Comic Title: DC Special #12
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May/Jun 1971
On Sale Date: March 2, 1971 Newsstand Date March 2, 1971
Source: House Ad, Wonder Woman #194, Page 18

Copyright Date March 2, 1971
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1971

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.25
Page Count: 64
Editor: E. Nelson Bridwell

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Thunder of the Chariots"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Golden Gladiator

Writer: France E. Herron
Artist: Russ Heath

Reprinted From:
Brave and the Bold #1 (1955)

Feature Character(s)

• Golden Gladiator (Marcus; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #2)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lucia (Cinna's niece; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #2)

Villain(s)

• Cinna (next appearance in Brave and the Bold #2)
• Caius and Cotta (gladiators; no further appearances)
• Cinna's co-conspirators (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Preator Clodius Crassus (a Roman leader; no further appearances)
• Crixus (a friend of Marcus; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
When a plot to kill Praetor Clodius Crassus fails the conspirators behind the attack frame an innocent shepherd boy Marcus for the crime. Marcus is sent into slavery aboard a merchant galley. When a lion aboard the vessel escapes captivity, Marcus is able to use his immense strength, earned through endless toil, to halt the beast. When the ship returns to Rome, Marcus is sold as a gladiator.

Marcus is bought by Cinna, the lead conspirator in the plot to kill the Praetor. Cinna wants Marcus dead, so he puts him in the arena against the fiercest competition. Marcus prevails and wins a chariot race which earns him his freedom and the title of Golden Gladiator.