The Brave and the Bold #42

(June-July 1962)

Tomorrow's Stars Appear Today! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Menace of the Dragonfly Raiders (Table of Contents: 2)

Hawkman / comic story / 24.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited)

Pencils

Joe Kubert (credited)

Inks

Joe Kubert (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

Byth (villain) (also flashback); Hawkgirl [Shayera Thal] (also flashback); Hawkman [Katar Hol] (also flashback); Konrad Kaslak (flashback) (cameo); Matter Master [Mark Mandrill] (flashback) (cameo); Andar Pul (first appearance); Shadow-Thief [Carl Sands] (flashback) (cameo); Krandor Vat (first appearance); Dragonfly Raiders (villains); Jarl (villain)

Synopsis

Hawkman and Hawkgirl return to Thanagar, where Byth has escaped from prison and replicated his powers in the others of his gang. The Hawks use police techniques they learned on Earth to capture the criminals.

Reprints

• in Historias Fantásticas (Editorial Novaro, 1958 series) #108 (15 de julio de 1964)
• in Hawkman (DC, 1989 series) ([September] 1989)
• in The Hawkman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1 ([November] 2000)
• in Showcase Presents: Hawkman (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([May] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Story in 3 parts: Part 1 (unnumbered, 7 pp.), Part 2 (7 pp.), Part 3 (10.67 pp.)

Hawkman earns the "honor wings" on his helmet in this story.

At their first meeting by the waterfall (in flashback), Hawkgirl introduces herself as "Policewoman Shayera Thal" (page 15).

Your Pass to New Worlds! (Table of Contents: 3)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Synopsis

Frank takes his friends to the public library where they are impressed with the different kinds of books that can teach them new things.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

On the page immediately following page 7 of the main story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

The Atom / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Hawkman's Roost / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Of all the rotten deals!

Indexer Notes

Letters from Donna Heinbaugh, Paul Gambaccini, M.R. Motta, Jerry Bails, Jim Smith, Ron Selose, Tom Brown, and Donald A. Thompson.

On the two pages immediately following page 14 of the main story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Strange Bird Beliefs / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

According to a rural superstition...

Genre

non-fiction; animal

Reprints

• in Historias Fantásticas (Editorial Novaro, 1958 series) #108 (15 de julio de 1964)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Junket Desserts; Salada Tea / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

For the Best in Comics Entertainment (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

Bike Bonanza of Big Buys (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

8mm Motion Picture Projector (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

8mm Motion Picture Projector / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)