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Issue: The Brave and the Bold #116
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [circle]View Brand Images
On Sale Date: 09/17/1974
Volume: 20
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #110.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Grasp of the Killer Cult

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
? (vignette)
? (vignette)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; The Spectre; Teen Titans [Robin [Dick Grayson]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Aqualad; Wonder Girl] (inset); Wonder Woman (inset); Batgirl (inset); Cooperhead (inset); Robotman [Paul Dennis] (vignette); Deadman (vignette); Silent Knight (vignette)
Reprinting
FlagShowcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold Batman Team-Ups #3 published February 2008
as Brave and the Bold #116 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: The Spectre #1 published June 2012
as The Brave and the Bold #116 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman Collection - Jim Aparo #2 published August 2013
as The Brave and the Bold #116 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
B-2284
Cover includes small reproductions of the covers to Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #16 by Nick Cardy and The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #78 by Bob Brown, and headshots of Deadman by George Tuska and the Silent Knight by Irv Novick from unidentified sources.

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
The Brave and the Bold Presents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Spectre
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
B-2230
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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
occult, superhero
Batman; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; James Gordon; Lola Lalanna; John T. Weaver; James Wilson
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.
Reprinting
FlagLynvingen #9/1978 published January 1978
as Mordersektens kvelertak [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLäderlappen #11/1978 published October 1978
as Mördarkulten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold Batman Team-Ups #3 published February 2008
as Grasp of the Killer Cult [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: The Spectre #1 published June 2012
as Grasp of the Killer Cult [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman Collection - Jim Aparo #2 published August 2013
as Im Würgegriff der Killer-Sekte [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
20
B-2087
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!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
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)
The Titans prevent an invasion from another dimension that occupies the same space as Chet Walters' school.
Reprinting
FlagTeen Titans #16 published July 1968
was The Dimensional Caper! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
22.83
B-2233
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

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Robin [Dick Grayson]; Wonder Woman (vignette); Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (vignette); Wonder Girl [Donna Troy] (vignette); Spectre (vignette); Batman (vignette); Kid Flash [Wally West]
A word puzzle to reveal the identity of Batman's co-star in the next issue.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
P-34
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!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
historical, swashbuckler
Silent Knight
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.
Reprinting
FlagThe Brave and the Bold #2 published October 1955
was Knight for a Day! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7.67
B-2232
[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
activity
Batman; Sgt. Rock
Readers, here are the answers...
Answers to Double Clues #3.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
P-34-B
Bottom third of last page of Sequence 5. The source of the Batman and Sgt. Rock figures are currently unidentified.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (illustration)
? (illustration)
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
B-2282
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!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Deadman; Ghost Patrol; The Gay Ghost; Robotman [Paul Dennis]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]
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.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
B-2234
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!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Copperhead; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Wonder Woman
Batman's pursuit of a new villain is complicated by both Wonder Woman and Batgirl falling in love with the Caped Crusader.
Reprinting
FlagThe Brave and the Bold #78 published June 1968
was In the Coils of Copperhead! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
22
B-2231
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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
occult, superhero
The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Batman (one vignette)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
B-2235
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.

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