The Brave and the Bold

The Brave and the Bold ( engl. " The brave and the Bold " ) (abbreviated TBatB, BaB ) is the title of a comic book series published, the U.S. publisher DC Comics between August 1955 and July 1983.

Concept

The series was created in the first five years of its existence (50 to the anniversary edition # ) as a so-called " anthology series ," that is, rather than focusing on a solid concept and this continue in the new issue further, presented " The Brave and the Bold "practically from issue to issue changing content. Rather than a specific, recurring in each issue to devote figure or group of figures, described each issue stories about other characters: At most two-to three-part serial stories that were dealt with in a successive editions of the series came before, the permanent " monopolization " of the series not through a specific approach on the other hand. During the first twenty-four issues Mainly reprises classic adventure and fantasy materials were presented in comic form (Robin Hood, Silent Knight, Viking Prince), DC took the series beginning with issue # 25 propagated as "experimental forum " to the popularity to test new characters and concepts from the readers: If this proved to be popular, they received two to three issues featured in " the Brave and the Bold " own series, while " TBatB " to zuwendete a new substance when the audience were not accepted, they disappeared from " TBatB " without finding in other series sequel.

In the early 1960s, the DC -Verlag eventually went on to use " The Brave and the Bold " as a " team -up" series in which different characters in possession of the publisher that normally their adventures both medially ( in series ) and content (own, separate from each other Settings) experienced separately, were brought together in order to meet common adventure. She was series especially in her later years to a " Batman Team-Up " series, in which the figure of Batman, the then- popular character owned by DC was a quasi integral part of the series, as in almost every issue one half of a two or more characters pairing of figures occurred, while only changed the his side made ​​figures from issue to issue.

After the show was canceled in 1983, the title in the 1990s was variously used as a model hommage securities of various mini-series, but otherwise was somehow " broke" until the series was resumed with a new No. # 1, 2007. The concept - the bringing together of separate figures normally experience in the possession of the publisher to joint adventure - remained the same. Preliminary master author of the series is the American Mark Waid, master draftsman of the first story arcs of the artist George Pérez.

Content

Among the well-known characters and concepts who experienced her debut in " The Brave and the Bold ," while the series served as a trial balloon to test the success drive new ideas included, among others: Cave Carson (# 31), the Justice League of America (# 28 ), Haunted tank (# 52) the Teen Titans (# 54), Metamorpho (# 57) and Nemesis ( # 166).

Influential stories are included in issues # 28-30 ( Justice League of America ), 34-36 and 42-44 ( Hawkman ), # 50 ( Green Arrow ), # 57-58, and 66 and 68 ( Metamorpho ). In issues # 59, # 64, 67-71 and 74-200 of the first series to find "Batman Team - Ups ".

Contributing Artists

Among the signatories were working over the years on The Brave and the Bold especially the Americans Neal Adams and Jim Aparo protrude, designed large parts of the series. From the authors of the titled work include Len Wein and Dennis O'Neil to name.

Awards

The first " TBatB " series has been repeatedly awarded the Alley Award, one of the most important prizes of the American comic book industry: 1962 winning the judges subscribed by Joe Kubert Cover ( front page) issue # 42 with the Alley Award for Best Cover of the past year. 1965 was subscribed by Murphy Anderson cover of issue # 61 the price in the same category and in 1968 appeared in issue # 79, written by Bob Haney and drawn by Neal Adams story " Track of the Hook", which is about the ghost Deadman, the award for the best " full length Story".

Reprints

2005 " Archive Edition " was released, the reprintet the first issues of the series.

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