(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
This Issue is currently being edited by Dwayne Best (since 2024-04-01, last edit 2024-04-01)
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
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  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Donald Dale Milne
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  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Andrew S. Troth
  • Jim Van Dore