The Brave and the Bold #102

(June-July 1972)

The Commune of Defiance (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman; Teen Titans / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Haney

Pencils

Jim Aparo (pages 1-13); Neal Adams (pages 14-21); Dick Giordano (page 22)

Inks

Jim Aparo (pages 1-13); Dick Giordano (pages 14-22)

Colors

?

Letters

Jim Aparo; John Costanza

Job Number

B-1307

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman; Teen Titans [Speedy [Roy Harper]; Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Mal Duncan]; James Gordon; The Young Aquarians [Angel Lee; Fast Frankie; Carl Lefferts; Sonny Trask]

Synopsis

Batman recruits the Teen Titans to help defuse an explosive confrontation between Gotham City's "Establishment" and the Young Aquarians, a group of young citizens inhabiting a crime-ridden neighborhood. The situation is complicated by an internal struggle for control of the neighborhood, fought between a local crime boss and the Young Aquarians.

Reprints

• in Showcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold Batman Team-Ups (DC, 2007 series) #2 (2007 [February 2008])
• in Legends of the Dark Knight: Jim Aparo (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([June] 2012)
• in Batman Collection - Jim Aparo (Panini Deutschland, 2013 series) #1 ([Februar] 2013)
• in Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([March] 2017)
• in Teen Titans: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) ([August] 2017)
• in Batman in the Brave and the Bold: The Bronze Age (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([March] 2019)

Indexer Notes

Art credits corrected to as they appear at nealadams.com (which says Adams 'drew' pages 14 to 22). Giordano inks credit and page 22 credits from letter column of The Brave and the Bold #103. It is explained in the letters section that Adams finished the story when Aparo fell ill.

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Direct Currents / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Robot-Maker Must Die (Table of Contents: 3)

Doom Patrol / comic story / 13.67 pages (report information)

Script

Arnold Drake

Pencils

Bruno Premiani

Inks

Bruno Premiani

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

Job Number

B-1380

Genre

superhero

Characters

Robotman; The Chief; Elasti-Girl; Negative Man

Reprints

• from The Doom Patrol (DC, 1964 series) #100 (December 1965) [pp. 2-5 only], #105 (August 1966)

Indexer Notes

Reprint consists of pages 2-5 from "Robotman -- Wanted Dead or Alive" from The Doom Patrol #100 inserted as an origin flashback between pages 1 and 2 of "The Robot-Maker Must Die" from The Doom Patrol #105.

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The Brave and the Bold Mailbag / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Murray Boltinoff

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

B-1351

Indexer Notes

Letters or comments from Scott Snyder, Joe Peluso, Robert Iannotta, Carlton Henderson, Gerard Triano, Bob Rozakis, Tom Ryle, Frank C. Verzyl, Laura Chatham, Duane Spurlock, Guy Sharwood, Greg Cohen, Dennis Allen Burke, Marty Kirsher Jr, T. E. Pouncey, James D. Buckner, Bob Janz, Scott Gibson, Victor L. Lim, Jim Dowdy, John La Chima, Dan Gheno, Dennis Buzonik, Joe Rusnak, David Hendricks, George Broderick, Stuart West, Lisa Jane Farara, Joe Farara, Gary Fox, John Gavin, Richard H. Morrissey and Richard Howington.