One of the best remembered comics of my youth was The Brave and The
Bold No.67 (Sept. 1966). And it wasn't just me. I remember a couple of
years after the story was published and I was in junior high when comic
book fans got together this comic often came
up. Even a lot of non comic book fans remembered this specific teaming
of Batman and the Flash written by Bob Haney , penciled by Carmine
Infantino and inked by Charles Paris and Murphy Anderson. The cover was
penciled by Infantino and inked by Joe Giella.
The story concerns a crime wave that's struck Gotham City by a
group of super - speedsters in sneakers known as the "Speed Boys" that
are running circles around Batman. Since this is an issue of B&B
and not Batman or Detective, the caped crusader can't
figure out how to stop them so he calls in his Justice League teammate
the Flash. But here's the fly in the buttermilk. Years of running at
super-speed has taken a toll on his body. And he's literally running
himself to death. But hero that he is the Flash
goes to Gotham (by train) to help his friend. Long story short the
good guys win and the Flash is cured.
One thing I've wondered about for years is just how fast were the
Speed Boys supposed to be? They are able to outrun the Batmobile. And a
rocket propelled Batman. They seem to be on the same level as Silver Age
speedsters Quicksilver and Lightning. Neither
of who was on the level of the Silver Age Flash. The Flash had to be
given a severe handicap to make this story believable. Up until the point
Batman finds out what's ailing the scarlet speedster hasn't rounded the
entire gang in a matter of seconds.
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We needed a follow-up story with the hoboe.
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