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#10 Humble Beginnings Back in the 60s most of the comic book world
was ruled by heroes like Superman, these all-American types that people could look up to.
Marvel began adopting the psychedelic strange times of the 1960s when they introduced comics
like the Silver Surfer, but the weirdest and most stand out heroes were the Doom Patrol.
With the introduction of Negative Man, Robotman, Elasti-Girl and Dr. Niles Caulder they were
quickly billed as the worlds strangest heroes.
Writers Arnold Drake and Bob Haney created Doom Patrol in hopes of saving the My Greatest
Adventure series.
Assisted by artist Bruno Premiani the team was enthusiastic to say the least and with
the inception of this new team they created something very strange.
#9 Beast Boy Debut Many people know Garfield Logan also known
as Beast Boy for being a member of the Teen Titans, but the shape-shifting lad actually
debuted as a member of Doom Patrol.
Beginning in the early 60s his origin story was incredible.
Beast Boy became the wise cracking green hero we know to love after he contracted a virus
that would kill everything except for a specific type of monkey.
His father then turned him into that certain monkey to combat this virus and as a result
he developed his shape-shifting powers.
When he was abducted by criminals the Doom Patrol came to his rescue and adopted him
into their strange family.
This is really when he took on the name Beast Boy.
#8 Strange Members Over the years the Doom Patrol has welcomed
some very far out characters, some that would leave readers scratching their heads and others
that reinforced this weird melting pot family.
With so many DC comic book heroes being made up of super teams with masters of kung-fu
and others gaining powers from toxic waste exposure, the Doom Patrol did their best to
cultivate more plain, strange and weird members.
Almost like a collection of misfits who wanted to do good, but wouldnt be accepted into teams
like the Justice League.
For example members like Crazy Jane who literally had 64 unique personalities that each had
a superpower.
#7 Planet Danny Another one of those strange misfit members
was Danny the Street.
Not too many teams can claim that one of their members is a sentient cross-dressing street.
Hes a kind and eager to assist hero that travels the galaxy integrating himself into any geography.
Plus hes very open about his cross-dressing even filling his street with macho seeming
stores that are just filled with lace and frilly pink dolls.
In another strange turn of events for this galaxy-travelling hero he has become a straight
up planet and somehow remains humble through it all.
Definitely a shockingly strange character that still remains friends with Doom Patrol.
#6 The Original As I mentioned before Doom Patrol has consistently
gone through some very weird characters, but the one whoes been there through it all is
Robotman.
Originally called Automaton, Race car driver Cliff Steele is an OG of Doom Patrol.
He was rebuilt after suffering a terrible crash and as he grappled with his humanity
or lack therof I should say he joined the Chiefs band of misfits to become Doom Patrol.
He is the foundation of that team serving as a original member and leader at times.
Through and through, good times and bad, Robotman has been there for all of it.
#5 Famous Friends Along with the weirdos of the team, Doom Patrol
has also had their fair share of famous friends joining the group.
Most of them made names for themselves outside of the group before joining, but the Doom
Patrol has seen the likes of Metamorpho, Elongated Man and even Dr. Light.
Later in the series it seems as though Beast Boy inspired some former Teen Titans members
to even join the team.
Heroes like Bumblebee and Vox would sign up starting a tradition of out of work Titans
to turn to the Doom Patrol.
#4 Been There Done That The Doom Patrol made their live action debut
in DC Nations Titans before it was announced they would be having their own series as well.
However this isnt their first trip to the rodeo that his mainstream television.
The team has made guest appearances on several animated shows such as a two-part story in
Cartoon Networks Teen Titans and even Batman - The Brave and The Bold.
In that appearance they teamed up with Batman to take on a new version of the Brotherhood
of Evil.
The group even had their own animated series as part of Cartoon Networks DC Nation animation
block.
#3 X-Men Controversy There has been a long standing debate similar
to the age old question - what came first the chicken or the egg.
Except this time its what came first X-Men or Doom Patrol, mainly fans want to know who
ripped off who.
We think with the X-Men becomming as popular as it is many fans are quick to point fingers
at Doom Patrol for ripping off the Marvel mutant team.
Except if you ask DC fans theyll say the same about the X-Men.
It may not have even been intentional just parallel thinking and unfortunately something
that could never be solved.
I mean Doom Patrol does predate the X-Men by 3 months so there is a solid argument to
be had on that end.
The similarities being both teams have outcasts, feature a wheelchair-bound leader, and they
have both sworn to protect a world that hates them.
Even their taglines are similar with Doom Patrol being - The worlds strangest heroes
- and the x-mens being - the strangest superheroes of all.
Even their villains are similar with the DC version being Brotherhood of Evil and the
Marvel villains for the X-Men being - The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
Regardless Doom Patrol creator Arnold Drake has said hes willing to believe that it was
just a coincidence and to let bygones be bygones.
#2 The Chief Now lets talk about that Doom Patrol wheel-chair
bound leader shall we.
Also known as Dr. Niles Caulder he acted primarily as the teams leader or as they referred to
him - The Chief.
He was the man that sought to protect the team as they helped a planet that didnt like
them.
This is all well and good, but theres some controversy surrounding the Chief as well.
Its a bit of stockholm syndrome for his band of misfits because as was revealed in Grant
Morrisons Doom Patrol the Chieft had created the team through nefarious means.
Caulder actually orchestrated the accidents that caused the members to gain their powers.
His hope was to test his radical philosophy that greatness can only be achieved by experiencing
great tragedy.
#1 Here to Stay The original Doom Patrol suffered a crushing
blow after their untimely death in a fiery explosion resulting in the team not being
seen for years.
It wasnt until a ton of reboots, reimagining and eventually a version where their history
reflected a more teen-centric team in the early 2000s.
By 2004 the Doom Patrols history had been completely rewritten and rebooted.
In the dawn of the New 52 the team began operating out of the base of a former mad scientist
come 2009 laying the groundwork for a hopeful final version.
With Doom Patrol coming to live action now we hope their years of reboots and shake-ups
are in the past making them here to stay.
And that has been the Top 10 Doom Patrol Shocking Facts.
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