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Some crazy Bob Haney universe stories here, but so much fun! Art by Aparo and Adams is top-notch, too. Well worth a permanent addition to your library.
It’s never been a better time to be a comic book fan if you enjoy the comics of yesteryear. The popularity of Marvel and DC on the small screen and silver screen may have something to do with publishers pumping out so many reprints from their archives. Now, DC gives fans a chance to read a hefty amount of issues from the historic Batman team-up book, "The Brave and the Bold" at an affordable price. However, is the book worth it? How are the stories and how does the book itself look? "The Brave
This omnibus started out SO bad. Gosh Bob Haney was a bad writer. The first issues with Ross Andru doing the art are painful. This is a Batman modern readers would not recognize. Patrolling Gotham in a whirley bird. Smiling all the time. Getting chewed out by commissioner Gordon for "not solving the cases fast enough!". This is not the dark detective but rather the mistake prone guy in a bat suit. THEN Neal Adams. Wow. The issues where HE does the art are like knight and day. The story improves
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It’s ridiculous to say this, but this is well worth reading, just for the sheer lunacy of Bob Haney’s writing. There are repeat characters throughout this volume, but they completely change characterization with each appearance (the Sergeant Rock guest shots most of all; Joe Kubert must have facepalmed a *lot*.) Even when the series sheds the lingering silliness of sixties Batman, the stories remain ludicrous. So much fun to read, and along the way you get some Neal Adams art, and some Jim Aparo...
The Brave and the Bold is a series that I wish DC would always publish. One-and-done team-up stories, with any characters in their universe. Infinite possibilities abound! You can pair characters to tell a great story that otherwise couldn’t be told in core titles. Continuity isn’t much of an issue, as the stories have little bearing on the overall fabric of the DC Universe.Those are a few reasons why I enjoyed this collection, which features the first 36 issues of Batman’s continual run in BATB...