With fellow writer Bob Haney and artist Bruno Premiani, he created Doom Patrol, a team of super-powered misfits who were regarded as freaks by the world at large.
The task, assigned to writer Arnold Drake, was to create a team that fit both of these formats. Since then, there have been six Doom Patrol series, with Robotman as the only character to appear in all of them.Ĭover to My Greatest Adventure #80 (June 1963), the first appearance of the Doom Patrol, with art by Bruno Premiani.ĭoom Patrol first appeared in 1963, when the DC title My Greatest Adventure, an adventure anthology, was being converted to a superhero format. The original series was canceled in 1968 when Drake killed the team off in issue #121, last of that series, (September–October 1968). The team remained the featured characters of My Greatest Adventure, which was re-titled Doom Patrol as of issue #86 (March 1964).
Dubbed the "world's strangest heroes" by editor Murray Boltinoff), the original team included the Chief (Niles Caulder), Robotman (Cliff Steele), Elasti-Girl (Rita Farr), and Negative Man (Larry Trainor) Beast Boy (Garfield Logan) and Mento (Steve Dayton) joined soon after. The series' creator and fans have suspected that Marvel Comics copied the basic concept to create the X-Men, which debuted a few months later, but other fans also speculate that they share similarities with another Marvel superhero team, the Fantastic Four.ĭoom Patrol are a group of super-powered misfits whose "gifts" caused them alienation and trauma. Although not one of the most popular superhero teams, they have never been out of print for more than a few years since their introduction. Doom Patrol has appeared in different incarnations in multiple comics, and have been adapted to other media. The original Doom Patrol first appeared in My Greatest Adventure #80 (June 1963), and was created by writers Arnold Drake and Bob Haney, along with artist Bruno Premiani. Cover of Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds #1 (September 2019), depicting the seventh roster of the Doom Patrol: (clockwise from top) Lucius Reynolds, Crazy Jane, Robotman, Negative Man, Lotion the Cat, Elasti-Girl, Flex Mentallo, Casey Brinke, and Fugg.ĭoom Patrol is a superhero team from DC Comics.
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