Brave and the Bold Collecting Thread 1 1

[Hepcat]

Great series. Let's keep this rolling - don't have a #5.

 

 

Beautiful girl! Who's the artist who did that cover?

 

 

 

Edited December 14, 2012 by Hepcat

[adamstrange]

 

Beautiful girl! Who's the artist who did that cover?

Irv Novick

 

 

[comick1]

Irv Novick was responsible for a LOT of the early covers. Here's another one:

 

[Hepcat]

I really liked the work Irv Novick did on the Flash in the Bronze Age.

 

 

 

[electricprune]

I can't believe we're only up to #14. Are the pre-heroes that unpopular?

Edited December 16, 2012 by electricprune

[Hepcat]

While it's true that they're less popular than the superheroes, it's more the case that the pre-hero Brave & the Bolds are so brutally tough to find. Up until now we've been looking at comics published before the fall of 1957.

 

Edited December 17, 2012 by Hepcat

[comick1]

Speaking for myself, it ain't for lack of the hunt. Spent the past 20 years trying to piece 'em together. They're really a no-brainer for the war comics collectors among us. . .same stable of artists & writers, just with a sword and arrow adventure with the likes of Golden Gladiator (Heath), Robin Hood (Heath, Kubert, A&E), Silent Knight (Novick and Heath), and Viking Prince (Kubert). The only guy missing from the line-up is Grandenetti.

[Silver]

And I am not sure I would call these less popular. They go quickly in nice shape and get good prices.

[Jaylam]

Hey, nice stuff there. The Brave and the Bold was always one of my favorite series. I looked forward to and relished the anticipation of who was going to be featured in the next issue and what artist and writer would be producing the book. A unique book and concept along with Showcase that kept me coming back for more each issue.

[Hepcat]

If you were buying early Brave & the Bolds off the newstands, I'd certainly like to know more about your collecting efforts over the years/decades.

 

[Jaylam]

My older brother had a few Brave and the Bolds (issues #57, #59, #60 and #66) when I was about 5 or 6 years old. That's when I first began noticing comic books. He gave me those and I then proceeded to get issues #67, #68, and #69. I started up again with issue #73 and pretty much bought every issue from then on until I stopped at #103. Almost all of my original books are long gone, but I have mangaged to aquire a few of them in high grade over the last few years. As I said in my post, I always looked forward to what was going to be next and they were easy reads for a kid with stand alone, one issue stories. My favorites were the Batman/Deadman issues by Neil Adams. His artwork was so impressive and powerful for the time.

[Silver]

I hate to do it, but we needed a 15 posted to move forward. Some please get up to 18 at least

 

I didn't want to post this copy, I have had it close to 40 years and it is big time on my replacement list. but here it is in all of it's well loved glory. One of my favorite issues:

 

[Jaylam]

I would like to include a picture with my post, but how to you do it??? Since this is the first time I've tried it, I can't seem to figure it out. I just can't copy and paste an image from my computer???

[Jaylam]

Here's my Brave and the Bold #66. It's the only surviving copy I have from those early issues given to me by my brother in the 60's (see my prior post).

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