The Brave and the Bold #23
DC's The Brave and the Bold #23 from 1959 spotlights the Viking Prince in what promises to be a thunderous tale of the Mystic Northland, as the cover boldly declares. Joe Kubert's cover art — inked by Kubert and Jack Adler — puts the blond Viking Prince at the center of a fierce clash, grappling hand-to-hand against a hulking, helmeted warrior who wields a battle axe and shield, with a green banner snapping in the air above them. For a dime, this issue delivered Bob Haney's writing alongside Kubert's muscular, dynamic artwork in a package that captures everything exciting about Norse adventure comics of the era.
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While at her father's castle with Prince Jon, Asa vanishes into thin air. Jarl Eric, brother of the Dragon King, imprisoned her spirit in a wooden figurehead. Jon sets off to rescue her. He hauls her wooden form up in a net but is captured. He must fight Jarl Eric wearing a hood, then escapes to his boat with the figurehead as a volcano sets the sea afire. Jon sacrifices his drinking water to save the wooden figurehead - and she returns to life! Fleeing, they skirt a maelstrom, and Eric's ship sinks. Back in Asa's kingdom, Jon is rewarded with a kiss!
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