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DOOM PATROL #121
Cover Date: September-October 1968
Cover Price: $0.12
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Cover Credits:
Art: Joe Orlando
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Credits:
| Story | Arnold Drake |
| Art | Bruno Premiani |
| Editing | Murray Boltinoff |
Feature Character(s):
- Doom Patrol: (the team is apparently killed; next version appears in Showcase #94)
- Chief (next in Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #9)
- Elasti-Girl (next in JLA #94)
- Negative Man (next in Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #2)
- Robotman (next in Showcase #94)
Supporting Character(s):
- Steve Dayton (next in New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #13)
Villain(s):
- Brotherhood of Evil:
- The Brain (last in issue Doom Patrol 119; next in Teen Titans Spotlight #11)
- Monsieur Mallah (last in issue Doom Patrol 119; next in Teen Titans Spotlight #11)
- Captain Zahl (first appearance; an old foe of the Chief's; next in New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #13)
- Madame Rouge (last in Doom Patrol 119; next in New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #13)
- Henchmen of Zahl's and Rouge's
Other Character(s):
- Wilmer Boggs (first appearance; a government agent)
- Bruno Premiani (talking to the reader)
- Murray Boltinoff (talking to the reader)
- Citizens of Midway City
- the captain of Steve Dayton's yacht (first appearance)
- Townspeople of Codsville, Maine (first appearance of all)
Location(s):
- Codsville (first appearance; a small fishing village on the coast of Maine, renamed Four Heroes in honor of the Doom Patrol)
- Midway City:
- an unidentified Caribbean island (first appearance; new headquarters of the Doom Patrol; destroyed)
- Paris, France
- Brotherhood of Evil's headquarters (destroyed)
Comment(s):
- Madame Rouge is allied with Captain Zahl, turning against the Brotherhood of Evil.
- Murray Boltinoff and Bruno Premiani break the fourth wall by talking to the reader and the Doom Patrol. The editor of the Doom Patrol, Boltinoff "leaves it up to the readers" as to the fate of the Doom Patrol who are apparently killed in this issue.
- Though the original members of the Doom Patrol would eventually return individually, Rita Farr would remain "dead" for 36 years beore her return.
- This is the last issue of original material for Doom Patrol Vol. 1. The series continued briefly starting in February 1973, but these were four issues of reprinted material.
Story Reprinted in:
- Doom Patrol Archives #5 ([July] 2008)
- Showcase Presents The Doom Patrol #2 ([April] 2010)