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Summary: Trapped in a World They Never...oh, that was the OTHER guys
Review: A team of young misfits with strange powers led by an enigmatic and brilliant man in a wheelchair...No, not the X-Men...the Doom Patrol! This DC Archives brings together the first adventures of the legendary ne'er-do-well team and found DC in a very Marvel-ous mood three months BEFORE the X-Men debuted. Stan Lee himself could do little better than these angst-ridden antiheroes: a racecar driver spared a gruesome death only by having his brain placed in a robot body; a movie actress who could grow to gargantuan heights or shrink to Lilliputian dimensions; a test pilot bonded with a strange alien radiation. Together, they would tackle the oddest menaces to be found: a disembodied brain with a gorilla sidekick, an octogenarian madman with world-conquering pretensions, a shape-shifter able to take on any form. Unlike your other super-powered teams of the time, the Doom Patrol did not adjust well to their new situation, and the tension on the team was palpable from the first. Arnold Drake's Doom Patrol was in many ways a precursor to Chris Claremont's X-Men. His stories were character-driven and emphasized the alienation each of the heroes felt from their comrades as a result of their abilities. The team struggled on behalf of a world which would never accept them. And behind it all lurked the unfathomable ambitions of their stricken leader, Dr. Niles Caulder, "The Chief." This collection includes "My Greatest Adventure/Doom Patrol" 80-89 from 1963-1964. It is a must-have for any Silver Age comics fan.
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Summary: A rare classic from the Silver Age
Review: A wheelchair-bound mentor gathers unique individuals with extraordinary powers, to defend the world against evil adversaries. No, this is not the introduction to the Uncanny X-Men, but to a group which was formed a few months earlier by DC Comics, The Doom Patrol. Comparison with the X-Men are inevitable, where we have the wheelchair bound leader, The Brotherhood of Evil (Mutants). But there is also a twist here. For while the X-Men are treated as outcasts, the Doom Patrol are treated as heroes. The X-Men won over The Doom Patrol I think because the readers wanted more 'super-hero' stories which is what they got, and they were also able to expand into other Marvel titles like The Fantastic Four, Thor, Avengers, and so on. Reading The Doom Patrol here, it feels as if they have their own DC Universe with hardly any mention of other DC characters. I felt that this was a good point, as the characters are able to develop on their own, we get to know them more, the plots are more character driven, more down to earth. The art is a joy to look at, and Bruno Premiani is a vastly under-rated artist, who when asked today, most people would never have heard of. When people talk about the great Silver Age artists, especially from DC, people would mention Gil Kane, Curt Swan, Murphy Anderson. Bruno Premiani deserves to be ranked alongside these artists as well. This is a beautiful edition to add to your DC Archives collection. These stories are from an era where they have never been surpassed in the quality of their stories, the Silver Age. I do hope that a second collection of The Doom Patrol is not far away.
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Summary: Silver Age Classic
Review: Ahh.. The Doom Patrol. The original outcast crimefighters. Let's hope DC reprints the whole run, because this is essential reading for super hero fans. Decades later, the strangeness of this title lingers; from the oddball villians to the twisted humor, the Doom Patrol was unlike anything published at the time. The characters are memorable and the artwork is stunning. If you've never seen Bruno Premiani's work, you're in for a treat.
This was the first silver age comic I collected, and it's nice to have these early DP stories in such a great package. Buy it today.
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Summary: Prototype for the X-Men but in the DC Universe
Review: Doom Patrol pre-dates the X-Men - but the similarities are striking. Was the short-lived "Doom Patrol" a prototype for the X-Men? Worth adding to any collection. The DC Archive Editions are very well done. DC should issue as many as possible.
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Summary: Prototype for the X-Men but in the DC Universe
Review: Doom Patrol pre-dates the X-Men - but the similarities are striking. Was the short-lived "Doom Patrol" a prototype for the X-Men? Worth adding to any collection. The DC Archive Editions are very well done. DC should issue as many as possible.
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Summary: Great read all the way around.
Review: Found this to be one of the best archives that DC has to offer. And from one of the least popular series they had. The art and stories are superb. And still stand today. I had reservations about getting this. But when DC announced that there was going to be a new Doom Patrol series coming I decided it was time to get to know these characters all over again. And guess what. Not a single disappointment.
Pick this up if you get the chance. You will not be disappointed. So glad I did. Already ordered Vol.2. So enjoy.
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Summary: Bruno Premiani - - - Awesome
Review: I love my DM Archives. The stories are a little - dated, but the artwork is fantastic! I'd never heard of Bruno Premiani until i received my copy of the archives. Premiani is great! I do hope there are more volumes to complete the entire Doom Patrol series! Awesome!
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Summary: Bruno Premiani - - - Awesome
Review: I love my DM Archives. The stories are a little - dated, but the artwork is fantastic! I'd never heard of Bruno Premiani until i received my copy of the archives. Premiani is great! I do hope there are more volumes to complete the entire Doom Patrol series! Awesome!
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Summary: Doom Patrol. Fascinating, memorable, and poignant.
Review: 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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Summary: Doom Patrol. Fascinating, memorable, and poignant.
Review: 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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