The Brave and the Bold #116

(December 1974-January 1975)

The Brave and the Bold Presents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

Paul Levitz ?

Pencils

Jim Aparo (Spectre); Nick Cardy (Batman)

Inks

Jim Aparo (Spectre); Nick Cardy (Batman)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Job Number

B-2230

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman; Spectre

Indexer Notes

Page composed of a Batman figure from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #92 and a Spectre figure from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #435.

Grasp of the Killer Cult (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman; The Spectre / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Haney

Pencils

Jim Aparo

Inks

Jim Aparo

Colors

?

Letters

Jim Aparo

Job Number

B-2087

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; James Gordon; Lola Lalanna; John T. Weaver; James Wilson

Synopsis

Bizarre murders are committed by seemingly upstanding citizens who are soon determined to be imposters. They turn out to be members of a World War II military construction crew possessed by the spirits of followers of the Far Eastern goddess Kali. It takes the power of the Spectre to prevent her resurrection.

Reprints

• in Bumper Batcomic (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #2 ([September 1976] ?)
• in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #11/1978 (oktober 1978)
• in Lynvingen (Semic, 1977 series) #9/1978 (uke 44 1978)
• in Showcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold Batman Team-Ups (DC, 2007 series) #3 (2008 [February 2009])
• in Showcase Presents: The Spectre (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([June] 2012)
• in Legends of the Dark Knight: Jim Aparo (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([June] 2012)
• in Batman Collection - Jim Aparo (Panini Deutschland, 2013 series) #2 ([August] 2013)
• in Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([October] 2018)
• in The Spectre: The Wrath of the Spectre Omnibus (DC, 2020 series) ([October] 2020)

Indexer Notes

Told in three parts.
Part 1 - Streets of Fear (6 pages).
Part 2 - The Tooth of Kali (7 pages).
Part 3 - Judgment of a Goddess (7 pages).

The Dimensional Caper! (Table of Contents: 3)

Teen Titans / comic story / 22.83 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Haney

Pencils

Nick Cardy

Inks

Nick Cardy

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Editing

Dick Giordano (original editor)

Job Number

B-2233

Genre

superhero

Characters

Teen Titans [Robin [Dick Grayson]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]; Aqualad [Garth]]; Mr. Walters; Chet Walters; Leader One [Mr. Downs] (School Principal); Sally; Mr. Farnum (Physics Teacher); Eddie (student); Marcia (student)

Synopsis

The Titans prevent an invasion from another dimension that occupies the same space as Chet Walters' school.

Reprints

• from Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #16 (July-August 1968)

Indexer Notes

Told in three chapters. Bottom 1/3 of last page of each chapter 1 and 2 are house ads for other DC Comics. Bottom 1/2 of last page of chapter 3 is a puzzle.

Double Clues #3 (Table of Contents: 4)

activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis

Pencils

Nick Cardy; Jim Aparo; Don Heck; Murphy Anderson

Inks

Nick Cardy; Jim Aparo; Don Heck; Murphy Anderson

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

P-34

Characters

Robin [Dick Grayson]; Wonder Woman (vignette); Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (vignette); Wonder Girl [Donna Troy] (vignette); Spectre (vignette); Batman (vignette); Kid Flash [Wally West]

Synopsis

A word puzzle to reveal the identity of Batman's co-star in the next issue.

Indexer Notes

Lower half of final page of Sequence 3. Answers in Sequence 6.

The Wonder Girl figure (upper body only) is taken from the cover of Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #23. The Spectre (head only) from the cover of Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #432. The rest are currently unidentified.

Knight for a Day! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Irv Novick

Inks

Irv Novick

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Editing

Robert Kanigher ? (original editor)

Job Number

B-2232

Genre

historical; adventure

Characters

Silent Knight

Synopsis

True heir to the throne Brian is assigned to deliver the Sun Ruby to a neighboring kingdom, in the hope that he will be killed travelling through the Forest Perilous, but as the Silent Knight he surmounts all obstacles.

Reprints

• from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #2 (October-November 1955)

Keywords

swashbuckler

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

activity / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis

Pencils

Joe Kubert; ?

Inks

Joe Kubert; ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

P-34-B

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Readers, here are the answers...

Characters

Batman; Sgt. Rock

Synopsis

Answers to Double Clues #3.

Keywords

Game

Indexer Notes

Bottom third of last page of Sequence 5. The source of the Batman and Sgt. Rock figures are currently unidentified.

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

The Brave and the Bold Mailbag / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Murray Boltinoff

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

B-2282

Indexer Notes

Excerpts from letters by Hume Baugh, George E. Guay, Dave Romm, Matthew O'Bannon, Philip Street, "R.C.W.," Lynn Scharbow, Chris Padovano, Rich Reeves, Mike Goodman, Steve Andrews, Billy Stripling, Alan Spinney, Will Nash, Ed Sordellini, Dan Coggins, Alan Addleman, Scott Gibson, Scott Taylor, Martin Boyer, Clarence Rutherford, Black Wolf (a Native American reader) and Bob Rodi (a plot premise for a Wonder Woman team-up rejected by the editor). An apparently entire letter from Dan Gheno with reply from the editor. Specifications of original publications of the stories reprinted in this issue. Team-up suggestions from Steve Getman, Ms. Lynne Pope, Jeff Reynolds, Dale Cendali, Robert Sherrill, Gary S. Arkell, David Hsiung, Bill Morgan, Jack Herring, David Jones, Dave Butler, Larry Varvel and Bobby Justice.

Heroes Who Wouldn't Die! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis

Pencils

Jim Aparo; Neal Adams; Carmine Infantino; Frank Harry; Howard Purcell; Joe Certa; Bruno Premiani; ?

Inks

Jim Aparo; Neal Adams; Carmine Infantino; Frank Harry; Howard Purcell; Joe Certa; Bruno Premiani; ?

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Job Number

B-2234

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman; Deadman; Ghost Patrol; The Gay Ghost; Robotman [Paul Dennis]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]

Synopsis

Due to his new-material co-star this issue being the Spectre, Batman discusses various other DC heroes whose origins begin with their deaths, or near-deaths.

Indexer Notes

The sources of the vignettes are as follows:
Robotman [Paul Dennis] from Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #7,
Gay Ghost from Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1942 series) #4,
Deadman from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #205,
the Ghost Patrol from an unidentified issue of Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series),
and Robotman [Cliff Steele] from either My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #80 or Doom Patrol (DC, 1964 series) #100 (the two original panels are identical).

One of the Batman figures is from the cover of Batman (DC, 1940 series) #238; the other two are unidentified, though one comes from a 1960's-era pin-up.

In the Coils of Copperhead! (Table of Contents: 9)

Batgirl; Batman; Wonder Woman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Haney

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original editor)

Job Number

B-2231

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Batman; Copperhead; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Wonder Woman

Synopsis

Batman's pursuit of a new villain is complicated by both Wonder Woman and Batgirl falling in love with the Caped Crusader.

Reprints

• from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #78 (June-July 1968)

Indexer Notes

This story is divided into three chapters, the last page of each being two-thirds story/art and one-third DC house ad.

The Many Lives of the Spectre (Table of Contents: 10)

The Spectre / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis

Pencils

Jim Aparo; Nick Cardy; Bernard Baily; Murphy Anderson

Inks

Jim Aparo; Nick Cardy; Bernard Baily; Murphy Anderson

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Job Number

B-2235

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Batman (one vignette)

Reprints

• in Bumper Batcomic (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #2 ([September 1976] ?)

Indexer Notes

Batman fills in the readers on the background of his co-star this issue, the Spectre.

Spectre artwork for this feature is taken from More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #53 [top tier (art only) from last page of Spectre story], Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #60 [cover illustration (art only)], Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #83 [cover illustrations (art only)], and Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #5 (November-December 1973) [from the cover, two of three vertical panels].

The Batman vignette is from an unidentified source.