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DC Finest: Doom Patrol: The World's Strangest Heroes - by Arnold Drake (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • The original Doom Patrol comic book stories return in this tome-sized collection, featuring the earliest appearances of the unconventional super-team!
  • About the Author: Arnold Jack Drake was born March 1, 1924, in New York City.
  • 624 Pages
  • Comics + Graphic Novels, Superheroes
  • Series Name: DC Finest

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"The comics reprinted in this volume were produced at a time when racism played a larger role in society and popular culture, both consciously and unconsciously. They are presented here without alteration for historical reference"--Table of contents.



Book Synopsis



The original Doom Patrol comic book stories return in this tome-sized collection, featuring the earliest appearances of the unconventional super-team!

DC Finest presents comprehensive collections of the most in-demand and celebrated periods in DC Comics history, spanning genres, characters, and eras!

Fans of Doom Patrol won't want to miss the installment of DC Finest, as the earliest days of the endearingly bizarre team--reinvented by Grant Morrison in the late 1980s and adapted in the acclaimed Max original series Doom Patrol--are collected, starting with their debut in 1963's My Greatest Adventure #80 by Arnold Drake, Bob Haney, and Bruno Premiani.

Find out how the Chief, Elasti-Girl, Negative Man, and Robotman first became the World's Strangest Heroes in this DC Finest volume of some of the Silver Age's most offbeat superhero adventures!

This volume collects The Brave and the Bold #65; Doom Patrol #86-102; Challengers of the Unknown #48; My Greatest Adventure #80-85; Teen Titans #6.



About the Author



Arnold Jack Drake was born March 1, 1924, in New York City. At age 12 he contracted scarlet fever, and while confined to bed he began drawing his own comics. Years later he studied journalism and turned his career toward writing, collaborating with Leslie Waller (as Drake Waller) and artist Matt Baker to create the proto&hyophen;graphic novel, It Rhymes With Lust, in 1950. After meeting Batman creator Bob Kane, who introduced Drake to the editors at DC Comics, he went on to write for them, co‐creating Deadman and the Doom Patrol, and the Marvel Comics characters the Guardians of the Galaxy. He also wrote two movie screenplays (The Flesh Eaters and Who Killed Teddy Bear), as well as lyrics for musicals. In 2005, Drake received the first annual Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comics Writing. And after his death from pneumonia on March 12, 2007, Drake was posthumously inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2008.
Dimensions (Overall): 10.11 Inches (H) x 6.65 Inches (W) x .98 Inches (D)
Weight: 2.25 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: DC Finest
Sub-Genre: Superheroes
Genre: Comics + Graphic Novels
Number of Pages: 624
Publisher: DC Comics
Format: Paperback
Author: Arnold Drake
Language: English
Street Date: February 11, 2025
TCIN: 1001947174
UPC: 9781799500353
Item Number (DPCI): 247-22-5245
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.98 inches length x 6.65 inches width x 10.11 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 2.25 pounds
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