The Brave and the Bold #14 for Sale - First Appearance of Robin Hood - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series)
Issue: #14
Publication date: October-November 1957
Key date: 1957-10-00
On-sale date: 1957-08-20
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Robin Hood - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	3 New Blazing Adventures of the Mighty Trio	cover	1	pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick; letters: Ira Schnapp	Robin Hood First, Maid Marian, Earl of Huntingdon
2	The Armor of Doom!	comic story	8	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick; letters: Artie Simek	Brian Kent, The Silent Knight
4	How Not to Enjoy a Vacation!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
5	Strange Arrow Beliefs!	comic story	1	script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi
6	The Ghost Ship!	comic story	8	script: Bob Haney; pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert; letters: Gaspar Saladino	The Viking Prince, Jon
7	Freelance	comic story	1	script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort Drucker
10	War by Appointment	text article	1	script: Jack Miller; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
12	The Secret of Sherwood Forest	comic story	8	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Russ Heath; inks: Russ Heath; letters: John Duffy	Robin Hood First, Prince John, Little John, Earl of Huntingdon

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Best of the Brave and the Bold #5	1988	On eBay ›
The Viking Prince #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-2777-7	2010	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #1314 of 200#15 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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