The Brave and the Bold #80 for Sale - First Appearance of Hellgrammite - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series)
Issue: #80
Publication date: October-November 1968
Key date: 1968-10-00
On-sale date: 1968-08-22
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Roderik Rose - 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	And Hellgrammite Is His Name!	cover	1	pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Batman, The Creeper, Hellgrammite First, Roderik Rose First, Jack Ryder, Bruce Wayne
1	And Hellgrammite Is His Name!	comic story	22.17	script: Bob Haney; pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Dick Giordano; letters: Ray Holloway	Batman, The Creeper, Commissioner James Gordon, Hellgrammite First, Roderik Rose First, Jack Ryder, Bruce Wayne
2	-	letters page	1	script: Murray Boltinoff

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Best of the Brave and the Bold #4	1988	On eBay ›
Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams #1 ISBN 1-4012-0041-9	2003	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold Batman Team-Ups #1 ISBN 1-4012-1209-3	2007	On eBay ›
Batman by Neal Adams Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-5551-0	2016	On eBay ›
Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-3537-6	2012	On eBay ›
Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Bronze Age Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-6718-6	2017	On eBay ›
Batman in the Brave and the Bold: The Bronze Age #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-7517-4	2018	On eBay ›
Batman by Neal Adams #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-7782-6	2018	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

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

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