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The Brave and the Bold Vol 1 116

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"Batman/The Spectre: "Grasp of the Killer Cult"": When a series of strange murders happen, where men with clean records suddenly strangle their victims to death, Batman is called in by Commissioner Gordon to investigate. The case also attr

Quote1 Aah, a nice warm grave! I yearn for its everlasting peace... but evil will not allow me my rightful rest! Quote2
— Jim Corrigan

The Brave and the Bold #116 is an issue of the series Brave and the Bold (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 1975.

Synopsis for Batman/The Spectre: "Grasp of the Killer Cult"

When a series of strange murders happen, where men with clean records suddenly strangle their victims to death, Batman is called in by Commissioner Gordon to investigate. The case also attracts the attention of Jim Corrigan, who feels a super-natural force drawing his Spectre persona. As Corrigan he tries to get in on the case, telling Gordon and Batman that all the murders are copy-cats of the Thuggies of India.

With the help of the Spectre, Batman learns that each of the men were in the military during World War II as a group called the Dirty 'Dozers, a road building crew that helped build roads in India for the war effort.

As Batman tracks down this groups meeting place as worshipers of Kali the Indian goddess, the Spectre learns that the men bulldozed over an ancient Thuggee cemetery, and have been possessed by the spirits of the men buried there. Learning the truth, the Spectre rushes back to the States where he saves Batman by posing as the goddess Kali and convincing the spirits to leave the bodies of the men.

After the battle, them men return to normal, however are fully aware of the crimes they committed while under the control of the Thuggee spirits, as such they willingly turn themselves over to the authorities hoping that justice will be fair to them.

Appearing in Batman/The Spectre: "Grasp of the Killer Cult"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Villains:

  • Dirty 'Dozers (Possessed by the Thugees) (Single appearance)
  • Henry Barnes (John T. Weaver) (Single appearance)
  • James Wilson (Mr. Valentine) (Single appearance)
  • Thugees (As a spirit)

Other Characters:

  • Mr. Jennings (Single appearance; dies)
  • Mr. Forbes (Single appearance; dies)
  • Lola Lalanna (Single appearance; dies)

Locations:

Vehicles:


Synopsis for Teen Titans: "The Dimensional Caper!"

This story is reprinted from Teen Titans #16.

The Teen Titans are called into the town of Highsdale where Highsdale High student Chet Walters has asked the Titans to come help him. Landing on the school rooftop they spy into the school and see that Chet is in a meeting with his principal and father. They are disciplining him about his claims of beings from another dimension that has made him a laughing stock at school and around town. When they suggest that Chet be taken off to be examined at a professional clinic, the teen freaks out and escapes the room by smashing out a window and running away. As Chet flees he tries to get the help of his girl Sally, who shuns him just as his classmates jeer at him.

Having witnessed his escape the Titans send Wonder Girl to collect him and take him back to the rest of the Titans to find out what's going on. Chet tells them how one night he was dared to paint the class year on the town water tower and when he did so he touched one of the rivets on the tower, this caused him to be transported to another dimension that was filled with hostile creatures armed with ray guns. Fearing that the boy would warn the Earth of their impending invasion the creatures would chase Chet until he was suddenly transported back to Earth, he's been trying to warn people ever since.

Deciding to investigate the matter, the Titans have Chet take them to the water tower and when Robin touches the same rivet the Teen Titans and Chet are all transported to Dimension X where they find that Chet's claims were very true. Their fight takes them all across the replica of Chet's school that the aliens have created to train in. Fighting the creatures in the halls, the library and the boiler room. Ducking into the science wing, they learn that Chet's principal Mr. Downs is really the leader of the invasion. With the dimensional transport device nearby, Robin sends Kid Flash to manipulate it's controls at super speed, causing both dimension to slowly merge into sync.

With the student body of Highsdale and the aliens all existing in the same location, the Teen Titans fight off the invaders. During the fight, Chet gets in a struggle with Principal Downs, and during the struggle Downs' ray gun blasts the dimensional transport. This causes the aliens and Chet to be shunted back to Dimension X and the Titans back to Earth. Rushing back to the water tower to go back to Dimension X and save Chet, the Titans arrive just in time to see it detonated.

In order to save Chet, the Titans send Kid Flash to breach the dimensional barriers and save the boy from the aliens, a task which Kid Flash succeeds at. Later, the Titans explain everything to Chet's father and the people of Highsdale commend Chet and the Teen Titans as heroes.

Appearing in Teen Titans: "The Dimensional Caper!"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Chet Walters
  • Mr. Walters
  • Mr. Farnum

Antagonists:

  • Aliens from Dimension X (First appearance)
    • Leader One (Mr. Downs)

Other Characters:

  • Sally

Locations:

  • Highsdale
    • Highsdale High

Items:


Vehicles:

Synopsis for The Silent Knight: "Knight for a Day!"


Appearing in The Silent Knight: "Knight for a Day!"

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Synopsis for Batman/Wonder Woman/Batgirl: "In the Coils of Copperhead!"


Appearing in Batman/Wonder Woman/Batgirl: "In the Coils of Copperhead!"

  • Appearances not yet listed

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See Also

  • Cover gallery for the Brave and the Bold series

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