Dates
- Cover date
- [August] 1987
- On sale
- May 5, 1987
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition$2.00 cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition$2.00 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0709893169175 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition2.85 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 2.85 CAD.
Barcode 0709893169175 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- The Secret Origin of the Doom Patrol! · 30 pages
When Robotman returns to the old Doom Patrol headquarters in Midway City, he is attacked by government agents commanded by Negative Woman. Both heroes recount the team's history.
- Presenting... The Doom Patrol · 5 pages
- The Secret Origin of Captain Comet · 20 pages
In 1951, Captain Comet fights the last of an alien race intent on taking over Earth while Professor Zackro recalls Captain Comet's origin.
Characters
Reprinted in
The DC Universe by John Byrne (2018), The Doom Patrol: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2019), Doom Patrol by John Byrne: The Complete Series (2020)