The Brave and the Bold #171 [Newsstand]
(February 1981)

DC, 1955 Series
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Volume
27
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980-11-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893044002
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #185.
This issue is a variant of The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #171 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman; Scalphunter / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Aparo (signed)
Inks
Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood (sourced)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number
C-504
Genre
superhero; western-frontier
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Scalphunter [Ke-Woh-No-Tay]
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A Cannon for Batman (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman; Scalphunter / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
José Luis García-López
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
John Costanza
Job Number
J-6408
Genre
superhero; western-frontier
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Scalphunter [Ke-Woh-No-Tay]; Alfred Pennyworth; Professor Carter Nichols; Martha Jennings; Confederate soldiers; Union Soldiers; Juniper; Lieutenant Richards (deceased); Sergeant Rawlings (deceased)
Synopsis
Upon finding a strange relic from the Civil War, Batman asks Professor Nichols to send him back in time where he teams with Scalphunter to protect a shipment of medical supplies.
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Keywords
American Civil War; Bull Run

Indexer Notes

Told in two parts.
Part One: A Dream of Things Past...
Part Two: The Past and Future War...

Aquaman and the Space Capsule (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Aquaman; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Double or Nothing (Table of Contents: 3)

Nemesis / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Burkett
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
John Costanza
Job Number
J-6995
Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
Nemesis; Marjorie Marshall; M. C. Curtis; Valerie Foxworth
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Paul Levitz
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-672

Indexer Notes

Letters from Mark Lagasse, Robert Hughes, Alicia Wu and Brian Nelson.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman; Scalphunter
  2. 1. A Cannon for Batman
    Batman; Scalphunter
  3. 2. Aquaman and the Space Capsule
    Aquaman; Hostess Fruit Pies
  4. 3. Double or Nothing
    Nemesis
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Brave and the Bold Mailbag
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