince; Silent Knight

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Preview panels of the stories in the issue.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Brave and the Bold
  2. 2. Batman Presents the Brave and the Bold
  3. 3. You Can't Hide from a Deadman!
    Deadman; Batman
  4. 4. Three Arrows Against Doom!
    Robin Hood
  5. 5. Menace of the Mirage People!
    Suicide Squad
  6. 6. Threat of the Ice King
    Viking Prince
  7. 7. Sword in the Lake!
    Silent Knight
  8. 8. The Secret Beneath the Earth
    Cave Carson
  9. 9. The Incredible Lava Creature [Chapter 2 of "The Secret Beneath the Earth"]
    Cave Carson
  10. 10. The Magnetic Monster [Chapter 3 of "The Secret Beneath the Earth"]
    Cave Carson
  11. 11. Swamp Thing is Back!
    Swamp Thing
  12. 12. Six Star-Studded Spectaculars
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
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