My Greatest Adventure 80

"You three are victims of a cruel and fantastic fate! I summoned you here to give you the opportunity to cheat that fate by offering you the chance to experience adventures more incredible than any humans have ever known!"

- The Chief

"The Doom Patrol" is the story title to the eightieth issue of the comic book anthology series My Greatest Adventure, published by DC Comics. The story was written by Arnold Drake and Bob Haney with artwork and inks by Bruno Premiani, who also rendered the cover art illustration. It was lettered by Stan Starkman and edited by Murray Boltinoff. This issue shipped with a June, 1963 cover date and carries a cover price of .12 cents per copy.

Appearances

 * The Chief, Niles Caulder
 * Elasti-Girl, Rita Farr
 * Negative Man, Larry Trainor
 * Robotman, Cliff Steele


 * Dan Salem


 * General Immortus


 * Doctor Hoskins
 * Doctor Leroy
 * Mitch


 * Doom Patrol


 * Altered humans
 * Crocodiles
 * Cyborgs
 * Immortals


 * Michigan
 * Midway City
 * Doom Patrol headquarters


 * None


 * Aircraft
 * Race car
 * Space ship
 * Wheelchair
 * X-19 suborbital aircraft


 * Energy projection
 * Flight
 * Immortality
 * Size alteration
 * Superhuman durability
 * Superhuman strength


 * Cybernetics
 * Exploding vehicles
 * Nazi
 * Reporter

Notes & Trivia

 * This issue is divided into three chapters:
 * Chapter 1: The Doom Patrol
 * Chapter 2: The Challenge of the Timeless Commander
 * Chapter 3: The Deadly Duel with General Immortus


 * Beginning with this issue, and for the next five issues until the end of the series, My Greatest Adventure is now a superhero fantasy title.


 * This is the first appearance of the Doom Patrol. They become the lead spotlight feature on this title throughout the remainder of the series before launching off into their own title They appear next in My Greatest Adventure #81.


 * Before settling on Doom Patrol, the original name of the team was going to be The Legion of the Strange. This was advertised in the letters column for My Greatest Adventure #79.


 * This is the first appearance of General Immortus, who becomes a major foe of the Doom Patrol. He makes a chronologically earlier appearance in Doom Patrol #88. His next actual appearance is in Doom Patrol #84.


 * The setting for this story is not revealed at this time. Later stories will establish that Doom Patrol headquarters is located in the fictinoal Midway City. The DC Atlas establishes that Midway City is located in the U.S. state of Michigan.


 * The original Doom Patrol costumes for Elast-Girl and Negative Man were plain green utility suits. They don't begin to wear the more familiar-looking red and white uniforms until Doom Patrol #89.


 * Doctor Hoskins and Doctor Leroy appear next in the second story in Doom Patrol #100.


 * Dan Salem is a television news reporter. He appears next in My Greatest Adventure #81.

Reprints

 * The story from this issue is reprinted in the following volumes:
 * Batman 238
 * DC 100-Page Super Spectacular 8
 * DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest 19
 * Doom Patrol Archives 1
 * Doom Patrol: The Silver Age
 * Doom Patrol: The Silver Age Omnibus
 * Showcase Presents: Doom Patrol 1