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My favorite of other DP characters is Crazy Jane. But I doubt it is her.
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From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
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Maybe Raven will start Titans East and they will HQ on the old Titans Island. I see Raven, Argent, Hawk and Dove, Zatara and the guy holding back Aquagirl as members. Off course Raven only started Titans East because Robin told her.
From: Texas | Registered: Apr 2004
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Click Here For A SpoilerI wonder what happened to Herald in OYL. The latest issue hinted that something happened, and on this cover he has something on his face.
And I wonder why Geoff started something between Gar and Raven if he wasn't planning to do something with them. Unless it was to set up some sort of angst. Seems like a shame to me.
Are the new Doom Patrol getting their own series? I can't remember if I heard for sure.
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From: Penthouse atop Levitz Hall, LMBP Plaza, Embassy Row, Legion World | Registered: Jul 2003
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it would be so cool if there was a new Doom Patrol series coming....i love that the 'classic' DP lineup is back!
From: Earth-247 | Registered: Feb 2006
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Well, just to kinda make heads or tails out of Doom Patrol history:
We'll go on the premise that all Doom Patrol versions exist somehow. Thus, we can iron it out ourselves and see what DC does differently in their version.
We have Doom Patrol version #1, who died and then all came back in Byrne's version, and now still exist. The main problems are (1) the Chief, if he was the evil mastermind (I hope he was!) and (2) Negative Man, and how he connects to Rebus. Also, Beast Boy was introduced here (his continuity is fairly easy to follow) as did Mento. Mento, after a rough career, finally was killed in Deathstroke #50 in the 90's, after becoming an arch-villain.
The 1977 Doom Patrol consisted of [of course] Robotman, Celsius, Tempest and Negative Woman. The Negative Woman connection is problematic in that it relates to Negative Man/Rebus (on a side note, she sure was awesome in the first Crisis). I believe (but am unsure) that Celsius died at some point. Tempest was killed during the later Grant Morrison run.
In the late 1980's/early 1990's Doom Patrol revamp (Kupperberg/Lightle issues) there may have been more Doom Patrollers introduced, but I don't remember much of these stories until Morrison's run beginning #19(I didn't read most of the pre-Morrison). So if there are any missing here, they'd count. Of course, it was during this time that the Chief and Negative Man returned.
Morrison's run introduced Rebus (a Negative Man/Negative Woman concept that I can hardly remember in how it all worked out), Dorothy, Crazy Jane, and Danny the Street. Towards the end of the run, Tempest is killed and the Chief is revealed as the big bad. Following Morrison's run, some of his Doom Patrol were effectively 'written out' of the series, a la, no longer being alive in the DCU. Its hard to explain, but I got the sense that Danny the Street and Crazy Jane no longer existed in a way where they could interact with the Doom Patrol or DCU, and that Cliff (Robotman) was saying goodbye.
Then came Rachel Pollack's run which was too hard for me to follow, so I can't for the life of me tell what happened to (1) Rebus and (2) the Chief, b/c I could have sworn he lived on a disembodied head or something. Personally, I like him as the evil mastermind behind it all. I feel like there were other new members introduced here, but who knows?
At this point (end of Vertigo run) the only living Doom Patrollers are Robotman, Dorothy Spinner, Beast Boy (truly a Titan more than anything) and possibly Rebus/Negative Man/Negative Woman/who knows?/may not exist at all. Unless I'm wrong in that Celsius died earlier or any other Doom Patrollers had survived.
Enter the Arcudi series of the late 90's, and we get (4) new Doom Patrollers Negative Man II/Fast Forward, Kid Slick, Ava and Fever [btw, I definately had to look this up]. Robotman is of course there. Whats important is that at the end of this series, Dorothy Spinner dies and is no more. What I can't recall though is whether these four new Doom Patrollers lived, or even existed after all by the end.
Then John Byrne came in and messed everything up, complete with three new crappy characters and Faith, the latest in a long line of really shitty second rate heroes to have joined the JLA. Not sure if any of them have lived at this point.
So, all in all, I'm not sure if there are really many Doom Patrollers still alive, especially if all versions are in continuity! I guess if certain characters are 'written out' they can be 'written back in' (i.e. Danny the Street or Crazy Jane)...
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