The Brave and the Bold #5
Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia.
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Robin Hood)
Cover, 1 page
"Special feature Robin Hood "Robin Hood! Unless you split that arrow's shaft--while blindfolded, your merry band will be exectuted!" Also featuring The Silent Knight."
Featuring
- Feature
- Robin Hood
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Art
- Irv Novick, line art
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Robert Kanigher, editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
1"The art of using hawks and falcolns in hunting, as today hunters use dogs, started in China, 2000 years ago!"
Featuring
- Genre
- Non-Fiction
Credits
- Writing
- Ross Andru, scripter
- Art
- Ross Andru, penciller
- Mike Esposito, inker
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Robert Kanigher, editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
-
The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #5 (April-May 1956) — Hunting Hawks
- Also printed
-
Hawkman (DC, 1964 series) #5 (December 1964-January 1965) — Hunting Hawks
-
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #20 ([May 1970?]) — Untitled
Synopsis
Short feature describing and showing how hawks were trained for hunting.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Robin Hood
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Irv Novick, line art
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Robert Kanigher, editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
-
The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #5 (April-May 1956) — The Blind Bowman!
- Also printed
-
Century Comic (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #105 ([March 1965?]) — The Blind Bowman
Synopsis
Prince John has captured Robin's men, but promise to free them if Robin wins three events - hunting, jousting and archery.
3Featuring
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- Robert Kanigher, scripter
- Art
- Ross Andru, penciller
- Mike Esposito, inker
- Editing
- Robert Kanigher, editor
Reprint history
4Featuring
- Feature
- The Silent Knight
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- Robert Kanigher, scripter
- Art
- Russ Heath, line art [signed]
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Robert Kanigher, editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
-
The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #5 (April-May 1956) — Shield of Terror!
- Also printed
-
All Favourites Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #47 ([March 1965?]) — The Shield of Terror
-
The Best of the Brave and the Bold (DC, 1988 series) #1 (October 1988) — The Shield of Terror
- From GCD
- from Brave and the Bold, The (DC, 1955 series) #5 (April-May 1956)
Synopsis
The Robber Baron attacks Brian and Celia when they look for herbs in the Forest Perilous.
5"Release those prisoners, black knight, or I'll knock your castle down!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Knights of the Square Table
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Irwin Hasen , scripter
- Art
- Irwin Hasen , line art
- Text
- Irwin Hasen , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #2 (October-November 1955) — Untitled
- Unknown
- Also printed
-
All Favourites Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #47 ([March 1965?]) — Untitled
Notes
Some episodes of this feature were done by Henry Boltinoff, but this doesn't look like his work.
6"Chariot races today"
Featuring
- Feature
- The Laughing Arena!
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Editing
- Robert Kanigher, editor
Reprint history
7
Indicia
Printed by Mentmore Press, for the Proprietors, Colour Comics Pty. Ltd., Sydney, and produced by the K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., 56 Young Street, Sydney. Gordon and Gotch (Australasia) Ltd., distributors for Australia and New Zealand.