(August 1966)

DC, 1964 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of Jan, April, July, and Oct
On-sale Date
1966-06-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Murray Boltinoff (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Honeymoon of Terror! (Table of Contents)

Doom Patrol / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Bob Brown
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Doom Patrol [Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Mr. 103 [John Dubrovny]
Reprints

Honeymoon of Terror [Part 1] (Table of Contents: 1)

Doom Patrol / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script
Arnold Drake
Pencils
Bruno Premiani
Inks
Bruno Premiani
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman

Feature Logo
The Doom Patrol
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Mento [Steve Dayton]; Osmun; Beast Boy [Gar Logan]
Synopsis
Larry and Cliff miss Rita now that she is married, but Rita gets bored and joins them on a mission.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

The Policeman Is Your Friend! (Table of Contents: 3)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Morris Waldinger
Inks
Morris Waldinger
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
advocacy
Synopsis
Children learn that policemen do more than just catch crooks.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Credits confirmed by Bob Bailey, Bob Hughes and Gene Reed.

AMT Makes the Party (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

The Kat from AMT / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Jimmy Olsen / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[Honeymoon of Terror] Part 2 (Table of Contents: 6)

Doom Patrol / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Arnold Drake
Pencils
Bruno Premiani
Inks
Bruno Premiani
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Mento [Steve Dayton]; Beast Boy [Gar Logan]; Mr. 103 [John Dubrovny] (villain); Nicholas Galtry
Synopsis
The Doom Patrol encounter their old enemy, Mr. 103. After the battle, Rita discovers that Galtry is stealing money from Gar's accounts.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Scooter / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Patrol Postscripts / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Murray Boltinoff
Pencils
Bruno Premiani (logo illustration)
Inks
Bruno Premiani (logo illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letter from Irene Vartanoff and excerpts from letters by Dennis Garner, Paul Donald Harvill, Terry Banner, Stephanie Barker, Steve Adams, and Margaret Gemignani; includes Swap Shop.
Editor Boltinoff also includes the announcement that Doom Patrol won the 1965 Alley Award for Best Group, "Robotman: Dead or Alive" won for Best Short Story and Arnold Drake won for Best Writer.

The Robot-Maker Must Die (Table of Contents: 9)

Robotman / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script
Arnold Drake
Pencils
Bruno Premiani
Inks
Bruno Premiani
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman

Genre
superhero
Characters
Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]] (brief origin); Lieutenant Briar
Synopsis
In this early adventure of Robotman, Cliff must evade the police to confront the Chief face-to-face for turning him into a robot.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story chronologically continues in My Greatest Adventure #80.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1965
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 200,188
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 230,341
Owners: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Estate of Harry Donenfeld, J. S. Liebowitz, P. H. Sampliner, Irwin Donenfeld, S. U. Sampliner, and Sonia Iger, all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Honeymoon of Terror!
    Doom Patrol
  2. 1. Honeymoon of Terror [Part 1]
    Doom Patrol
  3. 2. ["Draggin'?? Complainin'??"]
  4. 3. The Policeman Is Your Friend!
  5. 4. AMT Makes the Party
    The Kat from AMT
  6. 5. ["Introducing Jimmy Olsen..."]
    Jimmy Olsen
  7. 6. [Honeymoon of Terror] Part 2
    Doom Patrol
  8. 7. ["Dynamite's coming!"]
    Scooter
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Patrol Postscripts
  10. 9. The Robot-Maker Must Die
    Robotman
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore