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Issue: The Brave and the Bold #159
Publication Date: February 1980
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Issues: #159 of 200 Issues (296 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Standard Distribution
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/20/1979
Volume: 26
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893044002
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #174.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
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The Crystal Armageddon!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ra's Al Ghul
Character(s): Batman; Ra's Al Ghul (wanted poster)
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderheft #17 published January 1980
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-210
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Crystal Armageddon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ra's Al Ghul
Character(s): Batman; Ra's Al Ghul; the League of Assassins; Talia; Professor Hatter; Bernie Hatter
Synopsis: Batman and Ra's Al Ghul have to work together in order to find Professor Hatter, whose crystal formula can crystalize all other matter. When the League of Assassins kill the Professor's brother, Hatter is overcome by sorrow and vows to destroy the world with his formula. The trail leads to a junk outside the coast of Hong Kong, where Batman and Ra's Al Ghul are able to neutralize the effect of the formula by spraying themselves and the sea with silicone.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderheft #17 published January 1980
as Kristalltod aus der Flasche [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #5/1984 published January 1984
as Dødens krystaller! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper-Team #2/1992 published January 1992
as Kristallkatastrofen [Story on Interior Page(s)]andra svenska översättningen, andra publiceringen / second Swedish translation, second publication
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: J-6220
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Hawkman Makes a Safe Landing

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hawkman [Katar Hol]
Synopsis: Hawkman rescues a man whose parachute fails to open and the rest of his club celebrates with Hostess Cup Cakes.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Hostess Cup Cakes in comic strip format.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-428
Disclose Notes: Letters and comments from Jim Abbott, Todd Ray Christiansen, Scott Gibson and Michael Merary.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's the Answer Man
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
Job Number: F-119
Disclose Notes: Part of The DC Feature Page.

Questions from Norman Schneider, Joey Valdivia, Paul Amato, Wayde Hamby, Howard Gross, Matthew Dunn, Christopher Sanford, Danny Dragos, Marty Jones, Robert H. Lange Jr, Glen G. Simone, Danny L., Thomas Moudry, Josh Glazer, Stanley Nachamie, J. J. Crouse, Ricky Baldwin and Jay Ballard.
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Number 57 Adrienne Roy

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Part of The DC Feature Page. Script credit suggested by Michael Catron.

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