Doom Patrol #17

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.

1. Flash (1987) #21
2. Wonder Woman (1987) #25
3. Firestorm the Nuclear Man (1987) #80
4. Invasion (1988) #1
5. Doom Patrol (1987) #17
6. Justice League International (1987) #22
7. Power of the Atom (1988) #7
8. Starman (1988) #5
9. Checkmate (1988) #11
10. Captain Atom (1987) #24
11. Detective Comics (1937) #595
12. Invasion (1988) #2
13. Swamp Thing (1985) #81
14. The New Guardians (1988) #6
15. Adventures of Superman (1987) #449
16. Invasion (1988) #3

Also part of: Invasion!

Creators

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.

Publisher’s description

Invasion Extra: First Strike! The Doom Patrol strike up an alliance with their alien foe Garguax as they go up against the forces of the alien invasion beneath the Arctic icecap. Guest-stars Aquaman, Aqualad and the Sea Devils.

Characters

Reprinted in

The Doom Patrol: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2019)