My Greatest Adventure #81

(August 1963)

The Nightmare Maker (part 1) (Table of Contents)

Doom Patrol / comic story / 9.67 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]]; Dr. Janus

Synopsis:

The Doom Patrol encounter strange beasts on two missions, and a TV report by Dr. Janus remarks that they are beasts from a meteorite that hit Earth fifteen years ago which, according to eyewitnesses, had living being within. Robotman doesn't remember the incident that way, however.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Doom Patrol Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([March] 2002)
• in Showcase Presents The Doom Patrol (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([April] 2009)

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]

How NOT to Enjoy a Vacation! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Ruben Moreira

Inks:

Ruben Moreira

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Editing:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Characters:

Mr. Green; Mrs. Green; the 2 Green children; Terry (the Greens' dog)

Synopsis:

Terry relates all the results of poor planning by Mr. Green on his last vacation.

Doorway to Disaster (part 2) (Table of Contents)

Doom Patrol / comic story / 5.67 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]]; Dr. Janus (villain); Hitler (picture)

Synopsis:

Although news reports confirm the meteorite story, the Chief sends the Doom Patrol to the crash site, Logan City, Arizona, to investigate. The Chief discovers that Dr. Janus is an escaped Nazi war criminal, just before more strange beasts appear.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Doom Patrol Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([March] 2002)
• in Showcase Presents The Doom Patrol (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([April] 2009)

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]

Listen, World...I'm the Missing Link (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Alex Toth (signed)

Inks:

Alex Toth (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure