The Brave and the Bold, #82
Published: February-March 1969
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The Sleep-Walker from the Sea!
"One command from Aquaman and I'm saved... but he's walking away!"
Storyline
A giant squid imperils Batman, as a trance-like Aquaman walks mindlessly away.
Characters
- Aquaman
- Batman
- Arthur Curry
- Bruce Wayne
- squid
Credits
- Pencils: Neal Adams
- Inks: Dick Giordano (uncertain)
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
- Inks: Neal Adams (uncertain)
Story Notes
Inks: 1) Giordano credited by original indexer. 2) Adams suggested by Jon Carter via the error tracker.
The Sleepwalker from the Sea!
"The Gotham City waterfront --"
Storyline
Dazed, confused, and guilt-ridden, Aquaman has become a tool of Ocean Master in the villain's plot to embezzle from, loot, and then destroy a Gotham seaside development project.
Characters
- Aquaman
- Batman
- Arthur Curry
- Commissioner James Gordon
- Orm Marius [Origin]
- Ocean Master [Origin]
- Alfred Pennyworth
- Bruce Wayne
- Otto Chernak
- Ailsa Dubois
- Dr. Simon Link
- Honor (disguised as Mera)
- squid
- sharks
- narwhal
- hammerhead
- swordfish
Credits
- Script: Bob Haney
- Pencils: Neal Adams
- Inks: Neal Adams
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Story across 23 pages, but pages 8, 15, and 23 are all 2/3-pages.
Credits
- Script: Bernard Kashdan
Story Notes
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1968. Prepared by Bernard Kashdan (business manager). Total distribution – preceding 12 months: 291,286, issue nearest to filing date: 293,227. Is located on the bottom third of page 15 of main story.
Credits
- Script: Murray Boltinoff
Story Notes
Letters from Jeff Benedetto, Lonnie Thompson, Paul Wikanden, Arian Pontarollo, Eddie Coffey, Ken Clayton, Leo Kozar, Joe Rusnak, Gordon Flagg, Jr.; located between page 15 & 16 of main story.
"Owch!"
Storyline
How to avoid hurting your finger when pushing pins into a model's balsa wood diagram. Idea from Mark Engel.
Characters
- two boys
- Cap (logo illustration only)
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Story Notes
Top half of page.
Now on T.V.!
Featuring CBS Television Network; The Batman-Superman Hour; The Aquaman Show
"Every Saturday See The Batman-Superman Hour!"
Characters
- Batman
- Superman
- Aquaman (punctuating the ad as floating heads)
Story Notes
Ad urging comic book readers to watch Filmation Studios' The Batman-Superman Hour and The Aquaman Show, on the CBS Television Network. Lower half of page.
Featuring Teen Talk
"I think it was Oscar Wilde who said--"
Credits
- Script: Mort Drucker
- Pencils: Mort Drucker
- Inks: Mort Drucker
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Four magazine-cartoon style gags about teenagers.
Fact File #4 [Vigilante]
"Vigilante appeared in Action Comics from issue No. 42 (November, 1941) through issue No. 198 (November, 1954)..."
Characters
Story Notes
The history of the Vigilante character of the 1940s and 1950s – not to be confused with the later black-hooded character of the 1980s.