The Brave and the Bold #121

A runaway locomotive threatens disaster in "The Doomsday Express," and Jim Aparo's cover captures the chaos beautifully — Batman clings to the speeding train while members of the Metal Men (including a silver figure, a red figure, and a golden-yellow robot) leap clear, with a white-haired female Metal Man calling out "Where's Batman?" as a teammate urges everyone to jump. This September 1975 team-up pairs the Dark Knight with DC's robot heroes in exactly the kind of high-stakes, kinetic scenario that made The Brave and the Bold such a reliable favorite. Aparo handles both the pencils and inks here, and his confident, dynamic linework gives the whole scene a sense of genuine momentum and peril.