Comic Title: Brave & the Bold #83
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Apr/May 1969
On Sale Date: February 25, 1969 Newsstand Date February 25, 1969
Source: House Ad, Detective Comics #386, Page 30

Newsstand Date February 25, 1969
Source: Comic Reader, #71

Copyright Date February 25, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969

Newsstand Date February 27, 1969
Source: House Ad, Action Comics #375, Page 29

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Murray Boltinoff

Title: "Punish Not My Evil Son"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)
Teen Titans (of Earth-1)

Writer: Bob Haney
Penciller: Neal Adams
Inker: Dick Giordano

Reprinted In:
Best of the Brave and the Bold #6 (1989)
Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams Vol. 1 HC (2003)
Showcase Presents the Brave and the Bold Batman Team-Ups Vol. 1 TPB (2007)
Showcase Presents:Teen Titans Vol. 2 TPB (2007)
Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams Vol. 1 TPB (2012)
Silver Age Teen Titans Archives Vol. 2 HC (2014)
Batman by Neal Adams Omnibus HC (2016)
Teen Titans:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2017)
Batman in the Brave and the Bold:The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2017)
Batman in the Brave and the Bold:The Bronze Age Vol. 1 TPB (2018)
Batman by Neal Adams Vol. 1 TPB (2018)
Teen Titans:The Silver Age Vol. 2 TPB (2019)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #385; next appearance in Detective Comics #386)
• Teen Titans (last appearance in Teen Titans #20; next appearance in Hawk & the Dove #5)
• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #385; next appearance in Hawk & the Dove #5)
• Kid Flash (last appearance in Teen Titans #20; next appearance in Hawk & the Dove #5)
• Wonder Girl (last appearance in Teen Titans #20; next appearance in Hawk & the Dove #5)
• Speedy (last appearance in Teen Titans #20; next appearance in Hawk & the Dove #5)

Supporting Character(s)

• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #385; next appearance in Detective Comics #386)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Detective Comics #385; next appearance in Detective Comics #386)

Villain(s)

• Grantland Stark and his men (no further appearances)
• Lance Bruner (an orphaned boy; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Milo Manton (a gangster; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Charles Hinton (a social worker; no further appearances)
• The Board of Directors of Zenith Oil (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
While Batman is investigating the theft of oil from the Zenith Oil Company, Bruce Wayne is given custody of Lance Bruner, the orphaned son of Thomas Wayne's closest friend. Lance is a delinquent, forcing Dick Grayson to cover for his new brother. Even with the help of the Teen Titans, Dick is unable to keep Lance from staging his own kidnapping.

When an agent of the corrections department informs Bruce about Lance's criminal past, the boy pleads with his custodian to stay. Lance receives another chance and uses it to discover Batman's secret identity. He then takes the information to Grantland Stark, the head of the oil thieves.

Stark and Lance set Batman up. The Caped Crusaders are captured, and Robin is nearly killed. The Teen Titans come to Batman's aid. Lance, having witnessed Robin's sacrifice, reforms and confronts Stark. He is killed while protecting Batman and helping to capture the oil thief.