Dates
- Cover date
- Holiday 1988
- On sale
- October 27, 1988
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #17 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07098931242512
This edition’s page
Story arc: Invasion
This is part 5 of 16. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Flash (1987) #21
- Wonder Woman (1987) #25
- Firestorm the Nuclear Man (1987) #80
- Invasion (1988) #1
- Doom Patrol (1987) #17
- Justice League International (1987) #22
- Power of the Atom (1988) #7
- Starman (1988) #5
- Checkmate (1988) #11
- Captain Atom (1987) #24
- Detective Comics (1937) #595
- Invasion (1988) #2
- Swamp Thing (1985) #81
- The New Guardians (1988) #6
- Adventures of Superman (1987) #449
- Invasion (1988) #3
Creators
pencils: Graham Nolan, Tom Lyleinks: Graham Nolan, Tim Dzon, Tom Lylecolors: Anthony Tollin, Michele Wolfmanletters: Todd Klein, Bob Pinahascript: Paul Kupperberg, Robert Greenberger
Stories
- From Gil'dishpan...with Doom! · 22 pages
Garguax appears at the DP headquarters to offer his services because he was rejected by the alien invasion forces. He and the team join Aquaman, Aqualad, and the Sea Devils to battle a Gil'Dishpan incursion beneath the Arctic Circle. Arani sacrifices herself by overloading her powers to destroy the alien vessel.
Characters
Princess DianaWonder WomanArthur CurryAquamanRay PalmerThe AtomGarthCliff SteeleRobotmanAqualadRonnie RaymondMartin SteinDr. Niles CaulderThe ChiefValentina VostockNegative WomanJoshua ClayTempestJudy WaltonArani CaulderCelsiusDane DorranceBiff BaileyNicky WaltonFirestormWill PaytonStarmanRhea JonesLodestoneScott Fischer
Reprinted in
The Doom Patrol: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2019)