The Brave and the Bold #158 [Whitman]
(January 1980)

DC, 1955 Series
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Volume
26
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
Whitman W [with Face]
Barcode
3044001
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)

Issue Notes

Barcode appears on cover but with a line through it to render it unscannable.
This issue is a variant of The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #158. There exist further variants:

Yesterday Never Dies! (Table of Contents)

Batman; Wonder Woman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Aparo (signed)
Inks
Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Todd Klein

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Yesterday Never Dies! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman; Wonder Woman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Jim Aparo (signed)
Inks
Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Jim Aparo

Job Number
J-6227
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Flashback (villain); French ambassador; Steve Trevor (hallucination, death); Joe Chill (hallucination); Thomas Wayne (hallucination, death); Martha Wayne (hallucination, death)
Synopsis
Flashback tries to stop an American company from building a automobile plant in France by killing the French politicians working on the plan.
Reprints
Keywords
Paris

Indexer Notes

Credits state "Script: Gerry Conway (from a character suggested by Carla Conway)".

Story told in 2 parts. Part 1 - A Memory of Madness. Part 2 - Paris Knights.

The Rescue (Table of Contents: 2)

Hostess Twinkies; Superman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies in comic strip format.

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

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

Script
Paul Levitz
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-409

Indexer Notes

Letters from Bob Robinson, James Abbott and Kent A. Phenis.

Volume 79 Issue 42 - Week of October 21, 1979 (Table of Contents: 4)

The Answer Man; Daily Planet / in-house column / 0.8 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
P-342
Characters
Red Tornado; Superman

Indexer Notes

Information on Justice League of America #175, DC Comic Presents #18, comics on sale the week of November 5th and Ask the Answer Man questions from Steve Hofenbredl, Charles David Haskell, Jim Grimestad, Daniel Myers, Eric Daniel, Chipper Trevarthan, Chris Khalaf, Tom Keane and Simon Gallimore.

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

Hembeck / cartoon / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Fred Hembeck
Pencils
Fred Hembeck
Inks
Fred Hembeck
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Haunted Tank
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Yesterday Never Dies!
    Batman; Wonder Woman
  2. 1. Yesterday Never Dies!
    Batman; Wonder Woman
  3. 2. The Rescue
    Hostess Twinkies; Superman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Brave and the Bold Mailbag
  5. 4. Volume 79 Issue 42 - Week of October 21, 1979
    The Answer Man; Daily Planet
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Hembeck
This issue was modified by
  • Peter Croome
  • Jochen G.
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore