The Brave and The Bold #33

Well, Free Comic Book Month is over. It was a fun ride but now it is time to get back to the status quo. This week I got a treat for you all. This comic has to do with one of my least favorite stories but the same story is seen as one of comics greatest. What story am I talking about? Well if you know the comic I am about to review, it is really clear. With all that said, The Brave and the Bold.

Many people, myself included, first heard about The Brave and the Bold form the Cartoon Network show under the same name. Well almost the same name. The cartoon focused on Batman teaming up with many different heroes from the DCU done in a very silver age, Adam West style. Pretty much, it was campy as all get out. Now hold this TV show thought for a second.

The comic series was an anthology series that started back in 1955 and focused on heroes of the past like Robin Hood and the like. But around issue 25, it became more of a try out book for new DC heroes. Super hero teams such as the Suicide Squad, Teen Titans, and even the Justice League, can all say that their start was in The Brave and the Bold. By the time the book got to issue 74, it became Batman: The Brave and The Bold due to the popularity of one Adam West. And this run of the book was just like the cartoon from what I hear. This book was not forever though. It was canceled.

In the year 1991 there was a short run of the series again, this time as two six issue miniseries. One series ran from 91 to 92, the other 99 to 00. I have never seen this books at all but I assume they are very 90’s. The series I am looking at today is the latest and currently last run of the book. This version had a 12 issue story line before becoming smaller arcs and finally going full circle back to the silver age-ish campy nature that started the book. And that is where the TV show ties in for me. When I picked up this book it was pretty darn close to the cartoon. But I would still watch the TV show over reading these stories.

That should be enough history for now. Time to turn off your brains and get some dance music on, this is The Brave and The Bold issue 33.

 

Zatanna Special part 2

Well you all read last week’s review, right? Let’s not waste any time and get right into part 2 after the break.

Zatanna Special

Zatanna is always awesome. My first exposure to her was in the Batman Animated series. This was “before the internet” times of the 1990’s. Yes, I know it was around, but let’s face it. The internet did not take off until the 2000’s. But I digress. Zatanna was always one of the most fun characters to ever live. Not only because she uses her powers as her day job, but because she just takes everything with a grain of salt. She knows that everything is not always like it seems. I always loved her and thought of her highly. (Overlooking that whole mind wipe thing of course)

So it was one day I was at my comic store and I found this huge 64 page giant comic about Zatanna. I saw it and I just had to know what made an issue this big. What story could be told in this 3 times bigger comic? Well I am here to share that story with you. So here is the Zatanna Special.