Two very important incidents happened in the DC Comics Universe both pre and post Crisis On Infinite Earths.
The incidents involve Batman and Superman. I’m here to discuss both.
Before DC Comics ‘cleaned house” with its Crisis On Infinite Earths maxi-series, the DC Universe was a mess of discontinuity filled with alternate Earths, inconsistent superhero and super villain powers and lacking a cohesive whole for its comics.
In The Brave And The Bold title DC Comics had introduced a number of new characters that went on to gain their own series.
The comic then shifted to team-ups of various DC heroes.
When artist Neal Adams began penciling the comic book it had already firmly established itself as a Batman team-up title. Adams took it to another level with his reimaging of the Dark Knight.
He took Batman to his dark roots and fans loved it.
In The Brave And The Bold #84 the story shifts to World War II where Bruce Wayne meets up with Sgt. Rock and Easy Company during an espionage assignment.
Shifting to the present Batman is confronted by an old WWII adversary poised to kill him only to have the now aged Sgt. Rock save his life.
The ‘present’ story takes place in 1969-24 years after the war ended. In the WWII era Wayne and Rock were not that far apart in age. Yet in the ‘present’ story Sgt. Rock appears much older than Wayne does.
Still it makes for an exciting story and the Neal Adams’ art alone makes it a worthwhile read.
Currently a mint copy of the comic book goes for around $75.
Shift to the post-Crisis era. Superman has been revamped by John Byrne and DC Comics.
Batman and Superman’s relationship has changed. While in the pre-Crisis era they were ‘buddies’, in the post era they are often at odds with each other’s methods of fighting crime.
That being said they do respect each other and have each other’s back when necessary.
In Superman #44 they team up to battle a very real threat. I won’t go into specifics other than to state at the end of 3-part saga (that also includes The Adventures Of Superman #467 and Action Comics #654) Superman entrusted Lex Luthor’s kryptonite ring to Batman.
His reason being that if he should go bad or be controlled by outside forces Batman has the means to stop him.
Since the Crisis maxi-series the DC Universe has gone through even more changes. But, Superman’s trust in batman has not changed. Should he go rogue Batman has the means to stop him.
Superman #44 sells for less than five dollars. The entire trilogy can be purchased between 10 and 15 dollars.
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