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Issue: The Brave and the Bold #23
Publication Date: April 1959
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Issues: #23 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: 02/19/1959
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Kubert's cover credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics
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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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Battling in -- Thunderous Tales of the Mystic Northland!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Viking Prince; Princess Asa
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In Content Item: FlagThe Viking Prince #[nn] published September 2010
as The Brave and the Bold No. 23 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Art of Joe Kubert #[nn] published January 2011
as The Brave and the Bold #23 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Toys! Tricks! Surprises! Galore

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.

Advertisements for various gags and gadgets from Honor House Products Co.
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Origin of the Viking Prince!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Viking Prince (origin); King Rikk, the Storm Cloud; Princess Asa; The Mute Bard; Torgo the Dragon King (villain); King Harold (mentioned)
Synopsis: Another new direction. No more Twelve Tasks of Thor to regain his kingdom, no more Gunnda... King Rikk, the Storm Cloud, raids England and trains teenage Jon to be his successor. He's also betrothed to Princess Asa, and they hate each other. But the Mute Bard draws sinister visions from the smoke of dragon ships, cages, and weeping...
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In Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #115 published October 1974
as Origin of the Viking Prince! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagQuadrinhos (3ª Série) O Sombra [The Shadow] #9 published June 1975
as A origem do Príncipe Viking [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Viking Prince #[nn] published September 2010
as Origin of the Viking Prince! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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[untitled]

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First Line: There was a weight lifter named Lane...
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Candy advertisement.
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The Flash #106

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): DC Comics
Character(s): Flash; Pied piper
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Disclose Notes: House advertisement for The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #106 (April-May 1959).
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What's Your B.Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)

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Genres: opinion
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[Origin of the Viking Prince!] Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Viking Prince (origin); King Rikk, the Storm Cloud; Princess Asa; Torgo the Dragon King (villain)
Synopsis: Jon trains hard, fishing by hand, fighting blindfolded. Asa eschews womanly tasks to be a Viking Maiden. Then King Rikk's shipwrecks on rocks and is captured. Jon and the Bard escape by water. They crawl ashore and Jon infiltrates the castle. His father is held in a cage, Asa a captive. Jon battles them all, pulls down a canopy, and defeats Torgo. They sail for home, wondering about "startling adventures we shall see..."
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In Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #115 published October 1974
as Origin of the Viking Prince! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Viking Prince #[nn] published September 2010
as Origin of the Viking Prince! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6.67
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[untitled]

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First Line: There once was an archer named Park...
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Candy advertisement for Tootsie Roll Pop.
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Famous Sailing Ships Throughout the World!

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
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Pages: 2
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Knight's Castle

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
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Pages: 1
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The Figurehead of the Burning Sea!

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Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Viking Prince; Princess Asa; King Harold; Jarl Eric the Axe (villain)
Synopsis: While at her father's castle with Prince Jon, Asa vanishes into thin air. Jarl Eric, brother of the Dragon King, imprisoned her spirit in a wooden figurehead. Jon sets off to rescue her. He hauls her wooden form up in a net but is captured. He must fight Jarl Eric wearing a hood, then escapes to his boat with the figurehead as a volcano sets the sea afire. Jon sacrifices his drinking water to save the wooden figurehead - and she returns to life! Fleeing, they skirt a maelstrom, and Eric's ship sinks. Back in Asa's kingdom, Jon is rewarded with a kiss!
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In Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #113 published June 1974
as The Figurehead of the Burning Sea! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagQuadrinhos (3ª Série) O Sombra [The Shadow] #8 published May 1975
as A Imagem do Mar de Fogo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Viking Prince #[nn] published September 2010
as The Figurehead of the Burning Sea! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11.67
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[untitled]

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First Line: There once was a rocket-ship ace...
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Tootsie Roll Fudge.
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Free! Rare Combination - Giant Collection

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Disclose Notes: An advertisement for stamps from the various countries in the British Empire from the Garcelon Stamp Co.
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Do You Want Spending Money?

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Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An advertisement to recruit salespeople to sell plaques with religious and sentimental mottoes.
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How to Gain up to 50 Lbs. of Mighty Muscles!

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Character(s): George Jowett; John Sill; Tony Pascarella; Jim Norman
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

Body-building advertisement from Jowett Institute of Physical Training.
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Make Money Get Prizes with Fast Selling American Seeds

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

An advertisement to recruit salespeople for flower and vegetable seeds from American Seed Co.

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