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Issue: The Brave and the Bold #27
Publication Date: December 1959
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Issues: #27 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: 10/27/1959
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: Cover pencils credit 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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The Creature of Ghost Lake!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): gigantic creature
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Pages: 1
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Draw Bob Hope!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad, with response coupon, from Art Instruction, Inc.
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Part One The Creature of Ghost Lake!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Dr. Mace; Prof. Duane (mentioned)
Synopsis: Prof. Duane is missing, apparently having created a formula that grows things to giant size. Headquarters fears that Prof. Duane has been captured by enemy agents, and orders Suicide Squad to investigate unofficially. The team books into a nearby resort so as to search surreptitiously. A giant monster seizes both Karin and a nuclear bomb being tested with a time device. Knocking the monster out with anesthetic the men free Karin, then tow the monster out to sea where the bomb explodes harmlessly. Suicide Squad regrets the monster's death, as they all surmise it was originally Prof. Duane.
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In Content Item: FlagAll Favourites Comic #18 published May 1960
as The Creature of Ghost Lake [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Book-length story in four parts of 6, 6, 6, and 7 pages.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Everything you need to enjoy stamp collecting...
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Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 6 of the main story sequence. Ad, with order coupon, for stamps and supplies from Zenith Company.
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The Atom Servant of Man

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Genres: non-fiction, opinion, science and technology
Character(s): Scientists; doctors; farmers
Synopsis: Various scientists around the world demonstrate uses of radio-isotopes.
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Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the main story sequence. Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Even though published in 1959 -- before decolonization and before the height of the American Civil Rights battle -- non-white scientists are shown doing the work in their own countries across the globe.
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Part Two The Creature of Ghost Lake!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Prof. Duane (mentioned); gigantic creature
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[untitled]

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First Line: Hi-Power Binoculars
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page between page 12 and page 13 of the main story sequence. Ad, with order coupon, for binoculars from Josely Co.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Given!
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Disclose Notes: On the page between page 12 and page 13 of the main story sequence. Ad, with response coupon, from Wilson Chemical Co.
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Part Three The Creature of Ghost Lake!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Prof. Duane (mentioned); gigantic creature
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The Menace of the Driver Ants!

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Genres: nature, non-fiction
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Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 18 of the main story sequence. Description of driver ants and their habits.
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Robot Bombs Over London!

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Genres: non-fiction, war
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Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 19 of the main story sequence. Description of V-1 bombs and the German attacks on London.
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Part Four The Creature of Ghost Lake!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Prof. Duane (mentioned); gigantic creature (death, suspected to be Prof. Duane)
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[untitled]

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First Line: Do you want spending money?
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Stephens Credit Sales.
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): Brigadier General E. B. LeBailly, USAF
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First Line: New! 'Rocket Club' movie!
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Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for educational film from Daisy Manufacturing Company. Support letter from General LeBailly.
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[untitled]

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Character(s): George Jowett; John Sill; Tony Pascarella; Ernest Raines; Paul Lange; Larry Campbell; Jim Morgan
First Line: How to gain up to 50 lbs. of mighty muscles!
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad, with order coupon, for information from Jowett Institute of Body Building.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Send for new free shooting books!
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad, with order coupon, for information from Daisy Manufacturing Company.

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