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"Batman: The Brave And The Bold" was a great great cartoon that stripped away much of the gothic darkness of the Timmverse/DC Animated Universe Batman (from The Animated Series all the way up to Justice League Unlimited) and the Year One stylings of "The Batman" to go in a direction that evoked fond memories of the 1960s old chum Caped Crusader and in particular the Silver Age as a whole. Certainly modern characters like the Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle appeared alongside traditional older versions of the Huntress, Catwoman, and Black Canary but it didn't feel out of place and the focus on recreating that team-up anthology's look and feel may well be why its recalled as one of the better incarnations of a character's reboot (unlike say Teen Titans Go! which, while I enjoy it, is a far far cry from the more serious minded 2003 version).

The original "Brave and the Bold" comic enjoyed a lengthy run as a Batman team-up book in its third incarnation (with previous versions being retellings of folklore stories and then later a try out title like Showcase; the Teen Titans and the JLA both made their first significant appearances in that book), beginning with Batman's first appearance in the title in #59. Many of Batman's legendary artists such as Jim Aparo (who made the title his home by inking and penciling the bimonthly book), Neal Adams, Don Newton, Frank Robbins, Marshall Rogers all contributing to the Batman mythos by teaming him with everyone from the DC Universe, from the Metal Men, Etrigan the Demon, Deadman, the Joker, Wildcat, and especially Green Arrow. Green Arrow's appearances in the book (often at odds with his hot-headed liberal showcase in the pages of Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams Green Lantern/Green Arrow title at the time) were significant to keeping the character still in the public eye. Despite being around since 1941 he'd only been featured in backup stories and team-up titles. But as much as Neal Adams is given credit for taking Batman back to his detective roots with a darker, expressive art style, then his radical redesign of Green Arrow in the TBTB story "The Senator Has Been Shot!", introducing the famous Van Dyke beard that would become the character's visual trademark, that should be acknowledged as his other gift to the DCU.

The other significance of pairing Green Arrow and Batman together like this is that Oliver Queen is often cited as being a type of "Batman with a bow and arrow". And until that 1969 pairing with Batman he was precisely that: Green Arrow had the Arrowplane, the Arrowcar, and Arrowcave; he even had a sidekick in his ward Roy Harper "Speedy" (further referenced on episodes of Teen Titans by just how much alike Robin and Speedy are). Green Arrow and his trick arrows could also be seen as a type of riff on Batman's gadgets and utility belt helping him get out of jams when needed, and finally alongside Green Lantern (who was only powered when wearing his ring), the Flash (possibly the most human of his JLA companions), and Black Canary (who would lose her sonic scream powers and rely more on martial arts skills) Green Arrow and Batman were the ones who added the human side to the Justice League, and as such Green Arrow had the ability to call Batman on when he's being wrong, evidenced by the fact that Ollie is one of the few superheroes outside of the JLA who knows Batman is Bruce Wayne.

Ollie's function in recent years, up to the New 52 reset, was to act as the one guy in the DC Universe who knew everyone and could put a call in if necessary to get a specific job done. Being at the forefront of stories such as Identity Crisis, Green Lantern: Rebirth, and especially Cry For Justice helped enhance the character ever more towards his mainstream renaissance that he's enjoying with Stephen Amell's portrayal on CW's uber-excellent ARROW.

Description
"Batman: The Brave And The Bold" was a great great cartoon that stripped away much of the gothic darkness of the Timmverse/DC Animated Universe Batman (from The Animated Series all the way up to Justice League Unlimited) and the Year One stylings of "The Batman" to go in a direction that evoked fond memories of the 1960s old chum Caped Crusader and in particular the Silver Age as a whole. Certainly modern characters like the Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle appeared alongside traditional older versions of the Huntress, Catwoman, and Black Canary but it didn't feel out of place and the focus on recreating that team-up anthology's look and feel may well be why its recalled as one of the better incarnations of a character's reboot (unlike say Teen Titans Go! which, while I enjoy it, is a far far cry from the more serious minded 2003 version).

The original "Brave and the Bold" comic enjoyed a lengthy run as a Batman team-up book in its third incarnation (with previous versions being retellings of folklore stories and then later a try out title like Showcase; the Teen Titans and the JLA both made their first significant appearances in that book), beginning with Batman's first appearance in the title in #59. Many of Batman's legendary artists such as Jim Aparo (who made the title his home by inking and penciling the bimonthly book), Neal Adams, Don Newton, Frank Robbins, Marshall Rogers all contributing to the Batman mythos by teaming him with everyone from the DC Universe, from the Metal Men, Etrigan the Demon, Deadman, the Joker, Wildcat, and especially Green Arrow. Green Arrow's appearances in the book (often at odds with his hot-headed liberal showcase in the pages of Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams Green Lantern/Green Arrow title at the time) were significant to keeping the character still in the public eye. Despite being around since 1941 he'd only been featured in backup stories and team-up titles. But as much as Neal Adams is given credit for taking Batman back to his detective roots with a darker, expressive art style, then his radical redesign of Green Arrow in the TBTB story "The Senator Has Been Shot!", introducing the famous Van Dyke beard that would become the character's visual trademark, that should be acknowledged as his other gift to the DCU.

The other significance of pairing Green Arrow and Batman together like this is that Oliver Queen is often cited as being a type of "Batman with a bow and arrow". And until that 1969 pairing with Batman he was precisely that: Green Arrow had the Arrowplane, the Arrowcar, and Arrowcave; he even had a sidekick in his ward Roy Harper "Speedy" (further referenced on episodes of Teen Titans by just how much alike Robin and Speedy are). Green Arrow and his trick arrows could also be seen as a type of riff on Batman's gadgets and utility belt helping him get out of jams when needed, and finally alongside Green Lantern (who was only powered when wearing his ring), the Flash (possibly the most human of his JLA companions), and Black Canary (who would lose her sonic scream powers and rely more on martial arts skills) Green Arrow and Batman were the ones who added the human side to the Justice League, and as such Green Arrow had the ability to call Batman on when he's being wrong, evidenced by the fact that Ollie is one of the few superheroes outside of the JLA who knows Batman is Bruce Wayne.

Ollie's function in recent years, up to the New 52 reset, was to act as the one guy in the DC Universe who knew everyone and could put a call in if necessary to get a specific job done. Being at the forefront of stories such as Identity Crisis, Green Lantern: Rebirth, and especially Cry For Justice helped enhance the character ever more towards his mainstream renaissance that he's enjoying with Stephen Amell's portrayal on CW's uber-excellent ARROW.