Comic Title: Brave & the Bold #85
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Aug/Sep 1969
On Sale Date: June 24, 1969 Copyright Date June 24, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969

Newsstand Date June 24, 1969
Source: Comic Reader, #73

Newsstand Date June 24, 1969
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V24 #5

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 32
Editor: Murray Boltinoff

Title: "The Senator's Been Shot"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)
Green Arrow (of Earth-1)

Writer: Bob Haney
Artist: Neal Adams

Reprinted In:
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #23 (1982)
Best of the Brave and the Bold #1 (1988)
Millennium Edition:The Brave and the Bold 85 (#48) (2000)
Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams Vol. 1 HC (2003)
Showcase Presents Green Arrow Vol. 1 TPB (2006)
Showcase Presents the Brave and the Bold Batman Team-Ups Vol. 1 TPB (2007)
Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams Vol. 1 TPB (2012)
Batman by Neal Adams Omnibus HC (2016)
Green Arrow:A Celebration of 75 Years HC (2016)
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)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #190; next appearance in Detective Comics #390)
• Green Arrow (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #189; next appearance in Justice League of America #122)

Villain(s)

• Miklos Minotaur and his men (no further appearances)
• Munson (Oliver Queen's assistant; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Edmond Cathcart (a senator's son and a psychiatrist; no further appearances)
• Paul Cathcart (a United States senator; no further appearances)
• Several U.S. senators (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story features the debut of Green Arrow's new costume and bearded appearance.

Synopsis:
Senator Paul Cathcart is the victim of an attempted assassination. Cathcart has been a supportor of a new anti-crime bill. The governor wants Bruce Wayne to replace him to continue work on the bill. Bruce is torn between his duty as Batman to find the assassin and to help pass the legislation.

Oliver Queen is planning a project of his own to help Gotham City. However a rival company run by Miklos Minotaur is bidding against Oliver. Minotaur bribes Oliver's assistant, Munson, to steal Queen's plans. He then sends an assassin after Oliver, who escapes death with his bow and arrow. Oliver is also conflicted over the roles of his dual identities.

Bruce and Ollie independently approach psychiatrist Ed Cathcart, son of the wounded senator. They reveal their identities hoping to get advice on how to resolve their internal conflicts. Ed is kidnapped by Minotaur, forcing Green Arrow to follow, while Bruce Wayne takes the senate seat. Batman then helps GA to take down minotaur. After the criminal is apprehended, Bruce arrives back in Washington in time to put the anti-crime bill through.

Later, when Cathcart recovers Bruce steps aside to allow him to retake his senate seat.