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Issue: The Brave and the Bold #53
Publication Date: April 1964
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Issues: #53 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/27/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Hawkman #1 and copyright registration.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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The Challenge of the Expanding World!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Atom [Ray Palmer]; Flash [Barry Allen]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold Team-Up Archives #1 published May 2005
as [Cover - The Brave and the Bold #53]; The Challenge of the Expanding World! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold Team-Up Archives #1 published May 2005
as Backcover [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Golden Rule

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Character(s): Bob Hope
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Challenge of the Expanding World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Atom [Ray Palmer]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Harry; Dr. Willis Stanton; Larnus (first appearance); Arbellice (first appearance); Zarn (first appearance); Attila-5 (first appearance, villain)
Synopsis: Flash and Atom must stop a microscopic world from expanding.
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In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #406 published November 1971
as The Challenge of the Expanding World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #407 published December 1971
as The Challenge of the Expanding World [Part 2] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told #[nn] published January 1989
as The Challenge of the Expanding World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told #[nn] published June 1990
as The Challenge of the Expanding World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold Team-Up Archives #1 published May 2005
as The Challenge of the Expanding World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: Story in 3 parts of 8.67, 8.67, and 6.67 pages.
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
First Line: You demanded it, and here it is... The Doom Patrol
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: On the bottom of page 9 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: How about a cup of coffee?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 9 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
First Line: Electrifying announcement!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 10 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): House of Mystery; Rip Hunter... Time Master
First Line: For the very best in comics reading
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: At the bottom of page 18 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Fight global air battles with planes of all nations
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 18 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

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First Line: 208 different world-wide stamps...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 18 of the main story sequence.
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Fantastic World of the Atom — and Speed

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 19 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: For the very best in comics reading
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Be first in your neighborhood...
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Pages: 1
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Blast Off

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sold by Five Star Toys.
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Task Force

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sold by Helen of Toy.
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100 Pc. Toy Soldier Set

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Brother, can you spare a dime...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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