The Brave and the Bold #35

[arbre_rieur]

This issue and the previous one (Doom Patrol & Legion of Superheroes) make up two halves of a larger story.

The Subs try to recruit the Doom Patrol to help save Earth from a black hole, but the Legion of Superheroes has beat them to it.



Through happenstance, they end up teaming up with the Inferior Five instead.




Now, remember the following scene from the previous issue?



This is a repeating pattern for this issue, as we find out that every one of the inexplicable bits of weirdness from last issue (e.g. the above) was caused by the Inferior Five and the Subs' screw-ups behind the scenes.

Comments

[chrysicat]

Yeah...I was thinking that that had been revealed after 1972, in which case we get kind of bad negative continuity...

...'specially since I don't recall anyone ever specifically mentioning that the Inferior Five fell off the face of the earth sometime in '72...

Still, if we have 'em back, that's all good as far as a funnier DC for the future goes...if anyone's willing to use 'em, that is!

[icon_uk]

It was revealed in the Phil Foglio Angel and the Ape series in the 90's, where the Inferior Five also appeared.

[terrykun]

I need to repost those scans...

[arbre_rieur]

THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD plays fast and loose with continuity. It's not clear how canonical any of its stories are.