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| Doom Patrol | |
| Aliases: | Legion of the Strange [1] |
| Continuity: | DC Universe |
| Type: | Superhero team |
| Status: | Active |
| Founding members: | Niles Caulder; Cliff Steele; Rita Farr; Larry Trainor |
| Base of operations: | Kansas City Midway City |
| Allies: | Teen Titans; Challengers of the Unknown; Will Magnus; Metal Men; Danny the Street; Flex Mentallo |
| Enemies: | The Brain; General Immortus; Madame Rouge; Monsieur Mallah |
| 1st appearance: | My Greatest Adventure #80 |
The Doom Patrol is a fictional super-hero adventure team featured in comic books published by DC Comics. They were created by writers Arnold Drake & Bob Haney and artist Bruno Premiani. They first appeared in My Greatest Adventure #80 in June, 1963, which was a comic book adventure anthology series published by DC Comics. This issue introduced the characters of Niles Caulder, Cliff Steele, Rita Farr, and Larry Trainor.
Overview[]
Revised origin[]
An aging, wheelchair-bound mad scientist known as the Chief (Niles Caulder), created a super-powered team of outcasts by arranging "accidents" on people with fantastic lives. He ruined their lives by making them power-housed freaks so they’d have nothing to lose, influencing them to go on suicide missions prematurely to save the world. Caulder's first plan was to recreate the Robotman like the Mystery Man from the 1940s via implanting a human brain in a robot body. He first caused a lab explosion destroying the body of a colleague. Planning to put his brain in the robot, his plan was foiled when his colleague's brain was saved by his pet gorilla.
Members[]
Original Team[]
Founding members
Recruits
The New Doom Patrol[]
Third iteration[]
- Celsius, Arani Caulder
- Robotman, Cliff Steele
- Negative Man/Rebus, Larry Trainor
- Negative Woman, Valentina Vostok
- Tempest, Joshua Clay
Recruits
- The Chief, Niles Caulder
- Crazy Jane, Kay Challis
- Flex Mentallo
- Karma, Wayne Hawkins
- Lodestone, Rhea Jones
- Scott Fischer
The Vertigo years[]
- The Chief, Niles Caulder
- Coagula, Kate Godwin
- Crazy Jane, Kay Challis
- Cliff Steele
- Danny the Street
- Dorothy Spinner
- Joshua Clay
Others[]
Notes[]
- Before settling on Doom Patrol, the original name of the team was going to be The Legion of the Strange.
Appearances[]
Comics[]
- DC Comics Presents 52
- Doom Patrol 86
- Doom Patrol 87
- Doom Patrol 88
- Doom Patrol 99
- Doom Patrol Vol 2 19
- Doom Patrol Vol 2 20
- Doom Patrol Vol 2 43
- Doom Patrol Vol 2 44
- Doom Patrol Vol 2 46
- Doom Patrol Vol 2 74 (Cliff, Coagula and Caulder only)
- Doom Patrol Vol 4 1
- My Greatest Adventure 80 (1st appearance)
- New Teen Titans 14 (In flashback only)
- Teen Titans 6
Television[]
See also[]
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ My Greatest Adventure 79; Letters column.