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Issue: The Brave and the Bold #200
Publication Date: July 1983
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Issues: #200 of 200 Issues (296 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/21/1983
Volume: 29
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893044007
Price: $1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
8 (3 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Len Wein (editor); Nicola Cuti (assistant editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age, then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #112-117, 120, 200)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman (Earth 1); Batman (Earth 2); Robin (Earth 2)
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Pages: 1
Job Number: C-313
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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Smell of Brimstone, Stench of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman (flashback-1955); Brimstone [Nicholas Lucien]; Commissioner Gordon (flashback-1955); Robin (flashback-1955); Joker (present; cameo); Pinstripe (flashback- 1955); Jojo (flashback- 1955); Warden Craddock (present); Dr. Lincoln (present) (all Earth-2); Batman; Dr. Joan Lincoln; Samuel Bridgeman Night; Carlotta Hernandez; Rabbi David Kline; Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Brimstone [Nicholas Lucien] (spirit only); Nicholas Lucien; The Demons (street gang); Clarisse; (all Earth-1 in the present)
Synopsis: The story explains how 2 different personas for Brimstone exist: Both aware somehow of each others' existences on a spiritual level. In 1955, on Earth-2, Brimstone's defeated by Batman and sent to prison, but later transfers his 'spiritual' essence to his doppelganger on Earth-1 in 1983 to restart his criminal empire. He learns of a Batman on this world, but is also defeated here by him. When his essence returns to its own body, it is a vegetable by this time, trapping him there for the rest of his natural life, while his 'good' Earth-1 counterpart is unaware of what happened.
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Pages: 40
Job Number: J-8562
Disclose Notes: Story was divided into several parts.
Part 1 - 1p - Starter-Page with an illustration of Batman I and Batman II
Part 2 - 2p - Prologue
Part 3 - 16p - Part 1 : Fire and Brimstone
Part 4 - 4p - Interlude: 1983
Part 5 - 15p - Part 2: Hell on Earth
Part 6 - 2p - Epilogue

Last appearance of the Earth-2 Joker
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Jan. 28th, Stratford, CT, 4:00 a.m.
Synopsis: Dick Giordano takes the reader through a typical day, minute by minute, of a comic book executive editor.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between pages 19-20 of main story.
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Bat-Mite Speaks His Mind

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bat-Mite
Synopsis: An editorial posed by Bat-Mite to the editors as to why he wasn't included in this issue, and that he should get his own series, before he's "erased" off the page by an artist. Bat-Mite then comments that it wasn't funny as to his "erasure."
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Batman and the Outsiders

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "Cover" of the Special Batman and the Outsiders Preview. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Introducing: Batman and the Outsiders

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Outsiders [Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Geo-Force [Brion Markov] (introduction); Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Metamorpho [Rex Mason]; Katana [Tatsu Yamashiro] (introduction); Halo [Gabrielle Doe] (introduction)]; Commissioner Gordon; Miklos (villain); Simon (villain, death); Haggarty (police officer)
Synopsis: In Gotham, a group of terrorists attacks a hospital holding their leader Miklos. The fanatics intend to kill themselves and as many others as they can. James Gordon gets quick help from Batman and his new team of superheroes, the Outsiders, who take down the terrorists.
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Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: This story introduces the Outsiders, whose book co-starring Batman replaced The Brave and the Bold on the schedule following The Brave and the Bold #200. Story title from "cover."
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Move Out!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Sgt. Rock
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Sgt. Rock toy military vehicles and weapons from Remco. Letters credit from Todd Klein.
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You’ve Met Batman and the Outsiders But You Still Don’t Know Their Awesome Origin!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Batman and the Outsiders #1 including black & white cover reproduction. Letters credit from Todd Klein.

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