(September-October 1970)

DC, 1970 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
eight times a year
On-sale Date
1970-07-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
DC [character]
Editing
Murray Boltinoff

Issue Notes

On-sale date from ad in The Three Mouseketeers (DC, 1970 series) #3 and from copyright registration.

The Best of the Brave and the Bold (Table of Contents)

Batman; The Flash; Metamorpho / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Murphy Anderson; Carmine Infantino; Ramona Fradon
Inks
Murphy Anderson; Joe Giella; Charles Paris ?
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese ?; Ira Schnapp

Job Number
B 692
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; The Flash; Metamorpho
Reprints

Indexer Notes

New cover art by Murphy Anderson; reprinted covers by Infantino and Fradon.

Super DC Giant Presents the Brave and the Bold (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman; The Flash; Metamorpho / comic story / 3.33 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney ?
Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Job Number
B-685
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; The Flash; Metamorpho; Murray Boltinoff
Synopsis
Framing sequence for two The Brave and the Bold reprints.

Indexer Notes

One page at the beginning, a third of a page before the pin-up, one page after the pin-up, one page at the end.

The Death of the Flash (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman; The Flash / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks
Charles Paris (signed as Parrish)
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman
Editing
George Kashdan (Original Editor)

Job Number
B 706
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; The Flash; The Speed Boys (villains); Commissioner James Gordon (guest)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story across 25 pages in three parts of 8.67, 7.67, and 7.67 pages

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Murray Boltinoff ?
Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Job Number
B-685
Genre
superhero
Characters
Supergirl; The Spectre; Robin; Green Arrow; Wonder Woman; Adam Strange; Starman [Ted Knight]; Hawkman; Aquaman; Green Lantern; Black Canary; Metamorpho; The Flash; Kid Flash; Speedy; Sgt. Rock; Wildcat; Wonder Girl
Synopsis
Page is a pinup of Batman and many of his The Brave and the Bold guest stars.

Indexer Notes

Speedy is miscolored as Green Arrow making it look like two GAs, old and new look. Wonder Woman is shown in her "Emma Peel" inspired new look version. (She had appeared in her original version too.)
A key to this page appears after chapter 2 of the next story.

The Origin of Metamorpho (Table of Contents: 4)

Metamorpho / comic story / 23.83 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Ramona Fradon
Inks
Charles Paris
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman ?
Editing
George Kashdan (Original Editor)

Job Number
B-707
Genre
superhero
Characters
Metamorpho [Rex Mason] (Intro, Origin); Sapphire Stagg (Intro); Simon Stagg (Intro); Java (Intro); Ed (Photographer)
Synopsis
Rex Mason agrees to do one last trip for Simon Stagg which will net him enough money to marry Sapphire. Simon send Java with Rex with orders to strand him in Egypt. Java accidentally traps Rex in a pyramid where Rex is given strange powers over the chemical elements.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story across 25 pages in three parts of 8.67, 7.5, and 7.67 pages.

Hail to Them, Blithe Racers! (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Letters
typeset

Job Number
B-700
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Best of the Brave and the Bold
    Batman; The Flash; Metamorpho
  2. 1. Super DC Giant Presents the Brave and the Bold
    Batman; The Flash; Metamorpho
  3. 2. The Death of the Flash
    Batman; The Flash
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. The Origin of Metamorpho
    Metamorpho
  6. 5. Hail to Them, Blithe Racers!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Weldon Adams
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Frode Dreier
  • Jochen G.
  • Lee Lines
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Mark Waid