This was due to the popularity of the Batman television series. Starting with issue #59 The Brave and the Bold became, more specifically, a Batman team-up book with the Caped Crusader as the book's main focus. The series was changed yet again with issue #50 as a team-up title between established characters.
Ten years later, in 1973, Strange Sports Stories was resurrected as a DC Comics title in its own right, but it lasted only six issues. 1963) were devoted to "Strange Sports Stories", combining sport and science-fiction in tales such as "Challenge of the Headless Baseball Team" and "The Man Who Drove Through Time". The team debuted in The Brave and the Bold #28 (February–March 1960), and after two further appearances in the title, received its own series. Įditor Julius Schwartz hired Gardner Fox and artist Mike Sekowsky to create the Justice League of America. Gardner Fox and Joe Kubert created a new version of Hawkman in issue #34 (February–March 1961) with the character receiving his own title three years later. With issue #25, the series was reinvented as a try-out title for new characters and concepts, starting with the Suicide Squad created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Ross Andru. Originally, The Brave and the Bold was an anthology series featuring adventure tales from past ages with characters such as the Silent Knight, the Viking Prince, the Golden Gladiator, and Robin Hood. The first volume of the series ran for 200 issues from August/September 1955 to July 1983.
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