Look, the events of this book took place over 50 years ago. So if it's a spoiler for you, I'm sorry. But in order to fully capture my feelings, I'm going have to let some details slip.
Reading this, the second and final volume of Showcase Presents The Doom Patrol, was very bittersweet. Knowing that the main members of this team were slated for death by the very last page was like a sad little time bomb getting closer and closer to mortality with the completion of every page.
There are some joyous times in the book. The marriage of Rita Farr and Mento. The adoption of Beast Boy. The Sam and Diane romance between the Professor and the evil Madame Rouge. Those were great moments in not only Doom Patrol but DC Comics history.
I also rather enjoyed the origin back-story features of Robotman, Negative Man and Beastie. But where's Elasti-Girl's history? Where's Niles Caulder's story? Where's Mento's first days? Okay- Caulder's origins are explored some in the Robotman and Negative Man's 'miniseries'. But the leader of The Doom Patrol is too much of a mystery.
Those of you who've read the later series of Doom Patrol know that yes, nobody ever really stays dead in the world of comics. And we'll one day see more of Caulder's backstory revealed. But it just wasn't explored here.
A great series that went in some pretty zany directions. It was classic DC and I loved it.
Too bad this was just so darn sad of a collection!
Worth Consuming!
Rating: 8 out of 10 stars.
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