The Brave and the Bold #188 [Direct]
(July 1982)

DC, 1955 Series
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Volume
28
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale date
1982-03-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics, Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dick Giordano (editor)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Silver Age, then Modern Age US
Paper Stock
Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding
Saddle-stitched (Squarebound #112-117, 120, 200)
Publishing Format
was ongoing series

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.

On-sale date from copyright registration.

A Grave as Wide as the World (Table of Contents)

Batman; Rose and the Thorn / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Aparo (signed)
Inks
Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Job Number
C-945
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; The Thorn; Nazis
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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A Grave as Wide as the World! Part 1: A Moon for Madmen! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman; Rose and the Thorn / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Jim Aparo
Inks
Jim Aparo
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Jim Aparo
Job Number
J-81?5
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; The Thorn [Rose Forrest]; Ernst Kuller; David Phillips; Leah Daniels; Detective Sgt. Phil Forrest (flashback); Nazis
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continues in the following issue.

Gladiator's Gauntlet! (Table of Contents: 2)

Nemesis / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Burkett
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Phil Felix
Job Number
J-8123
Characters
Nemesis; Jay Kingston; Marjorie Marshall; Irene Scarfield; Leonard Maddoks; Carl Sheffield; The Council

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Brave & Bold Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Giordano
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1037

Indexer Notes

Letters from Bruce Scott, Scott Katz, Johnathan Lai-Khan, Kevin Brown, David Lipson and James Anthony Jr.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. A Grave as Wide as the World
    Batman; Rose and the Thorn
  2. 1. A Grave as Wide as the World! Part 1: A Moon for Madmen!
    Batman; Rose and the Thorn
  3. 2. Gladiator's Gauntlet!
    Nemesis
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Brave & Bold Mailbag
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