The Brave and the Bold #85

DC Comics
United States
- Published
- August-September 1969
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.15 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/22878
Credits
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff
Issue contents

Featuring
- Feature
- Batman; Green Arrow
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- B277
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
Credits
- Art
- Neal Adams
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino ?
Reprint history

Featuring
- Feature
- Batman; Green Arrow
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- B-277
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Paul Cathcart; Edmond Cathcart; Miklos Minotaur; Munson
Credits
- Script
- Bob Haney
- Art
- Neal Adams
- Letters
- Ben Oda
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #57 ([January 1970?]) — The Senator's Been Shot
-
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #23 (July 1982) — The Senator's Been Shot!
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The Best of the Brave and the Bold (DC, 1988 series) #1 (October 1988) — The Senator's Been Shot!
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Millennium Edition: The Brave and The Bold No. 85 (DC, 2000 series) (November 2000) — The Senator's Been Shot!
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Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (DC, 2003 series) #1 ([September] 2003) — The Senator's Been Shot!
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Showcase Presents Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1 (2006) — The Senator's Been Shot!
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Showcase Presents The Brave and the Bold Batman Team-Ups (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007) — The Senator's Been Shot!
Synopsis
Both Batman and Green Arrow are attacked by Miklos Minotaur in their alter egos and have to decide if they can do more good by stopping being superheroes.
Notes
Story across 23 pages, but pages 7 and 23 are 2/3-pages and page 15 is a 1/2-page.
Previous indexer credited Dick Giordano with inks, but Nick Caputo concurs with the original indexer that Adams is the inker.
"New look" Green Arrow is introduced.

Featuring
- Feature
- The Brave and the Bold Mailbag
- Code
- B-280
Credits
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Letters section includes noting the changes in Green Arrow's personality and appearance and a bio of Neal Adams by his wife Cornelia. Letter of comment from Joseph Maggio.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.