The Brave & the Bold #78 p. 17 (Batman, Wonder Woman & Batgirl) by Bob Brown
Artists: Bob Brown (Penciller) , Mike Esposito (Inker) , Bob Haney (Writer)
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DescriptionB&B #78 may be the first comic I ever bought and I have long wanted a page from it. Published in 1968, the first year I began to actively go to comic racks and pick my own comics, it was obviously influenced by the campy Batman TV show which I loved.It is one of those special books that took place in what the guy at The Comic Treadmill (a good place on the web to waste your time if you like goofy old comic books) calls "the Haneyverse." Only Bob Haney could have come up with a plot in which, Batman has Wonder Woman and Batgirl pretend to fall in love with and fight over him in order to lure a thief, Copperhead, out from his hiding place. It all goes horribly wrong when our superheroines actually get the super hots for the Caped Crusader and the fighting becomes real. Where else could you find Batgirl willing to offer Batman,"the greatest gift a superheroine can offer," which, for the record, was her library card? Nowhere but the Haneyverse! Seriously, google this issue and read TCT's article on this story if you don't have a copy of it handy. Despite the crazy, nonsensical story, Bob Brown's art is solid on this page and throughout the book. I really like the Amazonian quality he gives Wonder Woman, and the classic feel of his Batgirl. Were he still with us today, I would love to thank him for helping a four-year-old boy begin his life-long love of this art form and I am very happy to have landed such an incredible page. Thanks, Paul. PS Nick Katradis, who has a nice collection of Brown's art from both his DC and Marvel eras, informed me that Mike Esposito did the inks on this page. I'd always read that Brown inked himself here, but Esposito, who inked Wonder Woman (among many other books at or around that time), would make sense. I'm not an expert, but, now that you have mentioned it, the inking style does seem similar to his. Social/Sharing |
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Satya Chetri
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 4/5/2009
"The greatest gift a superheroine can offer"
"Missed, you muscle-bound Medusa!"
Gold. Pure gold.
Steven Dilworth
Member Since 2012
1 - Posted on 12/28/2023
Satya Chetri wrote:
"The greatest gift a superheroine can offer""Missed, you muscle-bound Medusa!"
Gold. Pure gold.
Ow wow! I was just coming to comment on the same things. Also, Bob Brown's Wonder Woman definitely doesn't look like someone Batgirl would be wise to antagonize.
Felix Lu 
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 4/5/2009
Congrats on getting a childhood fave. When you come right down to it, nostalgia is the driving force for the vast majority of comic art collectors. And this story sounds like a hoot, too...gotta look it up!
Sebastien Roy
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 4/5/2009
Great story Tim. Congrats on landing a piece as significant to you as this one!
aric shapiro
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 4/6/2009
I am so jealous right now...I love this magnificent art...this is what comics is about
Will K
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 4/11/2009
No offense to Bob Haney, rest in peace, but only the best artists at DC could give credence some of his zany (rhymes with Haney) stories. However, I have to be believe he was very conscious of how crazy these stories were. Compare his later Brave & Bold stories to his early B&B, Aquaman and Teen Titans stories.
Joseph Serpico
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 6/5/2009
This page has a lot going for it. Batman, and Batgirl and Wonder Woman all on the same page, DC SA, nice clean art and clear storytelling, representative of that silly, crazy, sterotypical era in (DC) comics history.
Aaron N.
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 12/12/2009
I'm definitely voting for this one for your years best. Every panel is a joy.
Garry Goodwin
Member Since 2003
1 - Posted on 1/11/2015
Great page from my fondly remembered childhood reading, this has it all!
Full Mag Veteran Stories Illustrated
Member Since 2017
1 - Posted on 11/18/2018
Love this page by Bob Brown!
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