DC Special #25

(December 1976-January 1977)

The Muse (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Die by the Sword! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Three Musketeers / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Murray Boltinoff

Pencils

Lee Elias

Inks

John Calnan

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

B-2867

First Line of Dialogue or Text

All night the people of Paris have waited...

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

D'Artagnan; Porthos; Aramis; Athos; Duc de Corbeau (death); Mistingunette; King Louis of France; Cardinal Richelieu; Eugenie

Will the Real Robin Hood Please Stand Up? (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Murray Boltinoff

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

B2919

Genre

non-fiction

Keywords

research

Indexer Notes

Question and answers on the existence of Robin Hood. Features a spot illustration.

The Forest of Traps! (Table of Contents: 4)

Robin Hood / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Russ Heath (signed as Russ Heath [big R long-tailed H])

Inks

Russ Heath (signed as Russ Heath [big R long-tailed H])

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Job Number

B-2924

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I have come against a master in this most dangerous game!

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Robin Hood; The Merrie Men

Synopsis

Robin's men are shunned in formerly-friendly villages, accused of looting. Robin's Merrie Men track the imposters, but Robin is braced by a master swordsman he barely defeats. More imposters have a master quarter-staffer who fights Robin on a spinning log. Finally a master archer trades arrows with Robin until he pins the imposter's shield to a tree. Prince John's men rush in, but Robin's band topples a wagon atop them - and are greeted as heroes by villagers.

Reprints

• from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #7 (August-September 1956)

The Bow That Couldn't Be Bent! (Table of Contents: 5)

Robin Hood / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Haney

Pencils

Russ Heath (signed as Russ Heath [big R long-tailed H])

Inks

Russ Heath (signed as Russ Heath [big R long-tailed H])

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

B-2928

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Robin Hood was not always Master of Sherwood...

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Robin Hood; Old Hugh; Sir Rolf; Osric of Dragosnmoor

Synopsis

"A tale about the Ace Archer when he was a boy"

In his boyhood, Robin shirks knightly training to wander the forest. Old Hugh secretly teaches the boy archer, but his huge bow is too mighty for Robin to bend. When brigands attack, Robin bends the bow and drives them off. Returning home, his father is challenged by vicious knights in a joust to the death! Honor demands. From cover, Robin shoots arrows to bowl evil knights from the saddle, saving the day. Yet he's chastened by his father for "wasting time with Old Hugh". Maybe someday he'll use the bow against villainy...

Reprints

• from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #15 (December 1957-January 1958)

The Outcast Viking (Table of Contents: 6)

The Viking Prince / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Haney

Pencils

Joe Kubert (credited)

Inks

Joe Kubert (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Job Number

B-2925

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The shaggy giants marched over the trembling earth///

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Jon, the Viking Prince; Gunnda; Baldur the Wandering Seer; Captain Olaf

Synopsis

Baldur, a wandering "seer", beats the sacred drum and demands Jon be driven out else the village will be ruined. Jon moves up the fjord to a glacier full of frozen "glacier beasts" (mammoths). A volcano erupts and the heat frees the mammoths to stampede toward the village. Jon sails his ice boat before them, hacks the ice, and drops the beasts into the freezing water. The village is saved. And wicked Baldur fled for his life!

Reprints

• from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #8 (October-November 1956)

Indexer Notes

Story credited to Bob Kanigher here, but credited to Bob Haney in all later reprints of this story. (Correction submitted by Rich Feinberg via the GCD Error Tracker.)