Doom Patrol
The Doom Patrol are a superhero team who feature in DC Comics.
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History
Origin
Doom Patrol were a team of superpowered individuals that were brought together by the Chief.
The Doom Patrol later rebuild the real Robotman once they recover his head and come to an agreement that Thayer Jost will fund the group so long as Jost has the distributing rights to the Doom Patrol which he uses to create a Doom Patrol TV series based on the Silver Age Team. Over the course of the run Fast Forward loses control of his powers when he tries to look beyond 60 seconds into the future and has to suppress them with medicine in order to function while Kid Slick and Fever start a relationship with one another despite the latter accidentally hospitalising the former with her powers. It is later revealed that part of Robotman's agreement with Jost involves Jost funding for Dorothy Spinner's healthcare as she has been in a coma for the last four years, Cliff deduces that the 'imposter' Robotman was an imaginary Cliff that Dorothy had subconsciously manifested. (Doom Patrol v3 #9)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. The Doom Patrol
It was shown that Celsius, Joshua Clay, Negative Woman, Karma and Scott Fischer had been part of one incarnation of the team. (Justice League v2 #24)
Overview
At one point, they came to reside at the Rainbow Estates. (Doom Patrol v2 #67)
Members
- Chief :
- Elasti-Girl :
- Robot Man :
- Negative Man :
- Changeling :
- Element Woman :
- Celsius :
- Fever :
- Kid Slick :
- Ava :
- Nudge :
- Grunt :
- Vortex :
Notes
- The Doom Patrol were created by Arnold Drake, Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani where they made their first appearance in My Greatest Adventure v1 #80 (June, 1963).
- In an interview on Newsarama, Drake had said, "...I've become more and more convinced that [Stan Lee] knowingly stole The X-Men from The Doom Patrol. Over the years I learned that an awful lot of writers and artists were working surreptitiously between [Marvel and DC]. Therefore from when I first brought the idea into [DC editor] Murray Boltinoff's office, it would've been easy for someone to walk over and hear that [I was] working on a story about a bunch of reluctant superheroes who are led by a man in a wheelchair. So over the years, I began to feel that Stan had more lead time than I realized. He may well have had four, five, or even six months."
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Teen Titans, the Doom Patrol appeared in the setting of the animated television series in the episode "Homecoming".
- In Titans, the Doom Patrol made an appearance in the setting of the live-action DC Universe television series.
- In Doom Patrol, the Doom Patrol featured in the setting of the live-action DC Universe television series spinoff.
Films
Appearances
- My Greatest Adventure v1: (1963)
- Doom Patrol v1:
- Doom Patrol v2:
- Justice League v2:
- Doom Patrol:
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