The Brave and the Bold (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1969. It was published on April 22, 1969.
Synopsis for Batman and Sgt. Rock: "The Angel, the Rock, and the Cowl!"
When Bruce Wayne is called to the Gotham Museum to see the statue of the Archangel Gabriel smuggled out of Nazi-occupied France during World War II, because a man with a German accent called about it called to claim it. Bruce informs him that the real statue is still in France and the one in Gotham is a fake. They are then attacked by a man Bruce recognizes as Von Stauffen.
Bruce then recalls back to a day during World War II, when he was in London, and his friend, a British spy named Digby is killed in a bombing and so Bruce covered his mission for the British forces. Traveling into Nazi occupied France, Bruce meets up with Sgt. Rock and Easy Company along the way.
Investigating a strange amount of wine coming out of Chateaurouge, Bruce learns that it's occupied by Nazi's led by Von Stauffen. As a spy, Bruce is unable to learn what the secret is behind the wine, so he tries as Batman and comes to blows with Rock and Easy Company again who happen to be in the area. However, during their scuffle over a bottle of the Chateaurouge wine, they find that the Nazi's are smuggling weapon parts in the bottles to be used during the D-Day invasion. Batman and Easy Company then work together to stop Von Stauffen.
In the present, Bruce is saved by the sudden arrival of Rock who knocks out Von Stauffen, as he had been tracking Von Stauffen since after the war.
Appearing in Batman and Sgt. Rock: "The Angel, the Rock, and the Cowl!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Easy Company (Flashback only)
- Bulldozer (Flashback only)
- Jackie Johnson (Flashback only)
- Little Sure-Shot (Flashback only)
- Wildman (Flashback only)
Antagonists:
- Nazi Party (Flashback only)
- Von Stauffen (Single appearance) (Flashback and main story)
Other Characters:
- Wyatt (museum curator) (Single appearance)
- Digby Palmer (Dies in flashback)
- Winston Churchill (Cameo)
Locations:
- Gotham City
- Gotham Museum
- Europe (Flashback only)
Items:
Notes
- This issue is reprinted in Showcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold Batman Team-Ups Vol. 1 and Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams Vol 1.
- This story implies that Earth-One Batman is old enough to have fought in World War II. This also can't be the Batman of Earth-Two, because he never used an ellipse around his bat symbol.
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