Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series DC) 25 VG 4.0

1" spine tear from base of comic through cover and first wrap.

Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. Featuring the first appearance of the Suicide Squad! Introducing America's top secret weapon - in reports never before released to the world! Mission #1 - "The Three Waves of Doom!", script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; A large wave carrying a reddish hued object begins to ebb its way towards a seaside resort; As onlookers run, they feel a great heat coming from the wave, as it turns the sand into glass beneath it; Firefighters and bombers carrying foam bombs are unable to stop the heated object, and are forced to retreat as it causes their hoses and wings to melt!; When all other options are exhausted, the military commander puts in a call to the new team, the Suicide Squad!; Colonel Rick Flag is the Suicide Squad's team leader, and pilot of the "flying laboratory," a plane with special equipment on board for analyzing and testing; Beside him sits Karin Grace, flight medic for the team who is secretly attracted to Rick; The lab section of the plane holds the astronomer Dr. Evans and physicist Jess Bright; As the plane flies over the strange heated anomaly it is brought into an uncontrolled dive! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. Grade: VG 4.0 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)