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The Brave and the Bold #153

DC · Series began 1955 · August 1979

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Dates

Cover date: August 1979
On sale: May 22, 1979
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #153 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition40¢ cover

Barcode 0709893044008 · shared with another edition
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Whitman edition

Whitman

Whitman branding on the cover.
This edition’s page
UK pence edition0.12 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.12 GBP.

Barcode 0709893044008 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Jim Aparo, Don Newton, Fred Hembeckinks: Jim Aparo, Bob Smith, Fred Hembeckcolors: Tatjana Wood, Jerry Serpeletters: Todd Kleinscript: Cary Burkett, Paul Levitz, Fred Hembeckediting: Bob Rozakis

Stories

Menace of the Murder Machines · 17 pages
Batman investigates the murder of an industrialist in his skyscraper 23 floors up, and discovers that a machine is responsible for the death. Batman and Red Tornado team-up to take on the killer robots that are controlled by an unknown enemy.

Reprinted in

Tales of the Batman: Don Newton (2011), Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Bronze Age Omnibus (2017), DC Finest: Team-Ups: Chase to the End of Time (2025)