The Brave and the Bold #22

(February-March 1959)

We'll Ripple Your Body with Muscles and Load T-N-T in Your Fists (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

The National Sports Council / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Invisible Viking! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Viking Prince / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino

Genre:

adventure; historical

Characters:

Viking Prince; Freya (tiny woman, not the goddess); Gunda / Gunnda (imagined)

Synopsis:

Toiling at the Twelve Tasks of Thor, Jon is shipwrecked. He awakens tied down, Gulliver-like, by tiny people. Tiny Freya trusts him, and cuts him free when raiders attack. He drives them off, and offers to fight for their homeland. They ask he enter a cave to be shrunk by vapors. He shrinks and saves Freya from a spider. Even tiny, he shows the people how to rescue the Mute Bard from a giant squid, then infiltrate a raider ship and drive off the villains. The vapors wear off and he regains his size, says goodbye, and sails off.

Reprints:

• in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #34 (July 1959)
• in The Viking Prince (DC, 2010 series) (June 2010)

Keywords:

giant squid; spider

Indexer Notes

The title is "The Invisible Viking!", but in fact Jon is shrunken.

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Just One Second! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Indian Armor! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

How Indians made armor for protection in battle.

Reprints:

• from Dale Evans Comics (DC, 1948 series) #22 (March-April 1952)

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912 (Table of Contents: 6)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script:

J. S. Liebowitz (Business Manager)

Letters:

?

Synopsis:

List of publisher, owners, managing editor, and editor of The Brave and the Bold.

Indexer Notes

No circulation figures are given.

Challenge of the Sinister Queens! (Table of Contents: 7)

The Silent Knight / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Russ Heath (signed)

Inks:

Russ Heath (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino

Genre:

adventure; historical

Characters:

Silent Knight; Lady Celia; King Arthur; Merlin; Kranda; Xlla; Larique;

Synopsis:

On a fateful mission, the SK rides a perilous bridge with Lady Celia as his squire. They're attacked by bird-men and pitch off the bridge. The SK uses his cape to float and reflects how they got here... Frost, flood, earthquakes plague the land. King Arthur and Merlin are challenged by the Three Queens of Dread - Kranda, Xlla, and Larique - who quarrel as to who should be Queen of Dread. The SK must accept three challenges. A failure is a win for the queen. His squire will be whoever first touches his helmet - and it's Lady Celia!

Reprints:

• in Fantomet (Semic, 1976 series) #18/1983 (30. august 1983)
which is reprinted
• in Serie-pocket (Semic, 1977 series) #105 ([mai] 1985)

Keywords:

Camelot; Plagues

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of story.

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Tootsie Roll Pop / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Barbarians (Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Jack Miller

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

Article about the Moslem invasion of the Roman Empire.

The Magic Card! (Table of Contents: 10)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Genre:

advocacy

Synopsis:

The value of a library card.

[Challenge of the Sinister Queens!] Part Two (Table of Contents: 11)

The Silent Knight / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script:

Robert Kanigher

Pencils:

Russ Heath

Inks:

Russ Heath

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure; historical

Characters:

Silent Knight; Lady Celia

Synopsis:

SK and Lady Celia plop on a flying griffin and tame it, and fly to Camelot. First task done. Second is to battle the Knights of the Clock at a high castle. They fly and battle, but the SK falls. Celia jumps to protect him, and the SK rallies. Second task complete. Third task: a trick! The SK must sword-fight Queen Kranda. He can't attack a woman, and stumbles. But Celia's scarf atop his helmet tangles her sword, and he wins! The Queens depart, the sun returns. And Lady Celia promises to wait until the SK can remove his helmet and reveal his secret identity.

Reprints:

• in Fantomet (Semic, 1976 series) #18/1983 (30. august 1983)
which is reprinted
• in Serie-pocket (Semic, 1977 series) #105 ([mai] 1985)

Keywords:

griffin

Indexer Notes

1) Part 2 of story. 2) Last appearance of the Silent Knight in The Brave and the Bold. He appeared occasionally in later DC stories. 3) The Silent Knight was ret-conned to be Brian KENT, a distant ancestor of Clark Kent. And he was ret-conned as one incarnation of Hawkman because of his hawk emblem. Thus Superman and Hawkman share a common ancestor.

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Tootsie Roll Fudge / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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Gems of Destiny! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Pencils:

Morris Waldinger

Inks:

Tommy Nicolosi

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

A jasper gem was once worn by Italian farmers...

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

Some facts about the jasper, the emerald, the star ruby and the beryl.

Keywords:

beryl; emerald; jasper gem; star ruby

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Lotta-Stamps-a-Month Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Do You Want Spending Money? (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

150 Civil War Soldiers! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Josely Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)