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97August 1965
$0.12

The Doom Patrol #97

DC · August 1965 · on sale 1965-06-03

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Identification plate

Series
The Doom Patrol (DC, 1964 series)
Issue
#97
Publication date
August 1965
Key date
1965-08-00
On-sale date
1965-06-03
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0War of the Mind Slaves!cover1pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira SchnappElasti-Girl, Rita Farr, Negative Man, Robotman, Cliff Steele, Larry Trainor
1Summer at Home Can Be Fun!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The War Against the Mind Slaves, Part 1comic story5.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani; letters: Stan StarkmanDr. Niles Caulder, The Chief, Elasti-Girl, Rita Farr, Negative Man, Robotman, Cliff Steele, Larry Trainor
5Part 2: Three Trails to Terrorcomic story9.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani; letters: Stan StarkmanDr. Niles Caulder, The Chief, Elasti-Girl, Rita Farr, Negative Man, Robotman, Cliff Steele, Larry Trainor
11-letters page1script: Murray Boltinoff; pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani
12Part 3: Prisoners of the Mooncomic story7.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani; letters: Stan StarkmanDr. Niles Caulder, The Chief, Elasti-Girl, Rita Farr, Negative Man, Robotman, Cliff Steele, Larry Trainor
14We Screened Hundreds of Olsen Adventures!promo (ad from the publisher)0.67pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp
16-promo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Bob Oksner, Bob Brown; inks: Bob Oksner, Bob Brown; letters: Ira Schnapp
1710 Issues of Doom Patrol for Only $1.00promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Bruno Premiani, Ramona Fradon; inks: Bruno Premiani, Ramona Fradon; letters: Ira Schnapp
18-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffLittle Pete

Plus 6.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Doom Patrol Archives #2
ISBN 1-4012-0150-4		2004On eBay ›
Showcase Presents the Doom Patrol #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-2182-9		2009On eBay ›
Doom Patrol: The Silver Age Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-4012-7355-2		2017On eBay ›
Doom Patrol: The Silver Age #2
ISBN 978-1-77950-098-4		2020On eBay ›
DC Finest: The Doom Patrol: The World's Strangest Heroes #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-79950-035-3		2025On eBay ›

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