CREATOR

Name: DC (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1934 by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (1890-1968) as National Allied Publications, but the name changed in 1937 to Detective Comics (later shortened to DC). Stopped in 2011.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under DC in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation's logo changed several times over the years. The selected one ran from 1976 to 2005.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1964. Stopped in 1968 after 36 issues, but has been revived several times since then, often just titled Doom Patrol (as was also the case from #115 in this series).

In this the first series we meet a group of 6 superheroes with different backgrounds and abilities. They were The Chief, Elasti-girl, Negative Man, Robotman, Mento, and Beast Boy. Uncharacteristically for a superhero series, the members seemingly were all killed in the last issue, but new members were ready to take over in later series.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTERS

None.

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#90 - 1964
#97 - 1965
#104 - 1966

#116 - 1967
#120 - 1968
#121 - 1968

 

 

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