Dates
- Cover date
- August 1963
- On sale
- June 6, 1963
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers
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Creators
Stories
- The Nightmare Maker, Part 1 · 9.67 pages
The Doom Patrol encounter strange beasts on two missions, and a TV report by Dr. Janus remarks that they are beasts from a meteorite that hit Earth fifteen years ago which, according to eyewitnesses, had living being within. Automaton (Robotman) doesn't remember the incident that way, however.
- [The Nightmare Maker] Part 2: Doorway to Disaster · 5.67 pages
Although news reports confirm the meteorite story, the Chief sends the Doom Patrol to the crash site, Logan City, Arizona, to investigate. The Chief discovers that Dr. Janus is an escaped Nazi war criminal, just before more strange beasts appear.
- Listen, World... I'm the Missing Link · 8.67 pages
Reporter Ralph Brand accompanies an expedition to Pakistan to find the missing link in the evolution of the human race, but instead he finds himself accidentally transformed into a prehistoric man.
Publisher’s description
The Doom Patrol encounter strange beasts on two missions, and a TV report by Dr. Janus remarks that they are beasts from a meteorite that hit Earth fifteen years ago that, according to eyewitnesses, had living beings within. Plus, although news reports confirm the meteorite story, the Chief sends the Doom Patrol to the crash site, Logan City, Arizona, to investigate.
Characters
Reprinted in
The Doom Patrol Archives (2002), Showcase Presents the Doom Patrol (2009), Doom Patrol: The Silver Age Omnibus (2017), Doom Patrol: The Silver Age (2018), DC Finest: The Doom Patrol: The World's Strangest Heroes (2025)