My Greatest Adventure #80

(June 1963)

The Doom Patrol (Chapter 1) (Table of Contents)

Doom Patrol / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arnold Drake; Bob Haney

Pencils:

Bruno Premiani

Inks:

Bruno Premiani

Colors:

?

Letters:

Stan Starkman

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder] (intro); Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr] (intro, origin); Negative Man [Larry Trainor] (intro, origin); Robotman [Cliff Steele] (intro, origin)]; Mitch (Movie Producer)

Synopsis:

A mysterious man known only as the Chief calls three people who have all escaped certain doom but were left outcasts because of their experiences. He recounts their individual stories. He asks them to become the Doom Patrol, and their first mission is to defuse a bomb.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #238 (January 1972)
• in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-8 (January 1972)
• in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #19 (March 1982)
• in The Doom Patrol Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([March] 2002)

Indexer Notes

1) Based on an interview with Bob Haney by Michael Catron in "The Comics Journal" #277-278, Arnold and Bob were co-writers on this story. [added by Greg Fischer on 1/2/08 with permission from Michael Catron]. 2) The new team was going to be called "The Legion of the Strange" according to an announcement in the letters column in MGA 79.

[Ancient Building] (Table of Contents)

Peter Puptent Explorer / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

gag

The Challenge of the Timeless Commander (Chapter 2) (Table of Contents)

Doom Patrol / comic story / 3.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arnold Drake; Bob Haney

Pencils:

Bruno Premiani

Inks:

Bruno Premiani

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; General Immortus (intro, villain)

Synopsis:

The Chief informs the Doom Patrol of an alien spaceship that has landed on Earth carrying a super-weapon. General Immortus, spying on them, makes plans. The Doom Patrol are sent to protect the spaceship but encounter a strange machine.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #238 (January 1972)
• in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-8 (January 1972)
• in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #19 (March 1982)
• in The Doom Patrol Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([March] 2002)

Indexer Notes

Based on an interview with Bob Haney by Michael Catron in "The Comics Journal" #277-278, Arnold and Bob were co-writers on this story. [added by Greg Fischer on 1/2/08 with permission from Michael Catron]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Science Shorts / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Adventurers' Club / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes a biography of Bruno Premiani and a shorter biography of Arnold Drake. Credits "Listen, World--I'm the Missing Link" in the next issue to Alex Toth.

The Deadly Duel with Gen. Immortus (chapter 3) (Table of Contents)

Doom Patrol / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arnold Drake; Bob Haney

Pencils:

Bruno Premiani

Inks:

Bruno Premiani

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; General Immortus

Synopsis:

After locating the super-weapon, the Doom Patrol is confronted by General Immortus, who takes the upper-hand.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #238 (January 1972)
• in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-8 (January 1972)
• in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #19 (March 1982)
• in The Doom Patrol Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([March] 2002)

Indexer Notes

Based on an interview with Bob Haney by Michael Catron in "The Comics Journal" #277-278, Arnold and Bob were co-writers on this story. [added by Greg Fischer on 1/2/08 with permission from Michael Catron]