The Brave and the Bold #138

The Brave and the Bold #138 teams Batman with the master escape artist Mister Miracle for a team-up tailor-made for fans of superhero adventure. Jim Aparo's cover puts both heroes at the center of a fiery, explosive landscape, with Batman's cape sweeping dramatically as Mister Miracle runs alongside him — while a purple-costumed villain looms atop a tank in the background, taunting that not even the world's greatest escape artists can flee his "Island of Doom." With the story promising a "burning death" capped by a "Mile High Tombstone," this 1977 issue makes a compelling case that Bob Haney and Jim Aparo knew exactly how to deliver an irresistible team-up.