- Hardcover: 222 pages
- Publisher: DC Comics (April 1 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1563897954
- ISBN-13: 978-1563897955
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 1.9 x 26.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 726 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #549,156 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Made up of misfit super-heroes with unusual powers andabilities, the Doom Patrol embarked on and endured some of the most bizarreadventures ever imaginable. Assembled in this hardcover volume are theearliest escapades of Robotman, Negative Man, Elasti-Girl, and the Chief.Reprinted as they originally appeared in the 1960s, this archive editionincludes the Doom Patrol's first appearance and origin, as well as theirfirst battles with their greatest adversary, General Immortus, theprehistoric monster menace Dr. Janus, the subterranean Atomic Furies, andthe mutant Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Most human and humane super-heroes ever created,
This review is from: Doom Patrol Archives, The: VOL 01 (Hardcover)
I'd never read any Silver Age Doom Patrol cartoons, and picked this up just because I liked the idea of a team of freaks banding together. But they're so much more than freaks, they're individual characters, each with his own personality, which was unusual in a DC comic from the 1960s. And they do their best, sometimes fail, and in the final story of this book they recommend therapy and treatment rather than incarceration for one villain because he is mentally imbalanced! Wonderful stuff. Can't wait for Volume 2!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fabulous Freaks,
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This review is from: Doom Patrol Archives, The: VOL 01 (Hardcover)
The Doom Patrol was one of the great lesser known DC series of the Silver Age. A group of "freaks" joined together to form a super-team. The Chief was the wheelchair bound genius leader. Robotman was a human being with his brain trapped in a robot body. Negative Man could cause a radio-energy being to leave his body at the speed of light, but had to keep his body wrapped in bandages to protect people from his radioactive skin. Elasti-Girl could grow really big or really small. (Actually, she not all that "freakish". No more so than any other super-hero, anyway). Besides being considered "outcasts", the Doom Patrol was different than other DC heroes in that they actually had personalities. Robotman and Negative Man often had arguments with each other, and they both had moments when they felt bitter about their situations. This book features the Doom Patrol's first ten comics. Besides meeting the heroes, you will also meet their legendary enemies; General Immortus, The Brotherhood of Evil, and Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man. (Yes, that last one has a goofy name, but he's still a pretty cool villain.) I think that anyone who is a fan of Silver Age comics should get this book. While it's true that the stories aren't as "sophisticated" as today's comics, they have a charm that most of the current comics can't duplicate.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Doom Patrol. Fascinating, memorable, and poignant.,
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This review is from: Doom Patrol Archives, The: VOL 01 (Hardcover)
I wanted to share a little story about Arnold Drake. I only knew his name as the writer who created DEADMAN and DOOM PATROL, but I didn't know much about him until two years ago when I was at a convention in Westchester, NY. Roy Thomas, Dave Cockrum, Chris Claremont, and a few other writer/artists of the X-Men were on a panel discussing the differences between the filmed version of X-Men, and the comics version. It was an interesting discussion, but it became more interesting when this older gentleman with a white beard, glasses, and an African beret entered the room, and Roy Thomas began a conversation with the man from across the room. "Arnold would you like to join us?" The man was sort of uncomfortable. He said his wife was waiting for him, but "What the hell, I can spare a few minutes," and he joined the panel, and discussed the few times he wrote the X-men, and also entertained the audience with hilarious anecdotes about: "Stan "the man" Lee, who was quite enamored with the word 'Brotherhood." He basically said that the X-men was a direct knock off of his Doom Patrol, but he was respectful, if a bit flippant. Then he left the room as dramatically as he came in, and we gave him a round of applause. Conventions are fun for comics fans and creators, but the rare moments like that make the experiences unforgettable.Now, the DOOM PATROL. Highly imaginative, heroes that are sort of confused about their place in the world, but go ahead and save humanity whenever they can. ROBOTMAN has a human brain, but that's all that is left of Cliff Steele after a tragic car accident. Rita Farr grows to enormous heights, and Larry Trainor has a shadow that fights, flys and glows! Their leader is Niles Caulder, a crippled genius in a wheelchair. He grounds this ragtag band of heroes to their missions. This is great stuff, and it looks like a second volume is due out (hooray!). The first volume collects issues from My Greatest Adventure (which quickly changed the title to just DOOM PATROL) #80-89. There will probably be two more volumes. Then if the Grant Morrison run will be reprinted, we Doom Patrol fanatics will be in Nirvana.
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