History ComicBook / DoomPatrol

* FollowTheLeader: At one time the Patrol acted as a school... [[ComicBook/XMen for young mutants]]. The Doom Patrol premiered just three months before the X-Men, but too close to be a clear case of copy-catting. Besides, Arnold Drake was in no position to throw stones - there are also some very clear parallels between the original Doom Patrol and the ComicBook/FantasticFour. (A team of three men and one woman, one of whom is a genius, one is stretchy, one of whom has a flight power, and one of whom is stuck in a super-strong, unwanted orange body. For bonus points, both teams feature a character who's a revamp of an unrelated Golden Age character.) They have also shared writers; Arnold Drake, Creator/GrantMorrison, and Creator/JohnByrne have all written for both teams.

[[NotQuiteDead It didn't quite stick]]. Over a decade later, the team was relaunched, with all new characters reminiscent of the older ones... and it turned out Robotman survived because he was everyone's favorite anyway. The second version of the Patrol appeared in ''Showcase'' #94-96 (August-December, 1977), written by Paul Kupperberg. Sales were not good enough to get them a new title, but they went on to become regulars of the DC universe, receiving guest appearances in Kupperberg-written titles featuring Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}, the Comicbook/TeenTitans, and Franchise/{{Superman}}.

Since then there have been a few subsequent revivals. [[Comicbook/{{BPRD}} John Arcudi]] wrote a series for twenty-two issues - the first few issues seemed like a typical "corporate superhero" reboot [[MidSeasonTwist but this was a fake-out]], and they rapidly got entangled in more typically "Doom Patrol" schemes involving [[TheBusCameBack characters from the previous series]], corporate manipulation, a soul-stealing demon, and Chinese sorcerer spirits. Unfortunately, due to the fake-out opening issues, the series shed regular readers and was eventually canceled. Creator/JohnByrne did a ContinuityReboot that [[PoorlyDisguisedPilot had its starting point occur in]] the "Tenth Circle" arc of ''ComicBook/JLA1997'' and was straight superhero fare - ill-fated to begin with and eventually ended with the CrisisCrossover ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' undoing most of Byrne's changes and restoring the team's history, albeit with the implication that Byrne's run [[BroadStrokes still occurred in some capacity]]. To give credit where it is due, Byrne did finally manage to bring the original member (the ''only'' one who had yet to return) Elasti-Girl BackFromTheDead, though. After an appearance in the ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' comic and [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 its 2003 animated series]], their popularity resurged enough for them to get their new series in 2009, written by Keith Giffen (of ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational JLI]]'' fame) who was practically begging for the position. This time, the original team was employed as a policing force of sorts on Oolong Island, the haven for [[MadScientist mad scientists]] from ''Comicbook/FiftyTwo'', and Giffen made it clear that (in typically weird Doom Patrol fashion) ''everything'' had happened to them. [[MultipleChoicePast Even the contradictory stuff]]. It came to an end with ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}}'' and the subsequent ''ComicBook/New52'' relaunch.

** Arani Desai, Negative Woman, Karma, and Scott Fischer of the early-80s Kupperberg era showed up in the New 52 Comicbook/ForeverEvil2013 event purely to be [[CListFodder killed by Johnny Quick and Atomica.]] [[spoiler: It's later revealed in ''Comicbook/JusticeLeague2011'' that Celsius and Tempest faked their deaths and have gone into hiding just to get away from Caulder, while Karma, Scott Fischer, and two unseen members called the Negative Twins are dead.]]

** Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and their then-sidekicks (three of the then-four ''Comicbook/TeenTitans'') appear at the actual wedding of Steve Dayton and Rita Farr, which is possibly related to Beast Boy being a GuestStar in the ''Titans'' comics at around the same time. Steve's and Rita's BigDamnKiss makes Wonder Woman swoon.
* CanonDiscontinuity: As far as Gerard Way's ''Doom Patrol'' is concerned, the team that appeared in the New 52-era ''Comicbook/JusticeLeague'' don't count, and instead the series picks up an ambiguous amount of time after Giffen's series ended[[note]]Admittedly, Giffen had already rid himself of the last few old members by having Nudge sawn in half with machinegun fire and her companion Grunt run off into the wild in a panic[[/note]]. The Doom Patrol is relatively rare among DC titles in that it's never had a true reboot (except for Creator/JohnByrne's, which rapidly got un-rebooted), and all the previous series "count" to [[BroadStrokes some]] [[ComicbookTime extent]].
* CaptainErsatz: Willoughby Kipling is a stand-in for [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]] (and in fact was created because DC prohibited Grant Morrison from using Constantine), and the Decreatot/Anti-god one for the Great Evil Beast of Moore's ''Comicbook/SwampThing'' run.

* ComicbookMoviesDontUseCodenames: The original team was given their codenames by the press and didn't care for their "freak names". The second Doom Patrol was much more of a superhero outfit and went back to using them, but from Morrison's run onwards, when they are less of a "team" and more just a group of misfits who stick together, they usually don't bother. Many of the later characters don't even ''have'' codenames.

** The Kupperberg run made a habit of using ''Comicbook/{{Superman}}'' (naturally, since he was also writing for that title), featuring a crossover with him when Robotman accidentally got a hold of Metallo's spare parts, an adventure with Comicbook/PowerGirl fighting the Lord of Chaos Pythia, and even got visited by Lex Luthor, who was trying to force the Patrol into a desperate position to make them his pawns.

*** Despite a rocky start, they did end up happily married until Rita died with the rest of the patrol, which made her TheLostLenore (Steve Dayton would later die in the pages of ''Comicbook/{{Deathstroke}}'').
*** John Byrne's series revamp in Volume 4 resurrected Rita but erased her history and instead had her get together with Cliff, which was undone by the CosmicRetcon in ''Comicbook/InfiniteCrisis'' to restore both Rita and Steve Dayton to a living married couple.
*** However, in Volume 5, Keith Giffen [[DerailingLoveInterests dropped a nuclear bomb on their relationship]] by retconning Steve Dayton into a wicked pervert abusing his PowerPerversionPotential and having Rita put him in traction by hurling him into the distance. They divorced and went un-followed up until ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}}'' brought an end to the post-crisis universe.

** Gerard Way's run re-establishes the previous ''Doom Patrol'' series as having happened, and implicitly throws aside their New 52 -era ''Comicbook/JusticeLeague'' appearances.

* WelcomeToTheRealWorld: It is heavily implied that the final issue of Grant Morrison's run takes place in the real world. Aside from the fact that this world has no superheroes, it also has the same palette as [[spoiler:the last issue of Morrison's Comicbook/AnimalMan]], which explicitly takes place in "our" world. (Unless the Animal Man story was just [[AllJustADream a peyote trip]].)

* OutOfFocus: The Brain was established in the original series as the Doom Patrol's greatest enemy, but would have his prominence downplayed in the subsequent series. He doesn't appear at all in Paul Kupperberg, Rachel Pollack and Gerard Way's runs, he makes only a handful of appearances in Grant Morrison's run, John Arcudi's run only features him in a minor two-part story, his sole appearance in John Byrne's run is in an altered timeline in issue 14 and Keith Giffen's run only includes a flashback cameo in issue 6.

** The 14th issue of John Byrne's run had Robotman find himself shifting to several alternate timelines, with one of them being being very similar to John Byrne's ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations''.

* TakeThat: Towards the end of their run, Morrison put out a one-shot Doom Patrol special entitled "Doom Force". It highlighted every trope of the [[Creator/RobLiefeld Liefeldian]] [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks Dark Age]] had to offer, from the artistic failings to the horrible characters. It ended with one member of [[strike:ComicBook/YoungBlood]] Doom Force dead, and the remaining members declaring him a creep, walking away in an EverybodyLaughsEnding.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In the New 52 canon, most of the Paul Kupperberg run's roster (the exceptions being Robotman, [[AdaptationalLateAppearance who doesn't join the team until the second roster in this continuity]], and Rhea Jones, who [[AdaptedOut doesn't appear at all]]) are introduced during the ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'' event, when in the original continuity they were the second iteration of the team.
* AdaptationalLateAppearance: The New 52 continuity has the original roster of Robotman, Negative Man and Elasti-Girl being the second roster of the Doom Patrol with the majority of the Paul Kupperberg version of the team being [[AdaptationalEarlyAppearance their predecessors]], when it was the other way around in the original continuity.

* AdaptationalLateAppearance: The New 52 continuity has the original roster of Robotman, Negative Man and Elasti-Girl being the second roster of the Doom Patrol with the majority of the Paul Kupperberg version of the team being [[AdaptaitonalEarlyAppearance their predecessors]], when it was the other way around in the original continuity.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In the ''ComicBook/New52'', most of the Paul Kupperberg run's roster (the exceptions being Robotman, [[AdaptationalLateAppearance who doesn't join the team until the second roster in this continuity]], and Rhea Jones, who [[AdaptedOut doesn't appear at all]]) are introduced during the ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'' event, when in the original continuity they were the second iteration of the team.

* AGodAmI:
** The team briefly encountered a dapper entity called "Red Jack" that insisted it was also God and created the universe. Since it was insane almost nothing it said could be taken at face value, though, except for the fact that it needed the pain to live.
** The Candlemaker insists multiple times that he "created all of this" after being let out into the physical world.
** Even the Chief gets in on it; after [[spoiler:creating nanomachines]], he says that now they have the technology to be like gods, though he admits it sounds over the top.

* BroadStrokes: Creator/JohnByrne's run was infamous for ignoring the preceding runs and starting over the team's history from scratch. By the events of ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', a CosmicRetcon reinstated the previous runs as canon, but did not necessarily do away with the events of John Byrne's run (as Grunt and Vortex, two of the new teammates introduced in Byrne's run, still appeared during an issue of Creator/GeoffJohns' run on ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' that tied in to ''Infinite Crisis'' and at the beginning of Keith Giffen's ''Doom Patrol'' run), presumably indicating that the John Byrne era now occurred without the alterations to the canon that occurred in that run (particularly, the Doom Patrol being a novice superhero team who had operated in secret prior to the "Tenth Circle" arc of ''ComicBook/JLA1997'', changing who was responsible for crippling the Chief from General Immortus to T'oombala, the shaman of a tribe the Chief once helped out who was jealous of the Chief's medical expertise and Elasti-Girl being in love with Robotman).

* BroadStrokes: Creator/JohnByrne's run was infamous for ignoring the preceding runs and starting over the team's history from scratch. By the events of ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', a CosmicRetcon reinstated the previous runs as canon, but did not necessarily do away with the events of John Byrne's run (as Grunt and Vortex, two of the new teammates introduced in Byrne's run, still appeared during an issue of Creator/GeoffJohns' run on ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' that tied in to ''Infinite Crisis'' and at the beginning of Keith Giffen's ''Doom Patrol'' run), presumably indicating that the John Byrne era now occurred without the alterations to the canon that occurred in that run (particularly, the Doom Patrol being a novice superhero team who had operated in secret prior to the "Tenth Circle" arc of ''ComicBook/JLA1997'', changing who was responsible for crippling the Chief from General Immortus to the shaman of a tribe the Chief once helped out who was jealous of the Chief's medical expertise and Elasti-Girl being in love with Robotman).

** Creator/JohnByrne's run notoriously disregarded every preceding run by having the series star a revamped version of the team's original roster of the Chief, Robotman, Negative Man and Elasti-Girl, with new characters Faith, Nudge, Grunt and Vortex included as additional recruits. One of the changes was the identity of who was responsible for crippling the Chief. While it was originally established to be General Immortus, Byrne's run instead revealed that the one responsible was the shaman of a tribe the Chief once helped during a plague who made the Chief disabled out of jealousy at his medical expertise. With the CosmicRetcon caused by ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' restoring the previous ''Doom Patrol'' series to continuity, this presumably included restoring General Immortus to being the one who crippled the Chief.

* TokenEvilTeammate: The Brotherhood of Nada seems even less malevolent than their Dada predecessors with the very notable exception of the Brutalist who feeds on the pain and misfortune of others by beating them to death.

** Frequent in the earlier issues from UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeofComicBooks, to wit:

** Creator/JohByrne's run notoriously disregarded every preceding run by having the series star a revamped version of the team's original roster of the Chief, Robotman, Negative Man and Elasti-Girl, with new characters Faith, Nudge, Grunt and Vortex included as additional recruits. One of the changes was the identity of who was responsible for crippling the Chief. While it was originally established to be General Immortus, Byrne's run instead revealed that the one responsible was the shaman of a tribe the Chief once helped during a plague who made the Chief disabled out of jealousy at his medical expertise. With the CosmicRetcon caused by ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' restoring the previous ''Doom Patrol'' series to continuity, this presumably included restoring General Immortus to being the one who crippled the Chief.

In the ''New 52'' era of DC Comics, Creator/GeoffJohns' run on ''ComicBook/{{Justice League|2011}}'' introduced two new versions of the Doom Patrol during the ''ComicBook/{{Forever Evil|2013}}'' event, the first roster being similar to that of the Paul Kupperbeg era and seemingly wiped out by the [[Characters/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaCrimeSyndicate Crime Syndicate]] (though Celsius and Joshua Clay were later revealed to have faked their deaths) and the second being closer to the original roster, but with the addition of a new teammate named Element Woman.

In the ''New 52'' era of DC Comics, Creator/GeoffJohns' run on ''ComicBook/{{Justice League|2012}}'' introduced two new versions of the Doom Patrol during the ''ComicBook/{{Forever Evil|2013}}'' event, the first roster being similar to that of the Paul Kupperbeg era and seemingly wiped out by the [[Characters/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaCrimeSydicate Crime Syndicate]] (though Celsius and Joshua Clay were later revealed to have faked their deaths) and the second being closer to the original roster, but with the addition of a new teammate named Element Woman.

Since then there have been a few subsequent revivals. [[Comicbook/{{BPRD}} John Arcudi]] wrote a series for twenty-two issues - the first few issues seemed like a typical "corporate superhero" reboot [[MidSeasonTwist but this was a fake-out]], and they rapidly got entangled in more typically "Doom Patrol" schemes involving [[TheBusCameBack characters from the previous series]], corporate manipulation, a soul-stealing demon, and Chinese sorcerer spirits. Unfortunately, due to the fake-out opening issues, the series shed regular readers and was eventually canceled. Creator/JohnByrne did a ContinuityReboot that [[PoorlyDisguisedPilot had its starting point occur in]] the "Tenth Circle" arc of ''ComicBook/JLA1997'' and was straight superhero fare - ill-fated to begin with and eventually ended with the CrisisCrossover ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' undoing most of Byrne's changes and restoring the team's history, albeit with the implication that Byrne's run [[BroadStrokes still occurred in some capacity]]. To give credit where it is due, Byrne did finally manage to bring the original member (the ''only'' one who had yet to return) Elasti-Girl BackFromTheDead, though. After an appearance in the ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' comic and [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 its 2003 animated series]], their popularity resurged enough for them to get their new series in 2009, written by Keith Giffen (of ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational JLI]]'' fame) who was practically begging for the position. This time, the original team was employed as a policing force of sorts on Oolong Island, the haven for [[MadScientist mad scientists]] from ''Comicbook/FiftyTwo'', and Giffen made it clear that (in typically weird Doom Patrol fashion) ''everything'' had happened to them. [[MultipleChoicePast Even the contradictory stuff]]. It came to an end with ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}}'' and the subsequent New 52 relaunch.

As part of [[Music/MyChemicalRomance Gerard Way]]'s Creator/YoungAnimal imprint at DC, a new ongoing title launched as the imprint's flagship book, written by Way himself. It also became apparent that, despite the [[Comicbook/New52 major reboot a few years earlier]], the Patrol's history was still intact, with Way's run picking up from elements of Giffen's.

Since then there have been a few subsequent revivals. [[Comicbook/{{BPRD}} John Arcudi]] wrote a series for twenty-two issues - the first few issues seemed like a typical "corporate superhero" reboot [[MidSeasonTwist but this was a fake-out]], and they rapidly got entangled in more typically "Doom Patrol" schemes involving [[TheBusCameBack characters from the previous series]], corporate manipulation, a soul-stealing demon, and Chinese sorcerer spirits. Unfortunately, due to the fake-out opening issues, the series shed regular readers and was eventually canceled. Creator/JohnByrne did a ContinuityReboot that [[PoorlyDisguisedPilot had its starting point occur in]] the "Tenth Circle" arc of ''ComicBook/JLA1997'' and was straight superhero fare - ill-fated to begin with and eventually ended with the CrisisCrossover ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' undoing most of Byrne's changes and restored the team's history, albeit with the implication that Byrne's run [[BroadStrokes still occurred in some capacity]]. To give credit where it is due, Byrne did finally manage to bring the original member (the ''only'' one who had yet to return) Elasti-Girl BackFromTheDead, though. After an appearance in the ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' comic and [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 its 2003 animated series]], their popularity resurged enough for them to get their new series in 2009, written by Keith Giffen (of ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational JLI]]'' fame) who was practically begging for the position. This time, the original team was employed as a policing force of sorts on Oolong Island, the haven for [[MadScientist mad scientists]] from ''Comicbook/FiftyTwo'', and Giffen made it clear that (in typically weird Doom Patrol fashion) ''everything'' had happened to them. [[MultipleChoicePast Even the contradictory stuff]]. It came to an end with ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}}'' and the subsequent New 52 relaunch.

Since then there have been a few subsequent revivals. [[Comicbook/{{BPRD}} John Arcudi]] wrote a series for twenty-two issues - the first few issues seemed like a typical "corporate superhero" reboot [[MidSeasonTwist but this was a fake-out]], and they rapidly got entangled in more typically "Doom Patrol" schemes involving [[TheBusCameBack characters from the previous series]], corporate manipulation, a soul-stealing demon, and Chinese sorcerer spirits. Unfortunately, due to the fake-out opening issues, the series shed regular readers and was eventually canceled. Creator/JohnByrne did a ContinuityReboot that was straight superhero fare - ill-fated to begin with and eventually ended with the CrisisCrossover ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' undoing most of Byrne's changes and restored the team's history, albeit with the implication that Byrne's run [[BroadStrokes still occurred in some capacity]]. To give credit where it is due, Byrne did finally manage to bring the original member (the ''only'' one who had yet to return) Elasti-Girl BackFromTheDead, though. After an appearance in the ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' comic and [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 its 2003 animated series]], their popularity resurged enough for them to get their new series in 2009, written by Keith Giffen (of ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational JLI]]'' fame) who was practically begging for the position. This time, the original team was employed as a policing force of sorts on Oolong Island, the haven for [[MadScientist mad scientists]] from ''Comicbook/FiftyTwo'', and Giffen made it clear that (in typically weird Doom Patrol fashion) ''everything'' had happened to them. [[MultipleChoicePast Even the contradictory stuff]]. It came to an end with ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}}'' and the subsequent New 52 relaunch.

Since then there have been a few subsequent revivals. [[Comicbook/{{BPRD}} John Arcudi]] wrote a series for twenty-two issues - the first few issues seemed like a typical "corporate superhero" reboot [[MidSeasonTwist but this was a fake-out]], and they rapidly got entangled in more typically "Doom Patrol" schemes involving [[TheBusCameBack characters from the previous series]], corporate manipulation, a soul-stealing demon, and Chinese sorcerer spirits. Unfortunately, due to the fake-out opening issues, the series shed regular readers and was eventually canceled. Creator/JohnByrne did a ContinuityReboot that was straight superhero fare - ill-fated to begin with and [[CanonDiscontinuity downright ignored by other DC books of the time.]] It eventually ended with the CrisisCrossover ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', which undid most of Byrne's changes and restored the team's history. Byrne did finally manage to bring the original member (the ''only'' one who had yet to return) Elasti-Girl BackFromTheDead, though. After an appearance in the ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' comic and [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Animated Series]], their popularity resurged enough for them to get their new series in 2009, written by Keith Giffen (of ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational JLI]]'' fame) who was practically begging for the position. This time, the original team was employed as a policing force of sorts on Oolong Island, the haven for [[MadScientist mad scientists]] from Comicbook/FiftyTwo, and Giffen made it clear that (in typically weird Doom Patrol fashion) ''everything'' had happened to them. [[MultipleChoicePast Even the contradictory stuff]]. It came to an end with ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}}'' and the subsequent New 52 relaunch.

Since then there have been a few subsequent revivals. [[Comicbook/{{BPRD}} John Arcudi]] wrote a series for twenty-two issues - the first few issues seemed like a typical "corporate superhero" reboot [[MidSeasonTwist but this was a fake-out]], and they rapidly got entangled in more typically "Doom Patrol" schemes involving [[TheBusCameBack characters from the previous series]], corporate manipulation, a soul-stealing demon, and Chinese sorcerer spirits. Unfortunately, due to the fake-out opening issues, the series shed regular readers and was eventually canceled. Creator/JohnByrne did a ContinuityReboot that was straight superhero fare - ill-fated to begin with and [[CanonDiscontinuity downright ignored by other DC books of the time.]] It eventually ended with the CrisisCrossover ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', which undid most of Byrne's changes and restored the team's history. Byrne did finally manage to bring the original member (the ''only'' one who had yet to return) Elasti-Girl BackFromTheDead, though. After an appearance in the ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' comic and [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Animated Series]], their popularity resurged enough for them to get their new series in 2009, written by Keith Giffen (of ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational JLI]]'' fame) who was practically begging for the position. This time, the original team was employed as a policing force of sorts on Oolong Island, the haven for [[MadScientist mad scientists]] from Comicbook/FiftyTwo, and Giffen made it clear that (in typically weird Doom Patrol fashion) ''everything'' had happened to them. [[MultipleChoicePast Even the contradictory stuff]]. It came to an end with ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' and the subsequent New 52 relaunch.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: The final arc of the 2009 series is "resolved" when [[spoiler: ComicBook/AmbushBug tells the villain of the arc that [[EndOfSeriesAwareness the book is being canceled]] to make room for ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' tie-ins.]]

* TheBusCameBack: Gerard Way's run has established that the entire history of the Doom Patrol before ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' still happened, picking up where Keith Giffen's run ended and acknowledging most of Morrison's run, with no mention of the team's New 52 appearances.

*** However, in Volume 5, Keith Giffen [[DerailingLoveInterests dropped a nuclear bomb on their relationship]] by retconning Steve Dayton into a wicked pervert abusing his PowerPerversionPotential and having Rita put him in traction by hurling him into the distance. They divorced and went un-followed up until ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}'' brought an end to the post-crisis universe.

** Cliff Steele's struggles with his robotic body are becoming increasingly outdated as TechnologyMarchesOn; nothing is stopping him from becoming a RidiculouslyHumanRobot, especially in a universe with both FantasticScience and WeirdScience in play.

''Doom Patrol'' vol. 2 was launched in October 1987, still written by Kupperberg. Eventually, most of the original team was revealed to have been resurrected in some way or alive all along, and the new book added several other characters who colored within the superhero lines and didn't quite set the world on fire. Then came Creator/GrantMorrison, who dedicated them more specifically to fighting "weird" crime and disasters. Their first StoryArc, "Crawling from the Wreckage", built up the weirdness of the comic to extremes and delved into some adult subject matter. There were scissored from imaginary worlds, the Brotherhood of [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible Dada]], the Men from N.O.W.H.E.R.E, and a [[GeniusLoci friendly transgender street]] named, well... Danny the Street. Just in case you were wondering, he dresses like a boulevard. No, really. And then it got even weirder. Morrison left and, with the switchover of the book to Creator/VertigoComics, Rachel Pollack, more well known as a tarot expert and prose fiction writer, took over. She had much the same approach, but the book did not retain its popularity and it got canceled. The title ended with issue #87 (February 1995).

* BroadStrokes: Creator/JohnByrne's run was infamous for ignoring the preceding runs and starting over the team's history from scratch. By the events of ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', a CosmicRetcon reinstated the previous runs as canon, but did not necessarily do away with the events of John Byrne's run (as Grunt and Vortex, two of the new teammates introduced in Byrne's run, still appeared during an issue of Creator/GeoffJohns' run on ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' that tied in to ''Infinite Crisis'' and at the beginning of Keith Giffen's run), presumably indicating that the John Byrne era now occurred without the alterations to the canon that occurred in that run (particularly, the Doom Patrol being a novice superhero team who had operated in secret prior to the "Tenth Circle" arc of ''ComicBook/JLA1997'', changing who was responsible for crippling the Chief and Elasti-Girl being in love with Robotman).