The Doom Patrol
#116
(December 1967)
DC,
1964 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of Jan., April, July and Oct.
- On-sale Date
- 1967-10-19
- 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.
Who Betrays the DP to the Galactic Gladiator?
Doom Patrol / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doom Patrol: Robotman [Cliff Steele]
Doom Patrol: The Chief [Dr. Niles Caulder] (also as the Galactic Guardian); Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor] - Reprints
-
in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #8 (janvier 1970) [Recolorisée [Recolored]], #10 (juillet 1970) [Recolorisée [Recolored]], #11 (octobre 1970) [Recolorisée [Recolored]] -
in The Doom Patrol Archives (DC, 2002 series) #5 ([September] 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)
-
Two to Get Ready... and Three to Die!
Doom Patrol / comic story / 21.5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doom Patrol: The Chief [Dr. Niles Caulder] (also as the Galactic Guardian); Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]
Doom Patrol: Robotman [Cliff Steele]
Beast Boy [Garfield Logan]; The Mutant Trio [Ir; Ur; Er] (villains); Madame Rouge; Mento [Steve Dayton]; Alfred E. Neuman (picture on a button); The Abominable Snowman - Synopsis
- Madame Rouge's two personalities battle for domination of her body. The Doom Patrol finally stop the mutants.
- Reprints
- in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #43 (2ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré/B&W and reframed]
- in The Doom Patrol Archives (DC, 2002 series) #5 ([September] 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 is 23 pages of which 3 are 1/2 of a page for an actual page count of 21.5 pages.
Story continues from issue #115. Madame Rouge is apparently reformed.
Get Mattel's Major Matt Mason
Mattel Toys / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ? (illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (illustrations)
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- Editing
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Major Matt Mason
- Keywords
- astronauts
Indexer Notes
Ad for Mattel's Major Matt Mason line of toys.
[no title indexed]
Patrol Postscripts / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Bruno Premiani (logo illustration)
- Inks
- Bruno Premiani (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letter submitted by Leonard Rosenberg, with excerpts from other reader letters.
Bad News, Readers!
Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
House ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #202 [80 Page Giant #G-42] featuring Tales from the Bizarro World.
New Things Are Coming from DC!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
House ad for DC comics.
[no title indexed]
Dig What's Coming / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as
Henry Boltinoff); Neal Adams - Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff); Neal Adams
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look at this issue of Bob Hope!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
House ad for The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #108, embedded in a Boltinoff humor strip.
You Are under the Spell of Ka-Bala
Ka-Bala / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
Indexer Notes
Ad for the fortune-telling game of Ka-Bala from Transogram.
[no title indexed]
Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- #10
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a real mummy!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Moolah the Mystic
- Reprints
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #9 (March-April 1958) [2nd page only, slightly modified]
-
[no title indexed]
Dig What's Coming / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff); Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff); Mike Esposito
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The winner!
Indexer Notes
House ad for The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #175 (on sale October 19), embedded in a Boltinoff humor strip.
[no title indexed]
Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- Job Number
- 6577
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My slot car isn't running well...
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Idea from Dan Phillips, Glendale, Cal.
[no title indexed]
Dig What's Coming / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff; Neal Adams
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff; Neal Adams
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Joe, where are you going?
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
House ad for The Adventures of Jerry Lewis (DC, 1957 series) #104 (on sale November 7), embedded in a Boltinoff humor strip.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Neal Adams; Joe Orlando (illustrations)
- Inks
- Neal Adams; Mike Esposito (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Listing of DC comics on sale in late October 1967.
Includes cover art for Swing with Scooter (DC, 1966 series) #10 and The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #75.
2 Neither Alive, Nor Dead!
Deadman; The Spectre / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mike Sekowsky; Murphy Anderson
- Inks
- George Roussos; Murphy Anderson
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; house ad for Deadman in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) and The Spectre in his own 1967 series.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Who Betrays the DP to the Galactic Gladiator?
Doom Patrol -
1.
Two to Get Ready... and Three to Die!
Doom Patrol -
2.
Get Mattel's Major Matt Mason
Mattel Toys -
3.
[no title indexed]
Patrol Postscripts -
4.
Bad News, Readers!
Superman -
5.
New Things Are Coming from DC!
-
6.
["Look at this issue of Bob Hope!"]
Dig What's Coming -
7.
You Are under the Spell of Ka-Bala
Ka-Bala -
8.
["It's a real mummy!"]
Moolah the Mystic -
9.
["The winner!"]
Dig What's Coming -
10.
["My slot car isn't running well..."]
Cap's Hobby Hints -
11.
["Joe, where are you going?"]
Dig What's Coming -
12.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents -
13.
2 Neither Alive, Nor Dead!
Deadman; The Spectre
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Gregory Fischer
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- John Monagle
- Jim Stangas
- Andrew S. Troth
- Jim Van Dore
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