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3December 1955-January 1956
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The Brave and the Bold #3

DC · December 1955-January 1956 · on sale 1955-10-16

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Identification plate

Series
The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
December 1955-January 1956
Key date
1955-12-00
On-sale date
1955-10-16
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Tales of Blazing Adventurecover1pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick; letters: Ira SchnappLady Celia, Brian Kent, The Silent Knight
2The Invisible Wall!comic story8script: Ed Herron; pencils: Russ Heath; inks: Russ Heath; letters: Gaspar SaladinoGolden Gladiator, Marcus
4Knights of the Square Tablecomic story0.5script: Irwin Hasen; pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin Hasen; letters: Irwin HasenSir Bragg; Smiling Knight
6The Hammer of Thor!comic story8script: Bill Finger; pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert; letters: Gaspar SaladinoGunnda, Jon, Captain Olaf, Thor, Thorvald, The Viking Prince
8How a Nation Is Bornpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
9Caesar's Last Battletext article2script: Jack Miller; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry; colors: Raymond PerryJulius Caesar
10Challenge of the Black Lance!comic story7.67script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv NovickSir Oswald Bane, Lady Celia, Sir Grot, Brian Kent, The Silent Knight, Slasher
11To the Boys and Girls of America --promo (ad from the publisher)0.33

Plus 7.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Best of the Brave and the Bold #41988On eBay ›
The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn]
ISBN 0930289803
1991On eBay ›
The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn]
ISBN 0930289838
1992On eBay ›
The Viking Prince #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-4012-2777-7
2010On eBay ›

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