The Brave and the Bold #200 [Direct-Sales]

(July 1983)

Smell of Brimstone, Stench of Death! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike Barr

Pencils:

Dave Gibbons

Inks:

Dave Gibbons (1-3, 20-40); Gary Martin (4-19)

Colors:

Adrienne Roy

Letters:

Dave Gibbons (1-3, 20-40); Gaspar Saladino (4-19)

Job Number:

J-8562

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman (flashback-1955); Brimstone; Commissioner Gordon (flashback-1955); Robin (flashback-1955); Joker (present; cameo); Warden Craddock (present); Dr. Lincoln (present) (all Earth-2); Batman; Dr. Joan Lincoln; Samuel Bridgeman Night; Carlotta Hernandez; Rabbi David Kline; Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Brimstone (all Earth-1 in the present)

Synopsis:

The story explains how 2 different personas for Brimstone exist: Both aware somehow of each others' existences on a spiritual level. In 1955, on Earth-2, Brimstone's defeated by Batman and sent to prison, but later transfers his 'spiritual' essence to his doppelganger on Earth-1 in 1983 to restart his criminal empire. He learns of a Batman on this world, but is also defeated here by him. When his essence returns to its own body, it is a vegetable by this time, trapping him there for the rest of his natural life, while his 'good' Earth-1 counterpart is unaware of what happened.

Reprints:

• in Batman Sonderheft (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #36 (1984) [story reduced from 40 pages to 30 pages], #36 (1984), #36 (1984), #36 (1984), #36 (1984), #36 (1984)

Indexer Notes

Story was divided into several parts.
Part 1 - 1p - Starter-Page with an illustration of Batman I and Batman II
Part 2 - 2p - Prologue
Part 3 - 16p - Part 1 : Fire and Brimstone
Part 4 - 4p - Interlude: 1983
Part 5 - 15p - Part 2: Hell on Earth
Part 6 - 2p - Epilogue

Last appearance of the Earth-2 Joker

Bat-Mite Speaks His Mind (Table of Contents)

Bat-Mite / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stephen DeStefano

Pencils:

Stephen DeStefano

Inks:

Stephen DeStefano

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Bat-Mite

Synopsis:

An editiorial posed by Bat-Mite to the editors as to why he wasn't included in this issue, and that he should get his own series, before he's 'erased' off the page by an artist. Bat-Mite then comments that it wasn't funny as to his 'erasure'.

Batman and the Outsiders (Table of Contents)

Batman and the Outsiders / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jim Aparo

Inks:

Jim Aparo

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• in Showcase Presents: Batman and the Outsiders (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([September] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Cover/Title page

Introducing: Batman and the Outsiders (Table of Contents)

Batman and Outsiders / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike W. Barr

Pencils:

Jim Aparo

Inks:

Jim Aparo

Colors:

Adrienne Roy

Letters:

Jim Aparo

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

F: Batman, Outsiders--Geo-Force, Black Lightning, Metamorpho, Katana, Halo; GS: Commissioner Gordon

Reprints:

• in Batman Sonderheft (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #34 (1984)
• in Showcase Presents: Batman and the Outsiders (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([September] 2007)

Indexer Notes

This strip introduced the Outsiders, whose book replaced Brave and Bold on the schedule following Brave and the Bold #200.