Comic Title: Brave and the Bold #4
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Feb/Mar 1956
Approx. On Sale Date: December 13, 1955 Copyright Date December 11, 1955
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1955
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 Whirling Warriors"
Pages: 8

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

Writer: Bob Haney
Artist: Joe Kubert

Reprinted In:
Viking Prince HC (2010)

Feature Character(s)

• Viking Prince (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #3; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #5)

Supporting Character(s)

• Captain Olaf (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #3; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #5)
• Gunnda (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #3; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #5)
• Olaf's tribe (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #3; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #5)

Villain(s)

• Toke the Red-Bearded (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Gunnda is crowned Queen of the Festivals. Jon asks to dance with her, but he is challenged by Toke the Red-Bearded. To resolve the dispute, the two vikings compete in a series of three contests.

During the first contest, to retrieve a rare egg, Toke knocks Jon off a cliff and wins the challenge. Jon suspects the attack was intentional. During the next challenge, Toke again tries to kill Jon and make it appear to be an accident. Jon escapes danger and outwits Toke to win the round.

For the final challenge, Jon and Toke are tied with ropes to a pole. The object is to swing around the pole and cut the competitor's rope. Instead Toke aims at Jon's body. Expecting the attack, Jon is able to avoid the blow and cut Toke's rope. Jon wins the challenge and earns a dance with Gunnda.