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Issue Details

Issue #86
Published March 1964
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Murray Boltinoff
Notes This book was originally intended to be renumbered #1 with this issue. House ad for it as #1 first issue were advertised in DC comics in late December and early January. The house ads were changed in mid January to delete any reference to a #1. Info by Bob Bailey, 2005-03-19 (Per Sandell ed.)

Cover Details

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Monsieur Mallah; The Brain
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bob Brown
Inks Bob Brown
Reprinted in Doom Patrol Archives, The (DC, 2002 series) #1 (March 2002)

1 page Doom Patrol story "The World's Strangest Heroes"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder] (brief origin); Negative Man [Larry Trainor] (brief origin); Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr] (brief origin); Robotman [Cliff Steele] (brief origin)]
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Notes intro page
Reprinted in Super-Team Family (DC, 1975 series) #8 (December 1976-January 1977); in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #19; in Doom Patrol Archives, The (DC, 2002 series) #1 (March 2002)

4 page Doom Patrol story "The Brotherhood of Evil (part 1)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]
Synopsis The Doom Patrol create gifts for The Chief for his birthday.
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Reprinted in Super-Team Family (DC, 1975 series) #7 (October-November 1976); in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #19 (March 1982); in Doom Patrol Archives, The (DC, 2002 series) #1 (March 2002)

12 page Doom Patrol story "The Trail of the Terrible Titan (part 2)"

Characters Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Brotherhood of Evil [The Brain (intro, villain); Madame Rouge (intro, villain); Monsieur Mallah (intro, villain)]; Mr. Morden (villain); Rog (villain)
Synopsis Mr. Morden steals the giant robot Rog and attacks the Doom Patrol in an attempt to join the Brotherhood of Evil.
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bruno Premiani
Inks Bruno Premiani
Notes Part 2
Reprinted in Super-Team Family (DC, 1975 series) #7 (October-November 1976); in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #19 (March 1982); in Doom Patrol Archives, The (DC, 2002 series) #1 (March 2002)

8 page story "A Medal for Go-Buggy 3!"

Script Howard Purcell
Pencils Howard Purcell
Inks Howard Purcell