Comic Title: Batman in the Brave and the Bold:The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2018
On Sale Date: August 29, 2018 Direct Market Date August 29, 2018
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Direct Market Date August 29, 2018
Source: Previews, #353

Cover Price: $99.99
Page Count: 896

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Title: "The Hour of the Beast"
Pages: 18

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)
Swamp Thing (of Earth-1)

Writer: Bob Haney
Artist: Jim Aparo

Reprinted From:
Brave & the Bold #122 (1975)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #268; next appearance in Detective Comics #452)
• Swamp Thing (last appearance in Swamp Thing #20; next appearance in Swamp Thing #21)

Supporting Character(s)

• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #451; next appearance in Detective Comics #452)

Villain(s)

• An unnamed government agent (no further appearances)
• Storm Unit Alpha (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• B.B. Riggs (a side-show promoter; no further appearances)
• Residents of Gotham City (no further appearances)
• An unnamed scientist (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Linda Holland (in flashback to Swamp Thing's origin)

Comments:
Part 1: "Monster, Monster, Burning Bright"
Part 2: "Green Grows Death"
Part 3: "Look Homeward, Hero"

Synopsis:
Swamp Thing has been captured by a side-show promoter and put on display in Gotham City. Batman fails to convince the promoter to release him. Meanwhile, a government agency learns about Swamp Thing's capture and seeks to take him themselves. Before they can strike, a shipment of bio-spores is accidentally released causing rapid-growth vines to take over the city.

Batman rescues Swamp Thing from the government agents. Together they battle the deadly vines. A scientist tells Batman to target the king root. The government unleashes its own solution, a defoliant. The toxin doesn't affect the vine, but does hurt Swamp Thing. Before he succumbs, Swamp Thing uproots the king root to end the menace.

Batman takes Swamp Thing's ravaged body back to the swamp where he is rejuvenated and can leave peacefully.