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| The Brave and the Bold Vol. 1: Lords of Luck | 
| Author: Mark Waid
Creators: Bob Wiacek, George Perez
Publisher: DC Comics
Category: Book
List Price: $24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 125158
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 6.7 x 0.6
ISBN: 1401215033
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781401215033
ASIN: 1401215033
Publication Date: December 5, 2007
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Condition: Brand new. Spotless and mint. Still in publisher's shrink wrap. Perfect for gift giving. Ships within 24 hours.
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 Everything a Super-Hero Book Should Be August 28, 2008
Mark Waid, one of comics' best and most unsung writers, brings back the classic "Brave and the Bold" team-up book with "Crisis" artist George Perez. The art is fantastically detailed and the story is well-paced across the six issues collected in "Lords of Luck".
Unlike some other DC titles, each character here is defined by his or her actions and words. Waid's characterization is brilliant, especially when Supergirl teams up with Green Lantern and Lobo on separate occasions. (If the regular "Supergirl" and "Blue Beetle" comic books were this good, I would be reading them every month!) If you're not reading "The Brave and the Bold", you must be living under a rock on Oa.
 Pretty to look at but another silver age retread August 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Waid and Perez are both comic book masters with a string of hits to their names.
But this book is simply not them at their best. It seems like a winning match, two huge fans of DC's universe playing with whatever characters catch their eye, all the while telling a bigger story.
But the book suffers from Waid having far too much love for the mediocre ideas of the silver age. The book reads too much like fan-fic, lots of Easter eggs but no real meaning. Waid's own notes talk about how he worked to reference old Adam Strange and Challengers of the Unknown stories. This is nice but it ends up intrusive, the storyline does nothing really new and the fact that the final deus ex machina is based on 50 year old comic books does not make it any more fulfilling.
That being said, some of the character moments are good, the Supergirl/Lobo team up is a lot of fun. Batman and Blue Beetle are another good pair.
Perez's art is as pretty as ever but I wish it had served a more ambicious book than Waid's exercise in nostalgia.
Very good February 17, 2008
The first collected volume of DC's relaunched The Brave and the Bold finds Batman teaming up with Green Lantern Hal Jordan as they take on The Lords of Luck, and try to stop their diabolical plans that involve the Book of Destiny. Later on, Bats and GL ally themselves with Supergirl, Adam Strange, the new Blue Beetle, and even the Legion of Superheroes as writer Mark Waid's (Kingdom Come, Flash) story features enough great action and slight twists to make any longtime DC reader happy. What makes The Lords of Luck even better is the artwork by none other than the legendary George Perez, who seems to only get better with age. As a previous reviewer already pointed out, Hal's thoughts towards Supergirl being "only 17" are hilarious, and as a whole, The Brave and the Bold is one of the better new titles to come out of DC since the events of Infinte Crisis. The only downside here is that the book is too short, and before you know it, it's over and done with. That aside, this first collection of The Brave and the Bold is worth picking up for DC readers new and old, and is plenty enjoyable to boot.
An excellent romp through the DC universe January 31, 2008
The new Brave and Bold book (of which this is volume 1) is a great idea (teaming up two different heroes in every chapter) and very well executed by Mark Waid and George Perez. The personalities are all 'on character' and the art is excellent. Mixing up some of DC's old mainstays (Batman, Green Lantern) with the newer generation (Blue Beetle) and new versions of old characters (Supergirl, the Legion), the story takes you all over the DCU and will excite both old fans like me, who will wax nostalgically about stories like this from their childhoods, and new fans who will be introduced to just how big and how much fun the DC Universe can be.
Worth mentioning are the 5-6 pages of annotations by writer Mark Waid at the end of the book, which highlight all the little in-jokes, homages, and historical references of the story. This makes shelling out for the hardcover more than worth it and really was the icing on the cake for me.
The Brave and the Bold are back! January 8, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Brave and the Bold used to be one of my favorite comic book titles as a kid. The title usually featured the Batman teaming up with another hero from the DC universe and it was great seeing the interaction between two superheroes that would not normally team-up.
The latest version of Brave and the Bold features the work of two legendary creators, Mark Waid (writer) & George Perez (artist). This hard cover edition collects the first story arc of the relaunched series, originally spanning six issues. A basic outline of the plot has Batman and Green Lantern teaming up to stop the Lords of Luck from using and prospering from two items they've stolen; a gun that can alter probability and the Book of Destiny (best known from Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" series).
While the first issue has Batman and Green Lantern as the book's featured team-up, subsequent issues has these two heroes teaming-up with a wide variety of superheroes like Blue Beetle, Supergirl, Adam Strange, and the Legion of Superheroes. George Perez's artwork is sensational and is as detailed as ever. The story is good but not Mark Waid's best work. However, there are some really funny moments and every scene with Supergirl really shines. The team-up between her and Green Lantern is my favorite and features some hilarious dialog like Hal Jordan having to constantly remind himself that Supergirl is "only 17."
A very enjoyable collection overall and it's great to see the return of the team-up to the DC universe. In terms of extras, there's a short introduction by Waid and six pages at the end where Waid discusses all the references to old characters and old stories he made during the series. A cover gallery at the end of the book rather than before each individual story would have been nice.
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