#HappyBirthday #ArnoldDrake #comicBookWriter conceived #GuardiansOfTheGalaxy @marvelcomics.bsky.social #FiremanFarrell #Deadman #TheDoomPatrol #StanleyAndHisMonster & #PlasticMan’s debut @dc.com wrote #ChallengersOfTheUnknown & #JerryLewisComics and #screenwriter #TheFleshEaters #WhoKilledTeddyBear

An early controversy in the #Marvel/DC rivalry were the similarities between #TheDoomPatrol and #TheX-Men, the former which came out just a few months before the latter. The coincidence of a team of outcasts being lead by a leader in a wheel chair were striking.

Doom Patrol #97 (1965). Cover art by Bob Brown. The cover shows the Doom Patrol on a city street with the US Army ready to engage. Elasti-Girl has changed into a raging crystal giant while Negative Man tries to "talk her down" while Robotman tries to stop the army from attacking.

Doom Patrol #97 (1965). Cover art by Bob Brown
#DCComics #1960sDC #TheDoomPatrol #DCCoverOfTheDay #Elasti-Girl #NegativeMan #Robotman #ComicCover

#OnThisDay in 1964 (3 weeks after #TheXMen’s #BrotherhoodOfEvilMutants at #MarvelComics) @dc.com #BrotherhoodOfEvil debuted in #MyGreatestAdventure #comics #retitled #TheDoomPatrol w #86 #TheBrainAndMonsieurMallah #ADisembodiedBrainFloatingInSolution & #hisCompanion #AnIntellectuallyEvolvedGorilla

#OnThisDay in 1989 #Rebis debuted in @dc.com #TheDoomPatrol #comics #21 #NegativeMan #LarryTrainor’s #negativeEnergyForm is revealed a #sentientBeing #capableOfThoughtAndSpeech & includes #DrEleanorPoole in its merging with Larry & exhibits #superiorIntellect #psychicPowers as OG #DC #pronoun player

The Doom Patrol #7 [1988]. Cover art by Erik Larson and Robert Campanella!

The Doom Patrol #7 [1988]. Cover art by Erik Larson and Robert Campanella!
#backissues #80scomics #doompatrol #thedoompatrol #dccomics

#ComicBookCovers
#DCComics
#JLA
#JSA
#JoeKubert

Rotten little kid. #TheDoomPatrol wouldn’t put up with his shit.

#Titans 26 @dc.com .. has anyone been missing #TitansBeastWorld?#CyborgInSweats + #TheDoomPatrol as guest-stars gives off serious nascent #DCUniverse #streamingService #entertainment vibes

The Doom Patrol #3 [1987]. Cover art by Steve Lightle!

The Doom Patrol #3 [1987]. Cover art by Steve Lightle!
#backissues #80scomics #doompatrol #thedoompatrol #dccomics

#OnThisDay in 1963 #GeneralImmortus debuted in #MyGreatestAdventure #comics #80 #TimelessCommander based at #SupremeHeadquarters contacts #hisAgents in #Rome #Madrid & #Tokyo challenging #TheDoomPatrol in #theirFirstAdventure while trying to acquire #AnAlienSpaceShip’s #powerSource

#OnThisDay in 1963 #TheChief #DrNilesCaulder debuted in #MyGreatestAdventure #comics #80 #geniusGingerInAWheelchair who seeks out & assembles #TheWorldsStrangestSuperHeroes acting as #TeamLeader & #tactician for #TheDoomPatrol afterTheTeamsDemise 70s revival introduces #hisWife #Arani #TimothyDalton

#OnThisDay in 1963 #TheDoomPatrol #TheWorldsStrangestSuperHeroes debuted in #MyGreatestAdventure #comics #80 #ArnoldDrake #BrunoPremiani introduce #SuperFreaks #Robotman II #ElastiGirl #NegativeMan & #TheChief #featureTakesOverTheSeriesTitle with #86 & ends with #TheTeamsDeath in #121

Astounding April day 16

Animal vegetable mineral man
#dcfanart #thedoompatrol

Astounding April day 7

Crazy jane
#dcfanart #thedoompatrol

if you were to run a #ttrpg based on #GrantMorrisons #TheInvisibles perhaps with elements of his take on #TheDoomPatrol what system would you use? Years ago i used the then new system #Mage but think theres probably more suitable systems now?

The Doom Patrol and Suicide Squad Special #1 [1988] Cover art by Erik Larsen and Bob Lewis!

The Doom Patrol and Suicide Squad Special #1 [1988]
Cover art by Erik Larsen and Bob Lewis!
#backissues #dccomics #thedoompatrol #retrocomics #80s #80scomics #doompatrol #suicidesquad

#OnThisDay in 1989 #Rebis debuted in #TheDoomPatrol #comics #21 #NegativeMan #LarryTrainor’s #negativeEnergyForm is revealed a #sentientBeing #capableOfThoughtAndSpeech & includes #DrEleanorPoole in its hybrid mergingWith Larry exhibiting #superiorIntellect #psychicPowers i.e. OG #DC #pronoun player

#OnThisDay in 1968 #TheDoomPatrol #comics #121 #seriesFinale featured #TheDeathOfTheDoomPatrol! #TheChief #ElastiGirl #NegativeMan & #Robotman accept #TheBrotherhoodOfEvil’s offer to be blown to bits to ensure #the14inhabitantsOfCodsvilleMaine are spared and #hintsOfTheirSurvival begin #aDecadeLater

#OnThisDay in 1990 #DannyTheStreet debuted in #DoomPatrol #comics 35 #DannyLaRue-inspired #sentientPieceOfUrbanGeography who #CanPlaceHimselfAnywhereSeamlesslyToHisEnvirons & acts as #AHavenToTheDispossessed meets #TheDoomPatrol while #onTheRun from #DarrenJones & #TheMenFromNOWHERE

#OnThisDay in 1963 #GeneralImmortus debuted in #MyGreatestAdventure #comics #80 #TimelessCommander based at #SupremeHeadquarters contacts #hisAgents in #Rome #Madrid & #Tokyo challenging #TheDoomPatrol in #theirFirstAdventure while trying to acquire #AnAlienSpaceShip’s #powerSource

#OnThisDay in 1963 #TheChief #DrNilesCaulder debuted in #MyGreatestAdventure #comics #80 #geniusGingerInAWheelchair whoSeeksOut & assembles #TheWorldsStrangestSuperHeroes actingAs #TeamLeader & #tactician for #TheDoomPatrol afterTheTeam’s death The70sRevival introduces #hisWife #Arani #TimothyDalton

#OnThisDay in 1963 #TheDoomPatrol #TheWorldsStrangestSuperHeroes debuted in #MyGreatestAdventure #comics #80 #ArnoldDrake & #BrunoPremiani introduce #SuperFreaks #Robotman II #ElastiGirl #NegativeMan & #TheChief #featureTakesOverTheSeriesTitle with issue #86 & ends with #TheTeamsDeath in #121

#35YearsAgoToday #Rebis debuted in #TheDoomPatrol #comics #21 #NegativeMan #LarryTrainor’s #negativeEnergyForm reveals itself a #sentientBeing #capableOfThoughtAndSpeech includes #DrEleanorPoole in its merging with Larry & exhibiting #superiorIntellect #psychicPowers OG #pronoun super-hero player

#60YearsAgoToday (3 weeks after #TheXMen’s #BrotherhoodOfEvilMutants) #TheBrotherhoodOfEvil debuted in #MyGreatestAdventure #comics #retitled #TheDoomPatrol w #86 led by #TheBrainAndMonsieurMallah #ADisembodiedBrainFloatingInSolution & #hisCompanion #AnIntellectuallyEvolvedGorilla