The Brave and the Bold #143

(September-October 1978)

Cast the First Stone (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman; The Creeper / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Haney (credited); Cary Burkett (credited)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited)

Colors

Jerry Serpe (credited)

Letters

Jim Aparo (credited)

Job Number

J-5249

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Nightfall in Gotham... and the creatures of the dark are already on the prowl!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Creeper [Jack Ryder]; Alfred Pennyworth (flashback); Aquaman [Orin] (flashback); Boats Dugan (flashback); Mera (flashback); James Gordon; Big Simon; Albert Taylor; Monty Walcott; Digger Fallen

Reprints

• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #25/1978 (29. November 1978), #25/1978 (29. November 1978), #25/1978 (29. November 1978)
• in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #1053 (17 de noviembre de 1980)
• in Legends of the Dark Knight: Jim Aparo (DC, 2012 series) #2 ([November] 2013)
• in Batman Collection - Jim Aparo (Panini Deutschland, 2013 series) #4 ([Juli] 2015)
• in Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([October] 2018)

Keywords

Batarang; Batrope; Gotham City; Gotham City Police Headquarters; Gotham Harbor

Indexer Notes

Story told in multiple parts.
Part One - Enter... The Creeper! (6 pages).
Part 2 - To Cage the Kingpin! (4 pages).
Part 3 - The Vertigo Effect! (6 pages).

Onward and Upward (Table of Contents: 2)

DC Publishorial / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jenette Kahn (signed as Jenette)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Changes. These days, they come fast and furious.

Feature Logo

DC Publishorial

Indexer Notes

Information on recent price increases.

The Cat and the Canary Contract! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Human Target / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein (credited)

Pencils

Dick Giordano (credited)

Inks

Dick Giordano (credited)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)

Letters

Shelly Leferman (credited)

Job Number

J-5294

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As a matter of policy, I don't usually work for the government-- but this time they'd made me an offer my wallet couldn't refuse!

Feature Logo

The Human Target [long H]

Genre

adventure; superhero

Characters

The Human Target [Christopher Chance] (origin); Amos Sharkey; The Cat; Dancer (flashback); Philip Chance (flashback, death); FBI (unnamed agents)

Keywords

Lex Luthor statue; Washington D. C.

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

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

Script

Paul Levitz (credited)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-922

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Welcome to the new Brave & Bold, readers--bigger and better than ever, in our humble opinion.

Feature Logo

The Brave and the Bold Mailbag [with Batman]

Indexer Notes

Letters or comments from James L. Bleeker, Mike White, Jerry Stephan, Mike Lanzalotti, Kenneth Martin, The Phantom Moneywrench, Mickey Eury, Kent Curry, and Kent A. Phenis.

Volume 78 Issue 25 - Week of June 19, 1978 (Table of Contents: 5)

Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis (credited)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Editing

Bob Rozakis (credited); Anthony Tollin (credited) (production)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hawkman wings into Detective Comics

Feature Logo

Daily Planet Extra

Characters

Hawkman; Justice Society of America; The Answer Man

Indexer Notes

Information on Detective Comics #479, Kamandi #59, All-Star Comics #74, comics on sale the week of June 26th and Ask the Answer Man questions from Jim Hirschbook, Brian Robson, Chris Moretta and Mark Paranosic.