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''[[The Brave and the Bold]]'' was a [[DC Comics]] [[The Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]] comic book series that ran from 1955 to 1983. It is best known for its incarnation as a superhero team-up comic, in which various DC superheroes joined forces with <s>each other</s> Batman to fight menaces too big to face alone.
The original concept for ''The Brave and the Bold'' was an [[Anthology Comic]] of historical adventure stories, featuring the likes of [[Robin Hood]], the Viking Prince, and the Silent Knight. From issue #25 it became a try-out title for new potential series, beginning with the debut of the [[Suicide Squad]], and going on to introduce the [[Justice League of America]], Cave Carson, the Silver Age [[Hawkman]] and Hawkgirl, and "Strange Sports Stories", all of which went on to achieve at least occasional recurring status except for "Strange Sports Stories".
It became a team-up comic with issue #50, which featured an alliance between [[Green Arrow]] and the [[Martian Manhunter]]. (Although with occasional lapses back into being a try-out title, such as #57, the debut of [[
The quality of the team-up stories varied considerably. Some were very good (you wouldn't think a crossover between ''Batman'' and ''House of Mystery'' would be one, but in #93 Denny O'Neil made it work), and some were, to put it bluntly, the kind of Silver Age potboilers that made [[
A new ''The Brave and the Bold'' series was launched in 2007, which removed Batman's ex officio status and returned to being a series where any combination of heroes could team up; it is currently being written by [[J. Michael Straczynski]]. The spirit of the Silver Age original is arguably better carried on by the animated series ''[[Batman:
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=== The Silver Age version of the comic provides examples of: ===
* [[Avengers Assemble]]: Featured in issue #28, the debut of the Justice League of America.
* [[Back for
* [[Enemy Mine]]: Two separate issues, #111 and #191, had Batman teaming up with ''the Joker'' to solve murders that the Joker had been framed for.
* [[Eye Remember]]: In issues #188-189, during a teamup between Batman and Rose & Thorn, Batman comments that seeing the image of a killer in a dead man's eyes is myth, but nonetheless checks. Sure enough, he sees an image of the killer frozen in the victim's eye. No explanation is ever given.
* [[I Always Wanted to Say That]]: In issue #191, when Batman and the Joker turn the real villain over to the police, the Joker says "Take him downtown and book him!" Then he turns to Batman and says "I always wanted to say that!"
* [[The Noun and
* [[Team
* [[Totally Radical]]: The [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]] in their introductory stories.
=== The 21st-century version of the comic provides examples of: ===
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Subverted, Issue #16 has Catwoman complaining about them, she longs to see a boy scout for a change. Then she bumps into Superman who heard everything she just said.
* [[Auction of Evil]]: Issue #16 has Superman and Catwoman investigating an underworld auction where one of the items being sold is the location of the cave containing the Clayface protoplasm.
* [[Covered in Kisses]]: The cover to issue #16, a Superman-Catwoman team-up.
* [[Going
* [[Hurl It Into the Sun]]: Used by [[Wonder Woman]] in issue #7 in an attempt to dispose of the [[MacGuffin]].
* [[Journey to
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Issue #1 is a team-up between Batman and Green Lantern, just like the first Batman team-up in the original run.
* [[Philosopher's Stone]]: The [[MacGuffin]] in issue #7.
* [[Prequel]]: Issue #33 is a prequel to ''[[The Killing Joke]]''.
* [[Self
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Elasti-Girl in issue #8.
* [[Team
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