The Brave and the Bold #157 is an issue of the series The Brave and the Bold (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1979. It was published on September 27, 1979.
Synopsis for Batman and Kamandi: "Time... My Dark Destiny!"
Batman is on the trail of a large criminal gang called Extortion, Inc., but his efforts are fruitless. Going to his old friend Martin Tellman for assistance, Batman uses his identity in order to lure a member of the criminal gang, who is acting as their enforcer and is apparently unbeatable.
When the time comes for Batman to confront "The Enforcer", he realizes that the man is none other than Kamandi, the last boy on Earth. However, Kamandi doesn't recognize Batman and they confront each other, with Batman losing the fight.
Using his underworld connections, Batman manages to locate Kamandi and follows him to the headquarters of Extortion, Inc., where he learns that the criminals have managed to brainwash Kamandi and they have been using him as their puppet. However, knowing that their control over the boy is about to end, they decide to kill him, but Batman stops them and puts and end to their crime ring with help from a recovered Kamandi.
Finally, Batman takes Kamandi to the Batcave, where he uses his technology to recover Kamandi's lost memories and learn how he ended up in Gotham City. Batman learns that Kamandi traveled in time after a failed escape attempt through the sacred wall. With this information, Batman takes Kamandi to Australia, where a couple of aborigine natives help Kamandi return to his own time.
Appearing in Batman and Kamandi: "Time... My Dark Destiny!"
Featured Characters:
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Supporting Characters:
- Alfred Pennyworth
- Commissioner Gordon
- Doctor Canus (Flashback only)
- Pyra (Flashback only)
- Spirit (Flashback only)
Antagonists:
- Extortion, Inc. (Single appearance)
- Matthew Tinsley (Single appearance)
- Jake Kling (Single appearance)
- Doc Graves (Flashback only)
- The Kangarats (Flashback only)
Other Characters:
- Senator Tibbs (Single appearance)
- Charles Sinclair (Single appearance)
- Ryan (GCPD) (Single appearance)
- Martin Tellman
- Max Beckmesser (Single appearance)
- Benny (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Gotham City
- Gotham City Police Headquarters
- Batcave
- Levitz Garage
- Australia
- Earth-AD
Items:
Vehicles:
Notes
- This is the last issue in The Brave and the Bold series that is credited to Bob Haney as the writer. Although his real contributions stopped after issue #154, a couple of issues later, including this one, were still credited to him, when the author was in fact Mike W. Barr.[1]
- Batman appeared last in Justice League of America #172. He appears next in Detective Comics #487.
- Kamandi, Doctor Canus, Pyra and Spirit all appeared last in Kamandi #59.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Batman Recommended Reading
- Batman (Volume 1)
- Batman (Volume 2)
- Batman (Volume 3)
- Batman and Robin (Volume 1)
- Batman and Robin (Volume 2)
- Batman and Robin (Volume 3)
- Batman Confidential (Volume 1)
- Batman: Gotham Knights (Volume 1)
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (Volume 1)
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat (Volume 1)
- Batman: Streets of Gotham (Volume 1)
- Batman Incorporated (Volume 1)
- Batman Incorporated (Volume 2)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 2)
- Batman/Superman: World's Finest (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 2)
- The Brave and the Bold (Volume 1)
- Detective Comics (Volume 1)
- Detective Comics (Volume 2)
- Superman/Batman (Volume 1)
- World's Finest (Volume 1)