Doom Patrol #5 [Direct]
(February 1988)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1987-10-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Mike Gold (credited) (editor); Robert Greenberger (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #45, confirmed from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Doom Patrol / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Steve Lightle (signed as Steve Lightle)
Inks
Steve Lightle (signed as Steve Lightle)
Colors
Anthony Tollin (sourced)
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doom Patrol: Robotman [Cliff Steele]
Doom Patrol: Negative Man [Larry Trainor]
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Natural Order (Table of Contents: 1)

Doom Patrol / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg (credited)
Pencils
Steve Lightle (credited)
Inks
Gary Martin (credited)
Colors
Carl Gafford (credited)
Letters
Janice Chiang (credited)
Job Number
G-3239
Genre
superhero
Characters
Celsius [Arani Desai]; Tempest [Joshua Clay]; Negative Woman [Valentina Vostok]; Robotman [Clifford Steele]; Lodestone [Rhea Jones]; Larry Trainor [Negative Man]; Karma [Wayne Hawkins]; Thunder; Hellbender; Goldstar; Jake Morley; Harry Stein; Dr. Goodman (Niles Caulder look-alike); Cassie [Rhea's cat]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Doom Patrol! / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Gold (credited)
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-3006

Indexer Notes

Letters from Michael J. Miller, Peter Huggins, Peter Meilaender, Michael Pickens, Darcey McLaughlin, The Starwolf, Malcolm Bourne, Prudence Tay, Geoff Johns

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Doom Patrol
  2. 1. Natural Order
    Doom Patrol
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    The Doom Patrol!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Scott Arthur
  • Peter Croome
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ron Sadowski
  • Andrew S. Troth
  • Jim Van Dore
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