I think our dark matter materials are messing each other up!
- — Atom
The Brave and the Bold (Volume 3) #9 is an issue of the series The Brave and the Bold (Volume 3) with a cover date of February, 2008.
Contents
Synopsis for "Changing Times"
At Challengers Mountain, Ace Morgan of the Challengers of the Unknown is walking back in the room where the Challengers have stored the Book of Souls when he's attacked by a humanoid creature made up for shredded pages of the Book featuring pictures of different heroes and scenes of the past. June Robbins hears him shout and comes to his aid.
As she fights the monster, Jun sees one page depicting the Metal Men interfering with a battle between a massive mechanical dragon and a giant wrestler. As they engage the creature, which roars "Me-gis-tus" over and over, the wrestler touches a dial on his belt, changes back into a kid and falls down. Tin catches him and the duo crashes relatively safely on a rooftop. At the request of the kid, called Robby Reed, Tin picks his device and dials the word "H-E-R-O".
The Metal Men are being torn to pieces when a flying man comes along, saves the team, rips the creature apart and wooes Platinum. Then Robby arrives and demands Tin to dial the word to change back to normal. Later, Robby is explaining to the Metal Men's creator Doctor Magnus that monster intended to steal his transforming device.
June sees another page. Even further in the past, the Boy Commandos are protecting a pyramid and its treasury, the Orb of Ra, from the Axis powers. The German forces are about to overrun them when the Blackhawks come to their aid. During the skirmish a mummy drags Brooklyn into the pyramid's tunnels. Both groups go into the tunnels to rescue him.
Brooklyn is dragged to the pyramid's heart, where a mummy is waiting for him, holding the Orb of Ra. Megistus' magic revived them and commanded to retrieve the Orb, but he requires a demonstration of its power first. The mummy leader is about to use the Orb on Brooklyn, when Brooklyn notices the hieroglyphs on the walls stating every trap in the pyramid will go off if the Orb is placed in the box. Brooklyn quickly wrestles himself free, grabs the Orb and inserts it in the Chest of Sorrows.
Taking advantage of the ensuing chaos, Brooklyn runs away and runs into the Boy Commandos and the Blackhawks. Both teams make it out of the pyramid alive, but now the entrance is sealed. Which actually means they fulfilled their mission.
Back in the present, Sues reads still another page. Atom and Hawkman are attending an archaeological conference presenting ancient animal skins marked with primitive star charts when the Warlock of Ys bursts into the place and summons a tornado. While both heroes suit up, the Warlock examines the skins. He recognizes a nebula familiar to any mage and wonders about Megistus' plans. He's attacked by both heroes but the Warlock's powers beat them back easily.
Atom guesses Hawkman's anti-gravity harness, made of Nth Metal, and his own buckle, made of dwarf star matter, are kind of short-circuiting each other up. Atom presses his belt onto Hawkman's harness, and the energy released shields them from Warlock's blast. However it also creates a kind og energy portal that pulls the Warlock in.
The Warlock drifts through a void until he sees a portal and bursts through it, turned into a paper monster made of pages of the Book of Souls.
Sue gasps in horror.
Appearing in "Changing Times"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Atom (Ryan Choi)
- The Blackhawks
- Boy Commandos
- Alfy Twidgett
- Andre Chavard
- Brooklyn
- Jan Haasan
- Rip Carter (Final appearance)
- Hawkman
- The Metal Men
- Robby Reed
- Will Magnus
Antagonists:
- German soldiers
- Megistus (Behind the scenes)
- Mummies
- Warlock of Ys
- Mondath (In picture only)
Other Characters:
- Batman (In picture only)
- Flash (In picture only)
- Green Lantern (In picture only)
- Power Girl (In picture only)
- Superman (In picture only)
- Supergirl (In picture only)
- Wonder Woman (In picture only)
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Notes
- This issue has been collected in The Brave and the Bold: The Book of Destiny
- The French used in this issue has become the subject of some ridicule. "Une maman a Brooklyn" means "a mommy has Brooklyn", not "a mummy has [captured] Brooklyn".
See Also
Recommended Reading
Links and References
- Dan DiDio/Executive Editor
- George Pérez/Cover Artist
- Tom Smith/Cover Artist
- Mark Waid/Writer
- George Pérez/Penciler
- Bob Wiacek/Inker
- Scott Koblish/Inker
- Tom Smith/Colourist
- Rob Leigh/Letterer
- Stephanie Buscema/Editor
- Joey Cavalieri/Editor
- Ryan Choi (New Earth)/Quotes
- Challengers of the Unknown (New Earth)/Appearances
- Kyle Morgan (New Earth)/Appearances
- Walter Haley (New Earth)/Appearances
- Lester Davis (New Earth)/Appearances
- Matthew Ryan (New Earth)/Appearances
- June Robbins (New Earth)/Appearances
- Ryan Choi (New Earth)/Appearances
- Blackhawk Squadron (New Earth)/Appearances
- Andre (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Janos Prohaska (New Earth)/Appearances
- Weng Chan (New Earth)/Appearances
- Charles Wilson (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Ritter Hendricksen (New Earth)/Appearances
- Zinda Blake (New Earth)/Appearances
- Olaf Friedriksen (New Earth)/Appearances
- Stanislaus Drozdowski (New Earth)/Appearances
- Boy Commandos (New Earth)/Appearances
- Alfred Twidgett (New Earth)/Appearances
- Andre Chavard (New Earth)/Appearances
- Daniel Turpin (New Earth)/Appearances
- Jan Haasan (New Earth)/Appearances
- Rip Carter (New Earth)/Appearances
- Carter Hall (New Earth)/Appearances
- Metal Men (New Earth)/Appearances
- Gold (New Earth)/Appearances
- Iron (New Earth)/Appearances
- Lead (New Earth)/Appearances
- Mercury (New Earth)/Appearances
- Platinum (New Earth)/Appearances
- Tin (New Earth)/Appearances
- Robert Reed (New Earth)/Appearances
- William Magnus (New Earth)/Appearances
- Nazi Party/Appearances
- Megistus (New Earth)/Appearances
- Mummies/Appearances
- Warlock of Ys (New Earth)/Appearances
- Mondath (New Earth)/Appearances
- Bruce Wayne (New Earth)/Appearances
- Wally West (New Earth)/Appearances
- Hal Jordan (New Earth)/Appearances
- Kara Zor-L (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Kal-El (New Earth)/Appearances
- Kara Zor-El (New Earth)/Appearances
- Diana of Themyscira (New Earth)/Appearances
- Egypt/Appearances
- United States of America/Appearances
- Colorado/Appearances
- Challengers Mountain/Appearances
- Ivy Town/Appearances
- Ivy University/Appearances
- New York/Appearances
- New York City/Appearances
- Manhattan/Appearances
- Bangstick/Appearances
- Bio-Belt/Appearances
- Book of Souls/Appearances
- H-Dial/Appearances
- Nth Metal/Appearances
- Grumman XF5F Skyrocket/Appearances
- Comics
- 2008
- 2008, February
- 2007, December (Publication)
- The Brave and the Bold Vol 3
- Modern-Age
- Synopsis Written