tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679275871060278971.post8888754233869725069..comments2024-02-17T14:15:04.602+00:00Comments on Silver and Bronze Age Subjects: Top 5 Team-Up Books: The Brave and The BoldSimaylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01861115402841654930noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679275871060278971.post-79112421186598145652018-04-22T03:21:09.266+01:002018-04-22T03:21:09.266+01:00Neal Adams' iconic redesign? He was doing noth...Neal Adams' iconic redesign? He was doing nothing Bob Brown wasn't already doing better.Doc Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783244633195233970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679275871060278971.post-27795308453548382392012-08-06T19:14:17.710+01:002012-08-06T19:14:17.710+01:00Yes, Neal Adams' iconic re-designs for Batman ...Yes, Neal Adams' iconic re-designs for Batman and Green Arrow are reasons enough on their own for Brave and The Bold's classic status.Simaylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01861115402841654930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679275871060278971.post-24977553523744121532012-08-06T19:06:44.019+01:002012-08-06T19:06:44.019+01:00Brave and Bold introduced Green Arrow's new lo...Brave and Bold introduced Green Arrow's new look and also returned Batman to his original "dark knight" image ("Batman" and "Detective Comics" were still showing the influence of the campy TV series, although the comics never got quite as self-consciously silly as the TV show). It was not surprising that Batman became the regular star of B&B in 1966-67. DC was trying to cash in on the Batmania generated by the TV series. It is kind of ironic that Batman began his uninterrupted run as permanent co-star with #74 (summer 1967). By then, the Bat-fad was already starting to pass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679275871060278971.post-1736790400263837282012-08-06T18:57:20.540+01:002012-08-06T18:57:20.540+01:00Yes, not only was The Brave and The Bold the great...Yes, not only was The Brave and The Bold the greatest team-up book it was second only to Showcase as the best try-out book and one of the best adventure books as well. I am planning a future post about Kanigher, Haney and Kubert's superb Viking Prince. To think DC replaced it in the schedules with Batman and The Outsiders!Simaylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01861115402841654930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679275871060278971.post-84972182757559337852012-08-06T18:50:28.276+01:002012-08-06T18:50:28.276+01:00After the original adventure format (Viking Prince...After the original adventure format (Viking Prince, Robin Hood, Silent Knight), B&B was a tryout comic, like "Showcase," for a while. Some strips, like Suicide Squad and Strange Sports Stories, didn't quite catch on. Others, like JLA and Hawkman, were popular enough to spin off into their own series. There may have been some tentative plan to make Green Arrow and Martian Manhunter a permanent team, like Superman and Batman in World's Finest. JLA #24 mentions that the Superman-Batman team and "the newly formed team of Green Arrow and Martian Manhunter" are absent from that month's Justice League meeting because they are away on other cases. But, evidently, sales on B&B #50 were not enough to warrant a regular GA-MM series. Maybe they were just too similar to Superman and Batman. No need for an imitation World's Finest team when DC was already publishing the real thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com