THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #88

Cover shows notable wear including a soft, slightly rounded top-right corner, minor edge wear along the right and bottom edges, and light surface creasing/wrinkling visible near the top and lower portions of the cover. There is some color break at the top corners and a faint vertical crease down the right side. The book is in a protective sleeve which shows minor glare but doesn't obscure major defects. Interior and back cover were not assessed, so overall grade could shift based on those areas.

The Brave and the Bold #88 (March 1970) is a Bronze Age team-up issue pairing Batman with the Flash, written by Bob Haney with art by Bob Brown and a cover by Nick Cardy. The Brave and the Bold's format during this run cycled Batman through rotating guest stars, and this issue reflects the title's dependable house style rather than any landmark story beat; it introduces no new characters and carries no origin or first-appearance significance.

Market data shows a typical long-tail Bronze Age curve: values stay compressed and modest through mid grade, then rise sharply from 9.0 upward, with 9.6 copies commanding roughly eight times the 7.0 price. Demand is driven primarily by Cardy cover collectors and Batman/Flash crossover completists rather than broad key-issue interest, and the relatively small but active census suggests a stable collector base tracking high-grade copies closely.

This is a book bought for condition and cover appeal rather than narrative importance. Low and mid-grade raw copies serve run-builders and Brave and the Bold completists at modest cost, while the real competition is concentrated at the top of the census, where 9.6 and 9.8 copies see meaningful premiums driven by scarcity rather than story significance. It is not a book that typically anchors a major key-issue collection, but it holds steady appeal within Bronze Age Batman and Cardy cover specialty collecting.