The Brave and the Bold #172 (1981) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jim Aparo; inks: Jim Aparo; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Batman, Bruce Wayne
1	Darkness and Dark Fire	comic story	17	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Steve Mitchell; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: John Costanza	Batman, Bruce Wayne
3	Pirate's Peril!	comic story	8	script: Cary Burkett; pencils: Dan Spiegle; inks: Dan Spiegle; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: John Costanza	Nemesis; Valerie Foxworth; M. C. Curtis
4	-	letters page	1	script: Paul Levitz

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0709893044003
British	price 0.15 GBP

Collection	Year
Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-4755-3	2014	On eBay ›
Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-7255-5	2017	On eBay ›
Legends of the Dark Knight: Jim Aparo #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-7161-9	2017	On eBay ›
Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Bronze Age Omnibus #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-9282-9	2021	On eBay ›

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