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BRAVE AND THE BOLD #34

Cover Date: February-March 1961
Cover Price: $0.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Joe Kubert

Story: "Creature of a Thousand Shapes!" (25 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Joe Kubert
Lettering	Gaspar Saladino
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Hawkman (Katar Hol of Thanagar; first appearance; a "policeman" who is tracking a fugitive; married to Shayera; last in DC Super-Stars #14)

Hawkgirl (Shayera Thal of Thanagar; first appearance; a "policewoman" who is tracking a fugitive; married to Katar following flashback in Brave and the Bold #43)

Supporting Character(s):

Police Commissioner George Emmett (first appearance; Police Commissioner of Midway City)

Mavis Trent (first appearance; a Naturalist connected with the Midway City Museum)

Joe Tracy (first appearance; Public Relations manager for the Midway City Museum)

Villain(s):

Byth (first appearance; a master thief on Thanagar who acquires the ability to change shapes; also appears in flashback before this story; next in issue #42)

Other Character(s):

Krotan (in flashback; first appearance; a Thanagarian scientist; dies)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2682

Thanagar (in flashback; first appearance; homeworld of Hawkman, Hawkgirl and Byth)

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Midway City (first appearance)

Hawk Valley (first appearance; a wild bird area near Midway City)

Comment(s):

Due to the effects of the Crisis on Infinite Earths, the characters introduced in this story are different than the ones seen after the miniseries Hawkworld.

This issue also contains a portion of a letter from future comics professional Roy Thomas.

Story Reprinted in:

Brave and the Bold #113 (June-July 1974)

Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Crown Publishers) (1976)

Hawkman (1989)

The Hawkman Archives #1 (2000)

Even More Secret Origins (June 2003)

Showcase Presents Hawkman #1 (2007)

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