Comic Title: Brave and the Bold #16
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Feb/Mar 1958
Approx. On Sale Date: December 24, 1957 Copyright Date December 22, 1957
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1958
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Robert Kanigher

Title: "The Viking and the Mermaid"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Viking Prince (of Earth-1)

Writer: Robert Kanigher
Artist: Joe Kubert

Reprinted In:
DC Special #12 (1971)
Viking Prince HC (2010)

Feature Character(s)

• Viking Prince (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #15; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #17)

Supporting Character(s)

• A mute bard (first appearance; last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #11; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #17)

Villain(s)

• Torgunn the Claw (regeant to Jon's throne; no further appearances)
• Ulrica (Torgunn's wife; no further appearances)
• Sven the giant (no further appearances)
• The ice demons (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Harold of Skane (a king; first appearance; last appearance in Brave and the Bold #23; no further appearances)
• Ylla (Harold's daughter; no further appearances)

Comments:
Beginning with this story, Jon has left the fishing village of Olaf and Gunnda. No explanation for this change is given, but since Jon appears to have briefly regained his memory in this story, it can reasonably be assumed that he left the village when his memory returned.

Synopsis:
Jon, the Viking Prince, attempts to claim his throne by completing Thor's twelve tasks. Torgunn, the Claw, who sits in the throne as regeant seeks to thwarts Jon. After the Viking Prince defeats Sven the Giant in combat to complete the first task, Torgunn's wife drugs Jon and causes him to temporarily lose his memory.

Accompanied only by a mute bard, Jon is sent to retrieve an ice demon's helm full of fire. The heat of a lava field clears Jon's head and restores his memory. He then battles the ice demons, saves a maiden, and fills one of the demon's helmet with fire.

Jon attempts to take the maiden, Ylla, back to her father, King Harold of Skane. Torgunn then attacks Jon at sea. The maiden falls into the ocean. Jon dives to the bottom of the sea to save her. However, the dive causes Jon to lose his memory yet again. Ylla is returned to her father, while Jon and the bard sail away with the Viking Prince once again seeking his true past.