Comic Title: Brave and the Bold #36
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jun/Jul 1961
On Sale Date: April 25, 1961 Newsstand Date April 25, 1961
Source: House Ad, Flash #121, Page 14

Copyright Date April 25, 1961
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1961

Newsstand Date April 28, 1961
Source: House Ad, World's Finest Comics #118, Page 15

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Strange Spells of the Sorcerer"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Hawkman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Joe Kubert

Reprinted In:
DC 100-Page Super Spectacular #6 (1971)
Super Heroes (#19) (1982)
Hawkman TPB (1989)
Hawkman Archives Vol. 1 HC (2000)
DC 100-Page Super Spectacular Replica Edition #6 (2004)
Showcase Presents Hawkman Vol. 1 TPB (2007)

Feature Character(s)

• Hawkman (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #35; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #36)

Supporting Character(s)

• Hawkgirl (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #35; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #36)
• George Emmett (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #35; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #36)
• Mavis Trent (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #35; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #43)

Villain(s)

• Konrad Kaslak (an authority on magic and a sorcerer; first appearance; next appearance in Detective Comics #452)
• A Chaldean winged bull, a phoenix, a dragon, centaurs, and Medusa (magical conjurings of Kaslak; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Sport (the Halls’ pet bird; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Mavis Trent believes that she unwittingly caused a minotaur to appear magically after reading aloud a mystic incantation from an ancient Chaldean relic, but her theory is quashed when Hawkman and Hawkgirl battle a phoenix which appears over Hawk Valley. They discover that each conjured creature is responsible for gaining possession of objects necessary to gain the full powers of a sorcerer, a contention shot down by eyewitness magic-expert Konrad Kaslak, who insists the mythological creatures are merely illusions. Unconvinced, Hawkman and Hawkgirl attempt to intercede before the remaining two objects are also acquired, by battling a dragon, centaurs, and Medusa, as they deduce that Kaslak is the would-be sorcerer. They arrive just in time to prevent his spell from succeeding.