The Doom Patrol #108

(December 1966)

Superman Talks About... "Pennies for UNICEF!" (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman; UNICEF Donations / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; superhero

Characters

Superman

Synopsis

Joe doesn't see the purpose of collecting money for UNICEF while trick-or-treating until Superman takes him and his friend Tom on a trip around the world to see what UNICEF does for children in other lands.

Keywords

Halloween; UNICEF

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously published in DC comics cover-dated December 1963.

Kid Disaster (Table of Contents: 2)

Doom Patrol / comic story / 23 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]]; Beast Boy [Gar Logan]; Mento [Steve Dayton]; Dave Manners; Jillian Jackson; Count Waja the Wise; King Dax (the One-Eyed King); Wilson; The Horga (dinosaur-like creature); Ultimax (villain); Brotherhood of Evil [The Brain; Garguax; Monsieur Mallah [as Abu Hallam]; Madame Rouge] (villains)

Synopsis

Steve Dayton rescues Rita from the microscopic world. The Brotherhood of Evil makes their move against the Doom Patrol, which leaves the Chief and Beast Boy believing that their friends have been killed.

Reprints

• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #27 (novembre 1972) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
• in The Doom Patrol Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4 ([April] 2008)
• in Showcase Presents: The Doom Patrol (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([October] 2010)
• in Doom Patrol: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) ([August] 2017)

Indexer Notes

Story in three segments of 7.67 pages each.

Story continues from issue #107; story continues in issue #109.

On the Go with Motorific! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Ideal Toys / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Return of O.G.R.E.! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

The Kat from AMT Jumps the Gun (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Script

Murray Boltinoff

Pencils

Bruno Premiani (logo illustration)

Inks

Bruno Premiani (logo illustration)

Colors

? (logo illustration)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letter from Joy Bennett, Swap Shop, and snippets of letters from other readers.

Mike's Toy Factory...or "How I Made It with My Emenee Thermo/Craft Workshop!" (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Emenee Thermo/Craft Workshop / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Captain Billy and the Kid (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Renwal Models / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

My ball point pen ran dry. Good!

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Idea from Dennis Slatterly, Colorado Springs, Col.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Tyco Toys / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

An All-Star Collection of the Best of Batman (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

Battle Grounds of the World! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Andy and George; G.I. Joe / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)