The Brave and the Bold #180

The Brave and the Bold — DC Comics

Issue: #180

The Scepter Of The Dragon God!At Gotham City's Metropolitan Museum, a lone security guard is drawn to, then compelled to pick up a glowing relic. Against his will, the guard walks the relic over to a bronze burial urn. Bathed in the eerie glow coming off the relic, the burial urn begins to give off smoke. At that moment, an animated suit of samurai armor butchers the guard. His death scream draws...

First appearances: Wa'ar-Zen, Dr. Ted Rice, Wiley Thorn

Creators: Adrienne Roy, Jim Aparo, John Costanza, Dick Giordano, Dave Manak, Michael Fleisher, Carl Gafford, Cary Burkett, Dan Spiegle

Characters: Batman, Spectre, Jim Corrigan, Samuel Solomon, Wa'ar-Zen, Dr. Ted Rice, Wiley Thorn, Valerie Foxworth, Nemesis