Issue Description

This issue features a solo Batman story told in the style of The House of Mystery. Cain speaks directly to the reader to fill in the gaps in the story and crack a joke or two along the way. As the story opens, Batman is overworked and almost gets killed by a common crook. Luckily, the crook's gun fails and Batman captures him just as Commissioner Gordon and the cops show up. Gordon gives Batman a steamship ticket to Ireland and insists that he take a vacation. Batman, as Bruce Wayne, takes the cruise and eventually saves the life of a boy, Sean, who jumps overboard when he thinks he sees his dead grandfather in the waves. When the ship puts the boy ashore on one of the Arin Islands, Bruce decides to tag along. The people on the island have been having a lot of problems and they are convinced that the castle of the late King Hugh is haunted. Batman investigates and finds a gang of criminals who are trying to frighten away the residents of the island so that he can corner the fishing rights for the waters in that area. Batman fights his way through some of the henchmen, but in the process he gets cut and some poison gets into the wound. When Batman confronts the boss, he becomes weak from the poison. The boss offers him a choice of two beakers: one with water and the other with the antidote to the poison. A large portrait of King Hugh in a heavy frame seems to be pointing not to the beakers but to a test tube at the back of the table. Batman takes a chance that the test tube is the correct answer and he is right: both beakers contained deadly toxins. Just as the boss starts to shoot Batman, the heavy picture frame suddenly falls from the wall and hits the boss in the back of the head and kills him instantly. As Batman carries the young boy home, he ponders a long series of coincidences that have led him to that point and when the boy asks what happened, Batman concludes that "Son, I don't think I'll ever know!"

The Brave and the Bold (1955)

Publisher

DC Comics

Volume Description

Brave and the Bold was started in 1955 and was canceled in 1983, lasting 200 Issues. Whilst it started out as a triple-feature for The Silent Knight, The Viking Prince and Robin Hood, the most consistent theme for the series was team ups by two heroes from the DC Universe with the majority being Batman team-ups.

Collected EditionsJustice League of America Archives Vol. 1 (#28-30)Justice League of America Omnibus Vol. 1 (#28-30)Justice League of America: The Silver Age Volume One (#28-30)Hawkman Archives Vol. 1 (#34-36, 42-44)Showcase Presents: Brave and the Bold: Batman Team-ups Vol. 1 (#59, 64, 67-71, 74-87)Deadman #2 - Book Two (79 and 86)Showcase Presents: Brave and the Bold: Batman Team-Ups Vol. 2 (#88-108)Legends of The Dark Knight: Jim Aparo vol. 1 (#98, 100-102 and 104-122)Showcase Presents: Brave and the Bold: Batman Team-Ups Vol. 3 (#109-134)Deadman #3 - Book Three (#133)Legends of The Dark Knight: Jim Aparo vol. 2 (#123-145 and 147-151)Batman: Arkham - The Riddler (#183)

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