The Brave and the Bold #160

The cover of The Brave and the Bold #160, drawn by Jim Aparo, crackles with tension as Batman lunges forward while Supergirl grabs his arm and pleads, "No, Batman! If you go any closer, Colonel Sulphur will kill my father!" — with a frightened hostage held at knifepoint in the foreground and a scowling villain nearby. It's a wonderfully compact moment of conflict: two powerhouses momentarily at cross-purposes, heroism complicated by a personal stake. Cary Burkett's "The Brimstone Connection" promises exactly the kind of high-stakes team-up drama that had readers demanding more of this pairing in 1980.