Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series DC) comic books 1959-1961

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Cover by Irv Novick. "The Sword in the Lake," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Irv Novick; The Silent Knight enters a tournament at Camelot, where he is pitted against the sorceress Morgan Le Fay's mysterious knight; So sure of her silent champion, Lady Celia readily accepts a bet from Morgan that should the Silent Knight lose, he will become her slave; But Morgan uses trickery, resulting in the Silent Knight failing the duel; Now he must do whatever Morgan asks until she sees fit to release him from his oath. Medieval Shields non-fiction story by Julius Schwartz, pencils by Morris Waldinger, inks by Tommy Nicolosi. The Last Battle article by Jack Miller; The story of Valens' battle with the Goths. "The Viking and the Firebird," script by Bob Haney, art by Joe Kubert; The travelling Viking prince, Jon, and his friend, the mute bard, save a village from a giant bird living within a volcano! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Kubert. "The Invisible Viking," script by Bill Finger, art by Joe Kubert; Jon's boat washes up on the shore of a remote island, where a people of only a few inches high reside. "Challenge of the Sinister Queens," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Russ Heath; The three queens of dread come to Camelot to settle a wager; The Silent Knight must complete each of their tasks, failure of one means the queen who gave the task wins the entire kingdom. The Barbarians article by Jack Miller; the Moslem invasion of the Roman Empire. Gems of Destiny non-fiction story by Julius Schwartz, pencils by Morris Waldinger, inks by Tommy Nicolosi. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Kubert. "Origin of the Viking Prince!", script by Bob Haney, art by Joe Kubert; The story is of Jon as a young man, his father, King Rikk, and of Princess Asa, Jon's beloved, as they fight against the Viking invader Torgo, and his fearsome band! Ad for The Flash #106. Famous Sailing Ships Throughout the World article by Bob Haney, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. "Knight's Castle" text story by Jack Miller. "The Figurehead of the Burning Sea!", script by Bob Haney, art by Joe Kubert; While at her father's castle with Prince Jon, Asa vanishes into thin air; Jarl Eric, brother of the Dragon King, has imprisoned her spirit in a wooden figurehead, so Jon sets off to rescue her. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Kubert. "Trail of the Black Falcon," script by Bob Haney, art by Joe Kubert; King Rikk and his crew are captured by pirates; Viking Prince and Princess Asa set out to rescue him. The Invincible Vikings article by Jack Miller; A brief recap of Viking history. Viking Training article by Bob Haney, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; How Viking children were trained to be warriors. "Curse of the Dragon's Moon," script by Bob Haney, art by Joe Kubert; The Viking Prince is cursed to lose his strength during the three days of the Dragon Moon; Klagg the Red takes advantage of this and challenges him for his position in the clan. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. The second appearance of the Suicide Squad in "The Sun Curse!", script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Still in space from their last adventure, the Suicide Squad's rocket enters into a meteor storm; Somehow, the radiation off the flying debris affect the team, and they find themselves shrinking in size until they're no bigger than a thimble!; With quick-thinking, they form a human pyramid so Karin can reach the control panel and switch to auto-pilot before the rocket flies out of control; The rocket plunges into a vast lake somewhere on Earth, and the Squad is ejected out into the depths where their small size makes the fish think they're food. "Serpent in the Subway!", script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; When the members of Suicide Squad take a furlough to Paris, they don't expect to be attacked by a giant serpent in the subway tunnels!; Bullets don't have any effect on it, and it seems able to breathe both on land and underwater. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. Mission #3 of the Suicide Squad - never before released - "The Creature of Ghost Lake," script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Dr. Duane is missing, apparently having created a formula that grows things to giant size; Headquarters fears that Dr. 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. The Atom Servant of Man public service announcement; Various scientists around the world demonstrate uses of radio-isotopes. The Menace of the Driver Ants! article. Robot Bombs Over London! article; Description of V-1 bombs and the German attacks on London. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by pencils Mike Sekowsky, inks by Murphy Anderson. First appearance of Justice League of America, Starro, and Snapper Carr in "Starro the Conqueror!", script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Bernard Sachs, Joe Giella, and Murphy Anderson; Peter the Puffer Fish alerts Aquaman to an attack on Earth from an alien starfish named Starro the Conqueror; Starro has altered three ordinary starfish into his lieutenants; Aquaman alerts his friends Wonder Woman, Superman, Green Lantern, Batman, Flash, and J'onn J'onzz; Though Superman and Batman are too busy to attend, the rest meet and split up into teams. It's Fun to Help Others! public service announcement with Superboy by Jack Schiff, art by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye. Starro vs. Green Lantern, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Joe Giella; One of Starro's lieutenants steals and explodes an atomic bomb to absorb its power. Starro vs. Wonder Woman and John Jones, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Bernard Sachs. Starro vs. the Flash!, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Murphy Anderson. Starro vs. Justice League of America, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Bernard Sachs. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by pencils Mike Sekowsky, inks by Murphy Anderson. 2nd appearance of the Justice League of America in "Challenge of the Weapons Master!" Script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Bernard Sachs and Joe Giella; Having found an ancient book that appears to indicate that he once defeated the JLA, Xotar travels from 11,960 to the present to test four weapons against the Justice League, in order to determine which weapon will help him defeat the Intersolar Police of his own day; But the JLA counters each of Xotar's weapons and returns him to face justice in his own time. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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1st appearance of Amazo - Cover by pencils Mike Sekowsky, inks by Murphy Anderson. Third appearance of the Justice League of America in "Case of the Stolen Super-Powers!", script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Bernard Sachs; As several JLAers experience a sudden power loss, Flash finds that someone has used powers like theirs to steal a European catfish and a cicada; Snapper suggests the thefts have to do with someone researching immortality, and the JLA splits up to investigate other long-lived creatures; In every case, the JLAers come up against Amazo, who steals their powers, defeats them, and takes them to his creator's lab, where Professor Ivo is preparing an immortality serum; Green Lantern is able to use the weakness of his own ring against Amazo and Ivo, restore the JLA's powers, and defeat the villain. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bruno Premiani. 1st appearance of Cave Carson in "The Secret Beneath the Earth," script by France Herron, art by Bruno Premiani; A pair of mountain climbers spot an odd sight; a balloon rising out the mouth of an inactive volcano; Wind gusts blow it close enough for the climbers to see it has a note tied to it; It said that the writer had found something, but he was trapped and needs help; The men brought the note back with them to town square, where it brought the attention of Bulldozer Smith and Christie Madison, tunnel expert and geologist. Superman is featured in a one-page public service announcement, "Lend a Friendly Hand." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bernard Baily. 2nd appearance of Cave Carson in "The City 100 Miles Down," script by France Herron, art by Bernard Baily; Deep, deep below the earth's surface, Cave Carson and the gang find an underworld city; They learn that it's people are dying because they breathed in noxious gas that burst through the ground below them; Most of them have already chosen to die with quiet dignity, but when the underworlder known as Xanon wants to invade the land topside in hopes to find a cure, then Cave, Bulldozer, and Christie must ally up with a rebel faction to stop him. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bernard Baily. 3rd appearance of Cave Carson in "The Alien Robots from Inner Space," script by Dave Wood, art by Bernard Baily; A group of giant metal robots appear on the surface and begin destroying everything in sight!; Five miles underground, aliens have set up several basecamps with control consoles, with which they can control each robot; Cave and Bulldozer manage to hijack one of the control points and use one of the robots to fight off the others, while Christie helps direct them from the surface using the two-way radio. The Raiders from 20,000 Leagues text story. One-page Homer Goes Underground story by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Kubert. 1st Silver Age appearance of Hawkman in "Creature of a Thousand Shapes!", script by Gardner Fox, art by Joe Kubert; Katar and his wife Shayera, police officers from the Planet Thanagar, come to Earth in pursuit of a shape-shifting criminal from their world; Police Commissioner Emmett helps them to establish secret identities, and, after they have succeeded in their mission, helps convince them to stay on Earth. Letter to the editor from comic writer Roy Thomas. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Kubert. "Menace of the Matter Master!", script by Gardner Fox, art by Joe Kubert; A new costumed criminal named the Matter Master, who has a magic wand that allows him to control all matter, has been sighted around Midway City committing fantastic robberies; When the most recent involved the creation of giant meteor creatures who are robbing the city art center, Hawkman and Hawkgirl go into action to try and stop the theft; The Matter Master manages to get away with the stolen loot by using his powers to make helicopter propellers attack the winged duo; Later at his secret hideout, the Matter Master gloats over his recent victory are recalls how he gained his fantastic powers: How he was a scientist who accidentally discovered a new chemical, Mentachem, which he then fashioned into his magic wand to use for his own criminal gain. Dog Track - Wolf Track - Coyote Track article by Julius Schwartz, pencils by Morris Waldinger, inks by Tommy Nicolosi. "Valley of Vanishing Men," script by Gardner Fox, art by Joe Kubert; On an expedition to the Himalayas, Mavis Trent is captured by a band of abominable snowmen, which the Hawks learn are really descended from alien explorers. Eagle Dance article by Julius Schwartz, pencils by Morris Waldinger, inks by Tommy Nicolosi. Letters to the editor from comic writer Roy Thomas and writer Jerry Bails, plus a note from Kubert. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Kubert. "Strange Spells of the Sorcerer!", script by Gardner Fox, art by Joe Kubert; An amateur sorcerer conjures up mythical beasts to help him commit crimes and battle Hawkman and Hawkgirl. "Shadow-Thief of Midway City!", script by Gardner Fox, art by Joe Kubert; Carl Sands helps an alien from another dimension, who gives him a Dimensiometer which allows him to turn into a living shadow. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. Back by popular request! In a new top-secret mission - the Suicide Squad/Task Force X returns in "Raid of the Dinosaurs!", script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; The Suicide Squad, disbanded since its last appearance, rejoins to fight the menace of dinosaurs which appear after Karin Grace has painted them in pictures. They Hunt the Deadly Clouds article about science. "Threat of the Giant Eye!", script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Following a lead given them by a downed flier, the Suicide Squad parachutes onto an island where they meet with Polyphemus, the legendary leader of the Cyclopes. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Last 10-cent cover-price. Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. "Master of the Dinosaurs," script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; The Suicide Squad is confronted by the spectacle of rampaging pterodactyls in the modern era. "Menace of the Mirage People," script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; The Suicide Squad is captured by an alien mirage master who sets a test for them with his illusions; If they fail, he will use his mirages to create chaos in the Earth and conquer it. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.