(July-August 1968)

DC, 1964 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1968-05-16
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Murray Boltinoff (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Rage of the Wrecker! (Table of Contents)

Doom Patrol / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Sparling; Bruno Premiani (see notes)
Inks
Jack Sparling; Bruno Premiani (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Based on detailed analysis of the panel covering 2/3 of page 8 of the story, Ted Watson credits the cover with including Robotman, by Premiani, taken from that panel. (August 2009)

The Rage of the Wrecker (Table of Contents: 1)

Doom Patrol / comic story / 21.67 pages (report information)

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

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]; Jillian Jackson; The Wrecker [Harvey Keller] (villain); Dr. Slivky (villain); Prof. Tyneborn (villain)
Synopsis
The Doom Patrol battles a madman who wants to destroy the Earth.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story across 23 pages, but page 8 is a 2/3-page and pages 16 and 23 are 1/2-pages.

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

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

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
6643
First Line of Dialogue or Text
An old plastic butter dish. Can I gave it, Mom?
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Turning a clear butter dish into a display case for your 1/84th scale model cars.

Indexer Notes

Idea from Kenneth Kline.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Murray Boltinoff; Arnold Drake
Pencils
Bruno Premiani (illustration)
Inks
Bruno Premiani (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Barbara Lang, George Dolack, Theresa McKinley, and Martin Johnson. Includes a reply from writer Drake about a plot point.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Rage of the Wrecker!
    Doom Patrol
  2. 1. The Rage of the Wrecker
    Doom Patrol
  3. 2. ["An old plastic butter dish. Can I gave it, Mom?"]
    Cap's Hobby Hints
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Patrol Postscripts
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Andrew S. Troth
  • Jim Van Dore