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Yes, even though he never references Rachel Pollack's run.

BFOB, this old Doom Patrol thread from this very forum is all about the Giffen version:

http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=494814&page=1

So over in Doomsday Clock, Geoff Johns has revealed India's got a super team called "The Doomed." It's led by Celsius and includes the Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man as well as a new character called "Beast Girl."

Thought.

What if in-between Mento's appearance in Teen Titans and then Giffen's Doom Patrol run, the reason that whole shpeel about him taking control of the team back from Caulder was thwarted because Caulder tampered with the helmet's wiring so it would permanently screw him up?

I wouldn't put it past the beardy old bastard. I honestly wish Caulder would get horribly tortured in perpetuity a la Prometheus (the icon from the Olympian myths, not the lame JLA villain,) and have that be the end of him!

Heh. When I was typing the first sentence, it occurred to me that maybe Caulder was jealous because Dayton's beard was fuller, thicker, and fluffier than his!

Neron's tour of Hell:... and this is where we used to have Prometheus. He took early retirement, and what with the budget cuts...
Tenzil: Um... there's just three guys with beards, shouting at each other...
Neron: Wait till you have to spend some time in their company...

Caulder: Only my genius can save mankind! You? You are playthings for my genius!
Dayton: I shall shape the world so that Rita will love me forever! Forever!
Long: Hah! Rita loves me! All women love me! Look at this chest hair!

Tenzil: Yeesh! I see your point...

Thoth, ROTFLMAO




There hasn't been that much facial hair in one place since the heyday of the 70s rock band Foghat!

The Doom Patrol was featured in Scooby-Doo Team Up, and the issue included Danny the Street, Crazy Jane, and even Flex Mentallo

Underwhelmed by the final issue. Still, this run was a fun ride and I hope the promised second volume materializes. With a co-writer, it might even come out send me regularly. I suspect it won’t so much be co-writers as plotter/scripter.

What does it say about me, after years of ranting about how much I'm not interested in new live action superhero stuff I... want to try the Doom Patrol show?

I enjoyed the DP Blackfoot pilot in Titans, except for the same awful Chief Geoff Johns always writes. It’s like he read Morrison’s run and is only takeaway was “The Chief is an awful person.” So that’s the entirety of his character every time Johns Writes him. I even liked Elasti-Girl. I liked the DP more than I like the Titans.

Sadly, the delightful and cute-as-a-button beast boy will not be following them into their own series, and they are recasting everyone but Rita. And since the problem with the Chief was the writing, a recast doesn’t have much hope of fixing the one character who needed it.

Still, I’ve got a sub for other reasons, so I’ll give it a shot. They did better than I expected once, so maybe they’ll do it again.

It’s funny that they sent BB off to have a better life, considering that the DP seem mostly fun to be around, while being near the Titans is like listening to Nine Inch Nails while cutting yourself.

I just picked up Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol Volume One.

I like it! Its not THAT wacky or offbeat, still some super hero action, lots of new (to me) characters.

I haven't finished it yet but looking forward to getting Volume Two and I'm glad he had a long run on it because now I have more to read.

Doom Patrol by Rachel Pollack Omnibus is scheduled to arrive in stores this week.