CATALOG RECORD

My Greatest Adventure #82

DC · Series began 1955 · September 1963

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Dates

Cover date: September 1963
On sale: July 18, 1963
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Bruno Premiani, Win Mortimer, Howard Shermaninks: Bruno Premiani, Win Mortimer, Howard Shermanletters: Ira Schnapp, Stan Starkmanscript: Arnold Drake, Jack Schiff, Alex Toth, Murray Boltinoff

Stories

Three Against the Earth! Chapter 1 · 6.67 pages
When a secret organization plants a camera and tape recorder on Rita the Chief's photograph is published for the first time but he has still cunningly managed to keep his past a secret.
Chapter 2: The Conspiracy of the Green-Headed League · 9.67 pages
The secret organization turns out to be aliens doing advance work for an invasion but the Doom Patrol convinces them that Earth cannot be conquered.
Hot Cargo to Nowhere · 7.67 pages
Captain Bradford's experimental hydrofoil freighter is taken over by a strange amorphous creature.

Publisher’s description

Roy Jamison of the Graphic wants to learn the true identity of the leader of the Doom Patrol known only to the public as "The Chief" and sets plans in motion to try and not only capture the mystery man's image, but also learn his origins.

Characters

Cliff SteeleLarry TrainorNegative ManRita FarrDr. Niles CaulderThe ChiefElasti-Woman

Reprinted in

Five-Score Comic Monthly (1961), 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)