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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published [March] 2002
Cover Price 49.95 USD; 82.95 CAD
Pages 232
Editing Dale Crain (senior editor - collected edition); Nick J. Napolitano (associate editor - collected edition)
Notes "Made up of misfit super-heroes with unusual powers and abilities, the Doom Patrol embarked on and endured some of the most bizarre adventures ever imaginable. Assembled in this hardcover volume are the earliest escapades of Robotman, Negative Man, Elasti-Girl, and the Chief. Reprinted as they originally appeared in the 1960s, this archive edition includes the Doom Patrol's first appearance and origin, as well as their first battles with their greatest adversary, General Immortus, the prehistoric monster menace Dr. Janus, the subterranean Atomic Furies, and the mutant Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man." [per solicitation] Black-and-white reconstruction on selected pages by Rick Keene. Series design by Alex Jay/Studio J. Publication design by Peter Hamboussi.

Cover Details

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge
Notes "Made up of misfit super-heroes with unusual powers and abilities, the Doom Patrol embarked on and endured some of the most bizarre adventures ever imaginable. Assembled in this hardcover volume are the earliest escapades of Robotman, Negative Man, Elasti-Girl, and the Chief. Reprinted as they originally appeared in the 1960s, this archive edition includes the Doom Patrol's first appearance and origin, as well as their first battles with their greatest adversary, General Immortus, the prehistoric monster menace Dr. Janus, the subterranean Atomic Furies, and the mutant Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man." [per solicitation] Black-and-white reconstruction on selected pages by Rick Keene. Series design by Alex Jay/Studio J. Publication design by Peter Hamboussi.

2 page credits "Table of Contents"

Characters Robotman
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Letters typeset

2 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Foreword"

Characters Negative Man
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Letters typeset
Notes Introduction by Arnold Drake

1 page Doom Patrol cover reprint (on interior page) "[Cover - My Greatest Adventure #80]; The Doom Patrol"

Characters Doom Patrol [Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; General Immortus
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Letters Joe Letterese
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #80 (June 1963)

11 page Doom Patrol story "The Doom Patrol (Chapter 1)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder] (intro); Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr] (intro, origin); Negative Man [Larry Trainor] (intro, origin); Robotman [Cliff Steele] (intro, origin)]; Mitch (Movie Producer)
Synopsis A mysterious man known only as the Chief calls three people who have all escaped certain doom but were left outcasts because of their experiences. He recounts their individual stories. He asks them to become the Doom Patrol, and their first mission is to defuse a bomb.
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake; Bob Haney
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Letters Stan Starkman
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Notes According to the Foreword by Arnold Drake, he and Bob Haney each wrote half of the story.
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #80 (June 1963)

3 page Doom Patrol story "The Challenge of the Timeless Commander (Chapter 2)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; General Immortus (intro, villain)
Synopsis The Chief informs the Doom Patrol of an alien spaceship that has landed on Earth carrying a super-weapon. General Immortus, spying on them, makes plans. The Doom Patrol are sent to protect the spaceship but encounter a strange machine.
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake; Bob Haney
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Notes According to the Foreword by Arnold Drake, he and Bob Haney each wrote half of the story.
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #80 (June 1963)

8 page Doom Patrol story "The Deadly Duel with Gen. Immortus (chapter 3)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; General Immortus
Synopsis After locating the super-weapon, the Doom Patrol is confronted by General Immortus, who takes the upper-hand.
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake; Bob Haney
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Notes According to the Foreword by Arnold Drake, he and Bob Haney each wrote half of the story.
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #80 (June 1963)

1 page Doom Patrol cover reprint (on interior page) "[Cover - My Greatest Adventure #81]; The Nightmare Maker!"

Characters Doom Patrol [Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #81 (August 1963)

9 page Doom Patrol story "The Nightmare Maker (part 1)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Dr. Janus
Synopsis The Doom Patrol encounter strange beasts on two missions, and a TV report by Dr. Janus remarks that they are beasts from a meteorite that hit Earth fifteen years ago which, according to eyewitnesses, had living being within. Robotman doesn't remember the incident that way, however.
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake; Bob Haney
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #81 (August 1963)

5 page Doom Patrol story "Doorway to Disaster (part 2)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Dr. Janus (villain); Hitler (picture)
Synopsis Although news reports confirm the meteorite story, the Chief sends the Doom Patrol to the crash site, Logan City, Arizona, to investigate. The Chief discovers that Dr. Janus is an escaped Nazi war criminal, just before more strange beasts appear.
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake; Bob Haney
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #81 (August 1963)

1 page Doom Patrol cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - My Greatest Adventure #82"

Characters Doom Patrol [Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #82 (September 1963)

6 page Doom Patrol story "Three Against the Earth! (chapter 1)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Roy Jamison (villain); Tim Logan (villain); Enrico Fermi (flashback)
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #82 (September 1963)

9 page Doom Patrol story "The Conspiracy of the Green-Headed League (chapter 2)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; The Green-Headed League (villains)
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #82 (September 1963)

1 page Doom Patrol cover reprint (on interior page) "[Cover - My Greatest Adventure #83]; Negative Man Goes Berserk!"

Characters Doom Patrol [Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #83 (November 1963)

7 page Doom Patrol story "The Night Negative Man Went Beserk (part 1)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Harry Morton (villain)
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #83 (November 1963)

8 page Doom Patrol story "Negative Man Must Be Destroyed (part 2)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Nolan (villain); Cooky (villain)
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #83 (November 1963)

1 page Doom Patrol cover reprint (on interior page) "[Cover - My Greatest Adventure #84]; The Return of General Immortus!"

Characters Doom Patrol [Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; General Immortus
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #84 (December 1963)

8 page Doom Patrol story "The Return of General Immortus (part 1)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; General Immortus (villain)
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #84 (December 1963)

8 page Doom Patrol story "The Treasury of Terror (part 2)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; General Immortus (villain)
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #84 (December 1963)

1 page Doom Patrol cover reprint (on interior page) "[Cover - My Greatest Adventure #85]; The Furies from 4,000 Miles Below!"

Characters Doom Patrol [Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bob Brown
Inks Bob Brown
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #85 (February 1964)

7 page Doom Patrol story "The Furies from 4,000 Miles Below (part 1)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #85 (February 1964)

8 page Doom Patrol story "The Subterranean Terror (part 2)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; nuclear beasts (villains)
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #85 (February 1964)

1 page Doom Patrol cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Doom Patrol #86"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Monsieur Mallah; The Brain
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bob Brown
Inks Bob Brown
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Notes The Archive lists Bruno Premiani as cover artist, but scholars believe it is Bob Brown.
Reprinted from Doom Patrol, The (DC, 1964 series) #86 (March 1964)

1 page Doom Patrol story "The World's Strangest Heroes"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder] (brief origin); Negative Man [Larry Trainor] (brief origin); Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr] (brief origin); Robotman [Cliff Steele] (brief origin)]
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Notes intro page
Reprinted from Doom Patrol, The (DC, 1964 series) #86 (March 1964)

4 page Doom Patrol story "The Brotherhood of Evil (part 1)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from Doom Patrol, The (DC, 1964 series) #86 (March 1964)

11 page Doom Patrol story "The Trail of the Terrible Titan (part 2)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Brotherhood of Evil [The Brain (intro, villain); Madame Rouge (intro, villain); Monsieur Mallah (intro, villain)]; Mr. Morden (villain); Rog (villain)
Synopsis The introduction of the Brotherhood of Evil.
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from Doom Patrol, The (DC, 1964 series) #86 (March 1964)

1 page Doom Patrol cover reprint (on interior page) "[Cover - Doom Patrol #87]; The Terrible Secret of Negative Man!"

Characters Doom Patrol [Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bob Brown
Inks Bob Brown
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from Doom Patrol, The (DC, 1964 series) #87 (May 1964)

10 page Doom Patrol story "The Terrible Secret of Negative Man (part 1)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; VILLAINS: Brotherhood of Evil [Madame Rouge; The Brain; Monsieur Mallah]
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from Doom Patrol, The (DC, 1964 series) #87 (May 1964)

5 page Doom Patrol story "The Toys of Terror (part 2)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Madame Rouge (villain)
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from Doom Patrol, The (DC, 1964 series) #87 (May 1964)

7 page Doom Patrol story "Robotman Fights Alone"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Vince Harding (villain)
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from Doom Patrol, The (DC, 1964 series) #87 (May 1964)

1 page Doom Patrol cover reprint (on interior page) "[Cover - Doom Patrol #88]; The Man Who Lived Twice!"

Characters Doom Patrol [Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bob Brown
Inks Bob Brown
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from Doom Patrol, The (DC, 1964 series) #88 (June 1964)

11 page Doom Patrol story "The Incredible Origin of the Chief (part 1)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder] (origin); Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; General Immortus [as The Baron] (villain)
Synopsis Origin of the Chief.
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from Doom Patrol, The (DC, 1964 series) #88 (June 1964)

6 page Doom Patrol story "The Man Who Lived Twice (part 2)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder] (origin); Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; General Immortus [as The Baron] (villain)
Synopsis Origin of the Chief.
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from Doom Patrol, The (DC, 1964 series) #88 (June 1964)

5 page Doom Patrol story "Showdown for the Chief (part 3)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; General Immortus [as The Baron] (villain)
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from Doom Patrol, The (DC, 1964 series) #88 (June 1964)

1 page Doom Patrol cover reprint (on interior page) "[Cover - Doom Patrol #89]; The Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Menace!"

Characters Doom Patrol [Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; The Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bob Brown
Inks Bob Brown
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from Doom Patrol, The (DC, 1964 series) #89 (August 1964)

8 page Doom Patrol story "The Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Menace (part 1)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man [Sven Larsen] (intro, villain)
Synopsis The Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man attacks.
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from Doom Patrol, The (DC, 1964 series) #89 (August 1964)

7 page Doom Patrol story "Lure of the Changing Nightmare (part 2)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; The Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man [Sven Larsen] (villain)
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from Doom Patrol, The (DC, 1964 series) #89 (August 1964)

7 page Doom Patrol story "The Private War of Elasti-Girl"

Characters Doom Patrol [Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Kim Loo; Sgt. Allen Norton
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from Doom Patrol, The (DC, 1964 series) #89 (August 1964)

1 page biography (nonfictional) "Biographies"

Genre Fact
Letters Typeset
Notes Biographies for Bob Brown, Arnold Drake, Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani.

1 page Doom Patrol (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "Backcover"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; General Immortus; Monsieur Mallah; The Brain; The Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man [Sven Larsen]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bruno Premiani; Bob Brown
Inks Bruno Premiani; Bob Brown
Colors Lee Loughridge (color reconstruction)
Editing Murray Boltinoff (original)
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #80 [cover]; from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #84 [cover]; from Doom Patrol (DC, 1964 series) #86 [cover]; from Doom Patrol (DC, 1964 series) #89 [cover]