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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published December 2004
Cover Price 2.50 USD; 3.85 CAD
Pages 40
Editing Mike Carlin

Cover Details - "Blue Steele!"

Characters Doom Patrol [Elasti-Girl; Negative Man; Robotman]
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Byrne (signed)
Inks John Byrne (signed)
Colors Alex Bleyaert

22 page Doom Patrol story "Hearts of Steel"

Characters Doom Patrol [Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr; also as Baroness Von Hartagg]; Faith (leaves team); Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Nudge [Mi-Sun Kwan]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]; Vortex]; The Chief [Dr. Niles Caulder]; Mr. Johnson; Harlan Betters; Chief James Walking Cloud; Mrs. Agnes Damforth; William Payer; Max Samson (first appearance); Dr. Verdalian (first appearance)
Synopsis Cliff, Rita and Nudge infiltrate an illegal ultimate fighting ring by pitting Robotman against multiple malevolent machines of destruction! Learn secrets of where Cliff Steele, Rita Farr and the Chief have come from - just in time for Robotman to lose his head! [per solicitation]
Genre Superhero
Script John Byrne
Pencils John Byrne
Inks Doug Hazlewood
Colors Alex Bleyaert
Letters Jared K. Fletcher

1 page DC in Demand promo (ad from the publisher) "DC in Demand 10.04"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes
Notes Spotlight on LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #1. Miscellaneous DC items from "your Mole in 1700". DC house ads for GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH #1, JLA #107, SOLO #1 and DOOM PATROL #6.