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Issue: The Brave and the Bold #3
Publication Date: December 1955
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Issues: #3 of 200 Issues (296 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/16/1955
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Cover pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (18 August 2007). Script and art credits for fillers verified from DC records of Nelson Bridwell.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age, then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #112-117, 120, 200)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Tales of Blazing Adventure

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Silent Knight; Celia
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Do You Want Spending Money?

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad to recruit salespeople to sell plaques with religious and sentimental mottoes.
Inside front cover.
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The Invisible Wall!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): Golden Gladiator [Marcus]; Crassus the Conqueror (villain); Cassius; Horatio; Flavius; Augustus; Cotta
Synopsis: Golden Gladiator and a group of children protect a defenseless village with just a toy ship and a herd of goats.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #3 published April 1956
as The Invisible Wall [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantomet #22/1985 published January 1985
as Den usynlige muren [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of the Brave and the Bold #4 published January 1988
as The Invisible Wall! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Yoo Hoo It's Me My Name Is Pinky Lee

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Genres: celebrity
Character(s): Pinky Lee
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Tootsie Rolls, Tootsie Pops, Tootsie Fudge, and Tootsie Caramels.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Knights of the Square Table
Character(s): Sir Bragg; Smiling Knight
First Line: Here comes that boaster, Sir Bragg!
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In Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #6 published July 1956
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.5
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"Wings" Winchester Saves the Movie Theater

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Wings Winchester; Winnie Winchester
Synopsis: Winchester Skates
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Pages: 0.5
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The Hammer of Thor!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Viking Prince [Jon]; Captain Olaf; Gunnda; Sardluk; Baron Thorvald
Synopsis: When Captain Olaf is taken prisoner by Baron Thorvald, Jon frees him with the help of the hammer of Thor.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published January 1990
as The Hammer of Thor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published May 1992
as The Hammer of Thor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantomet #2/1993 published January 1993
as Tors hammer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
In Content Item: FlagThe Viking Prince #[nn] published September 2010
as The Hammer of Thor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

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First Line: A kangaroo mother and son...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for the Curtiss Candy Company, makers of Baby Ruth.
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How a Nation Is Born

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Genres: non-fiction, opinion
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Pages: 1
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Caesar's Last Battle

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Julius Caesar
Synopsis: An account of Caesar's final battle with the Gauls.
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Pages: 2
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Challenge of the Black Lance!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Silent Knight [Brian]; Slasher (hawk); Sir Oswald Bane (villain); Sir Grot; Cedric the Black (villain); Celia
Synopsis: Squire Brian is repeatedly humiliated by his trainer, gruff Sir Grot. When Cedric the Black hurls his black lance into the castle door, an insult, Sir Grot rides out to fight him, but is slammed. Brian "accidentally" tumbles in the moat, rescues Sir Grot, and dashes to the Forest Perilous to become the Silent Knight. Just in time, for Lady Celia is attached by Cedric's thugs. SK dodges the black lance and tumbles through a stream to ram Cedric flat and rescue Celia.
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In Content Item: FlagFantomet #15/1981 published January 1981
as Svarte Cedric! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantomet #19/1993 published September 1993
as Svarte Cedrik [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: cover story
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To the Boys and Girls of America --

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Feature(s): DC Comics
Synopsis: Generic ad for all comics that carry the Superman DC National Comics symbol.
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Pages: 0.33
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Kids! Be the First to Send for the New Plastic Kings' Knights

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Disclose Notes: Ad for 26 different plastic toy knights. Sold by Josely Company.
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Boys! Girls! Mothers! Dads! Take 'Em Free!

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Synopsis: Littleton Stamp Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for 100 free stamps.
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Get Your Own Man-Size Daisy Air Rifle

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Daisy Air Rifles and other related Daisy products.
Inside back cover.
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Boys Girls Get These Prizes

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad to recruit salespeople for packs of envelopes, cards and seals.
Back cover.

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