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Cover of The Brave and the Bold #156
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CATALOG RECORD

The Brave and the Bold #156

DC · Series began 1955 · November 1979

Dates

Cover date
November 1979
On sale
August 21, 1979
Pages
36

Values

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #156 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Original edition40¢ cover

    Barcode 0709893044011 · shared with another edition

    Source ↗
  • Whitman edition

    Whitman

    Whitman branding on the cover.

    Barcode 3044011

    This edition’s page
  • UK pence edition0.15 GBP cover

    British

    Printed cover price 0.15 GBP.

    Barcode 0709893044011 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Jim Aparo, Don Newton, Curt Swaninks: Jim Aparo, Bob Smith, Vince Collettacolors: Tatjana Wood, Jerry Serpeletters: Todd Klein, Ben Odascript: Cary Burkett, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis

Stories

  • Corruption! · 17 pages

    When a unknown power turns Gotham's police evil, Batman and Doctor Fate team-up to find to find that a deceased cop who was framed as being corrupt wants revenge from beyond the grave.

Publisher’s description

Doctor Fate traces a spirit of corruption to the Gotham City Police Department, where an unknown force is causing all the officers to act like criminals, and even Commissioner Gordon tries to kill Batman.

Reprinted in

Tales of the Batman: Don Newton (2011), Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Bronze Age Omnibus (2017)

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