The Brave and the Bold #19
In "The Challenge of the Flying Horse," Jon and the Mute Bard face their next trial atop a treacherous mountain, where a flying horse suddenly attacks. With the Mute Bard’s wooden staff in hand and the fate of Valhalla hanging in the balance, Jon must ride the beast through the clouds to confront the Moon Vikings and retrieve the sea eagle’s feather—without knowing how he’ll survive the storm he’s about to unleash. Written by Bob Haney and illustrated with dynamic precision by Joe Kubert, with lettering by Gaspar Saladino, this 1958 adventure features a striking cover by Irv Novick.
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Jon and the Mute Bard climb a mountain. The next Task of Thor is to retrieve a sea eagle's feather. But it's a flying horse that attacks! Jon jumps astride and is carried atop the clouds to "Valhalla, Home of the Women Warriors". The Mute Bard gave Jon his wooden staff, grown in Jon's homeland, and he parries the Queen's attack. But falls into a flying ship of Moon Vikings sailing to attack Valhalla. Jon is sealed in a giant drum, dropped on the Valkyries, but leaps astride the flying horse to pound the Moon Vikings and save the day - and retrieve a feather!
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