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Issue: The Doom Patrol #88
Publication Date: June 1964
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Issues: #88 of 39 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/16/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from an ad in The Adventures of Bob Hope #87 and copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Man Who Lived Twice!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Baron
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In Content Item: FlagThe Doom Patrol Archives #1 published May 2002
as [Cover - Doom Patrol #88]; The Man Who Lived Twice! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Doom Patrol #1 published June 2009
as The Doom Patrol #88 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Are You a Good Neighbor?

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, opinion
Synopsis: The boys learn a lesson about littering.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
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The Incredible Origin of the Chief, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): the Baron (villain); General Immortus (flashback)
Synopsis: The Baron and his henchmen go on a crime spree and the Doom Patrol are unable to stop him. The Chief believes that the Baron is somehow connected to General Immortus, and he tells the team how he first encountered the General, who wanted to obtain the secret of life.
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In Content Item: FlagSuper-Team Family #9 published February 1977
as The Incredible Origin of the Chief, Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Doom Patrol Archives #1 published May 2002
as The Incredible Origin of the Chief (part 1) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Doom Patrol #1 published June 2009
as The Incredible Origin of the Chief [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
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[untitled]

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Genres: adventure
First Line: Their motto was... 'One for all, all for one!'
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: house ad for Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #197, on sale April 9
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: What's new?
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Disclose Notes: house ad for Batman's "New Look," beginning in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #327 and Batman (DC, 1940 series) #164
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Hello, there." "Mr. Cap. can you help me with my model boat?
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Pages: 1
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[The Incredible Origin of the Chief] Part 2: The Man Who Lived Twice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Baron; General Immortus (flashback); Robot Assistant-2 (flashback)
Synopsis: The Chief continues his story, telling how he was killed by General Immortus and restored to life by his robot assistant, and how the General has been trying to get the secret from him ever since. Later, the Doom Patrol encounters the Baron again, who captures them.
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In Content Item: FlagSuper-Team Family #10 published April 1977
as Part Two of "The Man Who Lived Twice!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Doom Patrol Archives #1 published May 2002
as The Man Who Lived Twice (part 2) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Doom Patrol #1 published June 2009
as The Incredible Origin of the Chief [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6.67
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
First Line: They live on borrowed time!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: house ad for Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #38
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Oh, it isn't so bad lying here!
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue...
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letter submitted by Clark Frederick; page includes brief excerpts from several other reader letters.
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[The Incredible Origin of the Chief] Part 3: Showdown for the Chief!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): General Immortus [The Baron] (villain)
Synopsis: The Baron unmasks, revealing himself to be General Immortus, and threatens to kill the Doom Patrol unless Caulder gives him the secret. The heroes escape and the General is killed trying to get away.
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In Content Item: FlagSuper-Team Family #10 published April 1977
as Part 3: Showdown for the Chief! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Doom Patrol Archives #1 published May 2002
as Showdown for the Chief (part 3) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Doom Patrol #1 published June 2009
as The Incredible Origin of the Chief [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Watch for the first Superboy 80 page annual!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: house ad for Superboy Annual (DC, 1964 series) #1
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[untitled]

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First Line: Be my guest at America's greatest amusement park...
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Pages: 0.5
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100 Magnets

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Astroforce

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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Boys! Men! My secret new Dynaflex method...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Task Force

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sold by Helen of Toy.
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