The Brave and the Bold, #22

Published: February-March 1959

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The Brave and the Bold #22

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1 page adventure; historical
Credits
We'll Ripple Your Body with Muscles and Load T-N-T in Your Fists

Featuring The National Sports Council

Story 1 1 page sports
Storyline

Body-building ad.

Characters
  • Joe Louis
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Invisible Viking!
Story 2 12 pages adventure; historical
Storyline

Toiling at the Twelve Tasks of Thor, Jon is shipwrecked. He awakens tied down, Gulliver-like, by tiny people. Tiny Freya trusts him, and cuts him free when raiders attack. He drives them off, and offers to fight for their homeland. They ask he enter a cave to be shrunk by vapors. He shrinks and saves Freya from a spider. Even tiny, he shows the people how to rescue the Mute Bard from a giant squid, then infiltrate a raider ship and drive off the villains. The vapors wear off and he regains his size, says goodbye, and sails off.

Characters
  • Viking Prince
  • Freya (tiny woman, not the goddess)
  • Gunda / Gunnda (imagined)
Credits
Story Notes

The title is "The Invisible Viking!", but in fact Jon is shrunken.

Story 3 0 pages

"Said a daring young ski-champ named Andy..."

Just One Second!

Featuring DC Comics

Story 4 1 page superhero
Storyline

House ad for The FLash #105, on sale December 23.

Characters
Credits
Indian Armor!
Story 5 1 page non-fiction
Storyline

How Indians made armor for protection in battle.

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912
Story 6 0 pages
Storyline

List of publisher, owners, managing editor, and editor of The Brave and the Bold.

Credits
Story Notes

No circulation figures are given.

Challenge of the Sinister Queens!
Story 7 8 pages adventure; historical
Storyline

On a fateful mission, the SK rides a perilous bridge with Lady Celia as his squire. They're attacked by bird-men and pitch off the bridge. The SK uses his cape to float and reflects how they got here... Frost, flood, earthquakes plague the land. King Arthur and Merlin are challenged by the Three Queens of Dread - Kranda, Xlla, and Larique - who quarrel as to who should be Queen of Dread. The SK must accept three challenges. A failure is a win for the queen. His squire will be whoever first touches his helmet - and it's Lady Celia!

Characters
  • Silent Knight
  • Lady Celia
  • King Arthur
  • Merlin
  • Kranda
  • Xlla
  • Larique
Story Notes

Part 1 of story.

Story 8 0 pages

"There was a hoop whirler named Wynn..."

Story Notes

Appears at the bottom of page 8 of the Silent Knight story.

The Barbarians
Story 9 1 page non-fiction
Storyline

Article about the Moslem invasion of the Roman Empire.

Credits
The Magic Card!
Story 10 1 page advocacy
Storyline

The value of a library card.

[Challenge of the Sinister Queens!] Part Two
Story 11 6 pages adventure; historical
Storyline

SK and Lady Celia plop on a flying griffin and tame it, and fly to Camelot. First task done. Second is to battle the Knights of the Clock at a high castle. They fly and battle, but the SK falls. Celia jumps to protect him, and the SK rallies. Second task complete. Third task: a trick! The SK must sword-fight Queen Kranda. He can't attack a woman, and stumbles. But Celia's scarf atop his helmet tangles her sword, and he wins! The Queens depart, the sun returns. And Lady Celia promises to wait until the SK can remove his helmet and reveal his secret identity.

Characters
  • Silent Knight
  • Lady Celia
Credits
Story Notes

1) Part 2 of story. 2) Last appearance of the Silent Knight in The Brave and the Bold. He appeared occasionally in later DC stories. 3) The Silent Knight was ret-conned to be Brian KENT, a distant ancestor of Clark Kent. And he was ret-conned as one incarnation of Hawkman because of his hawk emblem. Thus Superman and Hawkman share a common ancestor.

Story 12 0 pages

"A Captain came in on the tide..."

Story 13 1 page non-fiction

"A jasper gem was once worn by Italian farmers..."

Storyline

Some facts about the jasper, the emerald, the star ruby and the beryl.

Now!...Start Collecting Stamps This New Club Way!

Featuring Lotta-Stamps-a-Month Club

Story 14 1 page
Story Notes

Ad for a stamp collecting club.

Do You Want Spending Money?
Story 15 1 page
Story Notes

Ad to recruit salespeople to sell plaques with religious and sentimental mottoes. Inside back cover.

150 Civil War Soldiers!
Story 16 1 page
Story Notes

Ad for plastic toy soldiers shipped in a gun box. Sold by Josely Co. Back cover.