Brave and the Bold

The Brave and the Bold was a DC Comics comic book which was published from August 1955 to July 1983. more...

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Originally an anthology series featuring tales of adventure from past ages (Silent Knight, Viking Prince, Robin Hood), it was reinvented (beginning with #25) as a try-out title for new characters, and again (beginning with #50) as a venue for team-ups between established characters, among which issues featuring Batman teaming up with various other characters soon came to predominate. Batman team-ups featured in #59, #64, #67-71, #74 and then every issue to the end of the run. The final issue, #200, tied the title's Batman-team-up present with its new-character-introduction past with a story introducing the Batman-led superhero team the Outsiders.

Characters and teams that first appeared in The Brave and the Bold include:

Silver Age Suicide Squad (#25); Justice League of America (#28); Cave Carson (#31); Silver Age Hawkman (#34); Teen Titans(#54); Metamorpho (#57); Nemesis (#166);

The title has subsequently been used for a number of miniseries featuring superhero team-ups:

A 1991-92 version of the title was a six-issue miniseries featuring Green Arrow, the Question and the Butcher.; In 1999, there was Flash & Green Lantern: The Brave and the Bold, a six-issue miniseries by Mark Waid featuring the Silver Age versions of the Flash and Green Lantern.;

A new version, to be written by Kevin Smith, was planned but seems to have been shelved. Most recently, in 2005, at the annual San Diego Comic Convention, it was announced that Mark Waid would once again take up The Brave and the Bold name after signing an exclusive contract with DC.

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In 2005 an archive edition, The Brave and the Bold Team-Ups Archive was published containing the first 'team-up' issues.

Issue 28: Showcase Presents: Justice League of America vol 1.; Issue 29: Showcase Presents: Justice League of America vol 1.; Issue 30: Showcase Presents: Justice League of America vol 1.; Issue 34: Showcase Presents: Hawkman vol 1.; Issue 35: Showcase Presents: Hawkman vol 1.; Issue 36: Showcase Presents: Hawkman vol 1.; Issue 42: Showcase Presents: Hawkman vol 1.; Issue 43: Showcase Presents: Hawkman vol 1.; Issue 44: Showcase Presents: Hawkman vol 1.; Issue 50: Showcase Presents: Green Arrow vol 1.; Issue 52: Showcase Presents: Haunted Tank vol 1.; Issue 54: Showcase Presents: The Teen Titans vol 1.; Issue 57: Showcase Presents: Metamorpho vol 1.; Issue 58: Showcase Presents: Metamorpho vol 1.; Issue 59: Showcase Presents: The Brave & The Bold - Batman Team-Ups vol 1.; Issue 60: Showcase Presents: The Teen Titans vol 1.; Issue 64: Showcase Presents: The Brave & The Bold - Batman Team-Ups vol 1.; Issue 66: Showcase Presents: Metamorpho vol 1.; Issue 67: Showcase Presents: The Brave & The Bold - Batman Team-Ups vol 1.; Issue 68: Showcase Presents: Metamorpho vol 1.; Issue 69: Showcase Presents: The Brave & The Bold - Batman Team-Ups vol 1.; Issue 70: Showcase Presents: The Brave & The Bold - Batman Team-Ups vol 1.; Issue 71: Showcase Presents: The Brave & The Bold - Batman Team-Ups vol 1., Showcase Presents: Green Arrow vol 1.; Issue 74: Showcase Presents: The Brave & The Bold - Batman Team-Ups vol 1.; Issue 75: Showcase Presents: The Brave & The Bold - Batman Team-Ups vol 1.; Issue 76: Showcase Presents: The Brave & The Bold - Batman Team-Ups vol 1.; Issue 77: Showcase Presents: The Brave & The Bold - Batman Team-Ups vol 1.; Issue 78: Showcase Presents: The Brave & The Bold - Batman Team-Ups vol 1.; Issue 79: Showcase Presents: The Brave & The Bold - Batman Team-Ups vol 1.; Issue 80: Showcase Presents: The Brave & The Bold - Batman Team-Ups vol 1.; Issue 81: Showcase Presents: The Brave & The Bold - Batman Team-Ups vol 1.; Issue 82: Showcase Presents: The Brave & The Bold - Batman Team-Ups vol 1.; Issue 83: Showcase Presents: The Brave & The Bold - Batman Team-Ups vol 1.; Issue 84: Showcase Presents: The Brave & The Bold - Batman Team-Ups vol 1.; Issue 85: Showcase Presents: The Brave & The Bold - Batman Team-Ups vol 1., Showcase Presents: Green Arrow vol 1.; Issue 86: Showcase Presents: The Brave & The Bold - Batman Team-Ups vol 1.; Issue 87: Showcase Presents: The Brave & The Bold - Batman Team-Ups vol 1.;

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