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Doom Patrol vs JLA by Clay Mann and Marissa Louise

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After a supposed accident gave actress Rita Farr the ability to grow, shrink, and stretch her body, she thought her life and her career were both over. Becoming a core member of the Doom Patrol gave her a new lease on life and a family she didn't know she wanted--one that stuck around even after a death and a rebirth. Want to know more about the first female member of the Doom Patrol? Here are some comics to get you started. Bolded issues are personal favorites. Feel free to reach out to me if you're looking for content warnings for any of these issues.

My Greatest Adventure vol. 1 (1955): #80-85

Doom Patrol vol. 1 (1964): #86-88, #91-92, #99-100, #102-105, #107-110, #120-121

Teen Titans vol. 3 (2003): #32, #35-37

Doom Patrol vol. 5: #1-5, #7-9, #13-16, #19-20, #22

Secret Six vol. 3 (2008): #30 [leads into Doom Patrol vol. 5 #19]

Doom Patrol vol. 6: #10-11

Doom Patrol/JLA Special (2018)

Unstoppable Doom Patrol (2023): [Ongoing limited series, issues #1-2 released as of writing this list]

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DOOM PATROL JLA SPECIAL #1

"Milk Wars" finale! As RetCo's foundation shatters, the Young Animal teams come together with the Justice League and even more DC Universe heroes to finish the job. The only problem is, Milkman Man and RetCo still stand in their way. To right reality, the heroes of Young Animal and the DC Universe will have to unlock an outrageous power never before seen on any world! This mind-blowing conclusion will establish new realities for all of the DC's Young Animal titles. Look for the return of Cave Carson, Shade and Mother Panic next month!

Available at Lobo Comics & Toys this coming Wednesday, 02/28/2018

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Doom Patrol/JLA Special - Milk Wars Finale is an amazing tale of the people who represent all that is weird and bizarre and maybe an outcast taking the last stand against the force of the corporate, that wants to homogenize, stifle creativity, do everything by the sales figures and focus testing to sell it... to a blatant Galactus parody. And when the corporation cannot get its way, it tries to wipe it all off. And so our heroes save the Universe by force-resetting it by...inflating while connected to the life-force that connects all living things and force-feeding it sexual and physical energy of the act.

@therealsongbirddiamondback ‘s fetish just saved all of creation. I need a moment to process that out.

There is at least one thing I didn’t like about it, namely again this whole ‘Terry None is gone” thing that annoys me because I was hoping for her and Casey to hook up and now I’ll have to worry until Doom Patrol releases its 11th issue if she isn’t dead. But other than that, this entire crossover was a lot of fun, with a ton of nice meta-commentary. I cannot wait to see what Young Animal line will have for us next.

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Frost in JLA/Doom Patrol Special  

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Review: JLA/Doom Patrol Special #1

JLA/Doom Patrol Special #1 is the best of DC Rebirth & the best of Young Animal @gerardway @thesteveorlando @marissadraws @TBonvillain @ClemRobins @MagsVisaggs @sonnyliew #MilkWars #comics #NCBD

Grab a milkshake, put a cherry on top, and maybe add a shot of whiskey or two, and you’ve got JLA/Doom Patrol #1, the first chapter of the monthlong DC Comics/Young Animal “Milk Wars” crossover. Writers Gerard Way and Steve Orlando combine the surrealism and fourth wall obliterating metafiction of Doom Patrol  with the punching and personality-driven Justice League of America to create the soft…

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Doom Patrol/JLA Special 1 # Cover

Clay Mann & Marissa Louise

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Art by Clay Mann 

Doom Patrol/JLA Special #1, April 2018, DC Comics

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Want to get into the Doom Patrol but unsure about where to start with all of these different runs and authors? It’s okay! Comics are confusing sometimes, and that’s what I’m here to help with. I’ve tried to slim down the required reading so you aren’t going through upwards of 450 issues trying to weed out what’s necessary and what’s not. Hopefully this helps you on your trip down paradise way. As usual, bolded issues are personal favorites.*

• Doom Patrol vol. 1 (1964):

My Greatest Adventure: #80, #84

Doom Patrol: #86-88, #90-91, #98-100, #104-105, #108-109, #112, #115-118, #121

• Showcase (1956): #94-96

• Doom Patrol vol. 2 (1987):

Kupperberg: #1-3, #11-16

Morrison: #19-22, 25-30, #35-36, #42-44, #49-52, #55-57, #59-62

Pollack: #64-67, #70, #74-79, #81-82, #84-87

• Teen Titans vol. 3 (2003): #32 (Infinite Crisis tie-in), #34-37

• Doom Patrol vol. 5 (2009): #1-3, #6-9, #13-15, #19-22 (#19 continues from Secret Six vol. 3 (2008) #30)

• Doom Patrol vol. 6 (2016): 

Doom Patrol: #1-12

Milk Wars: JLA/Doom Patrol Special, Doom Patrol/JLA Special

(*Since none of these come equipped with content warnings, feel free to ask me for them before starting any issue you’re not sure about! Many later Doom Patrol issues explored heavy topics like abuse, assault, and suicide, with varying degrees of success, and those topics can pop up unexpectedly, as well as narrative bigotry like racism and transphobia that I’ve tried to exclude as much as possible.)

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TEEN TITANS

The Teen Titans, like the Justice League of America, were “guest stars” on The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (1967) and had three cartoons.  

The Teen Titans had a secret mountain headquarters in the cartoons

Unlike the JLA members, none of the Teen Titans had their own solo cartoons.  However, Kid Flash co-starred in two of The Flash’s three cartoons.  Aqualad also appeared in all 36 episodes of Aquaman’s cartoon, and since Aquaman was kept out of the JLA cartoons (except for the introduction) it can be argued that Aqualad had more animated appearances than his mentor (at least until Super Friends). 

The interior of Titans HQ looked like a set from Star Trek

The same can be said for Speedy and Wonder Girl (although she wasn’t really a sidekick), as they appeared on television long before their mentors: Wonder Woman would make her first appearance as a guest star on The Brady Kids cartoon in December, 1972, 10 months before Super Friends premiered; Green Arrow would not make his first appearance until he guest starred in one episode during the first season of Super Friends - which was also his one and only appearance on the show.

This is a neat concept for a communications panel, but with only four members one of those screens is always going to be blank

Ironically, Filmation had plans to create animated adventures for both Wonder Woman (she was supposed to get her own series) and Green Arrow in 1968.  Those plans were tossed out when CBS acquired the animation rights to Batman that year; the network ordered Filmation to focus only on making Batman cartoons at that point.

(As mentioned above, Filmation did manage to get their version of Wonder Woman on the screen eventually in The Brady Kids cartoon.  Superman also guest starred in one of the episodes, which includes an unfortunate scene of Superman walking down the street carrying a Clark Kent ventriloquist dummy on his arm in order to protect his secret identity; yes, it was as stupid as it sounds.)

Wonder Girl has the mutant ability of having her left leg grow out of her right shin

The Teen Titans had a different membership in the cartoons than they did in their comics.  Robin, one of the original Titans along with Kid Flash and Aqualad, was left out of the cartoons because CBS (the network airing The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure) and Filmation mistakenly thought the character, along with Batman, was unavailable due to the live-action Batman show on ABC. As I stated above. it wasn’t until the next year that CBS realized that the animation rights to Batman were still available and snatched them up.

The Teen Titans had their own specially designed helicopter for those members who couldn’t fly or swim

Speedy was not a member of the Teen Titans in the comics, only an occasional guest-star.  He wouldn’t formally join the team until 1969, in the same issue that Aqualad left.  However, DC comic books were not exactly overflowing with teen sidekicks at the time, so he was chosen for the cartoons to replace Robin.

Anyone who watched the Aquaman cartoons recognized this shot, which was used at least once every episode

The Teen Titans episodes, like all the other “guest star” cartoons, only had 6-7 minutes to tell their story.  Basically there was the quick set-up, the conflict that took up the bulk of the episode, and a very quick resolution.  There was no room for character development or explanations as to who these kids were; you just had to go with it.

The first televised appearance of “bullets and bracelets” (or “laser beams and bracelets” in this case)

Most mysterious, at least to me, was Wonder Girl.  While she is referred to as an Amazon at least once, and someone remarks that her “Amazonian wristbands are invulnerable,” there’s isn’t  any other information given about her.  The cartoons establish that she can fly, is the strongest of the team, has indestructible bracelets, and uses a lasso.

At this point in my young life I had neither seen nor read a Wonder Woman comic.  However, at the time that probably wouldn’t have helped.  Wonder Girl, as originally established, was a young Wonder Woman having adventures on Paradise Island, as relayed in back-up stories in Wonder Woman’s book.

The Wonder Girl who appeared in the Teen Titans comic books could not be the same character because she was existing contemporaneously with her older self.  Additionally, she did not have a name (secret identity or otherwise), a background, or an origin in the comics.  Her Donna Troy identity was not established until 1969, so even in the comics she was a cypher.

No one knew much about Wonder Girl, but apparently she is vulnerable to monster halitosis

To make the Teen Titans sound cooler than their JLA counterparts, the cartoons are chock full of them calling each other “hip” nicknames: Twinkletoes, Gill Head, Davey Jones, Flasheroo, Fleet Feet, Eagle Eye, Speedy-o, Arrow Head. Wonder Girl unfortunately, is repeatedly called Wonder Doll, Wonder Chick, or just plain Chick.  I know many, if not all of these were lifted straight from the comics, but they are (and were back then, too) groan inducing.

So...much...RED!   And why is Wonder Girl looking at Aqualad’s butt?

Another quibble, although not as cringe-worthy, is the overall color scheme of the team.  There’s just too much red!  Although this could have been alleviated if Filmation had not mysteriously decided to reverse Kid Flash’s color scheme.

And if you look closer, you’ll realize that Aqualad and Wonder Girl are wearing the same onesie.

I’m glad Filmation was able to produce cartoons featuring two of the superhero teams from DC Comics.  Even as crude and dated as they are, I enjoy them as now as much as I did as a kid.  Just imagine if Filmation had been able to bring The Doom Patrol, The Metal Men, and The Blackhawks to television like they planned!

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“Milk Wars” Doom Patrol/JLA Special (2018)

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Ok im bored so im gonna tell y’all about milkman man

“It's my pleasure! “— Milkman Man 

Milkman Man is a DC villain made by Steve Orlando and Gerard Way that first debuted in JLA/Doom Patrol Special Vol 1.1 “Milk Wars” as part of a crossover between Young Animal and the main DC productions.

Milkman Man has probably the most surreal backstory because:

He was created when Casey Brinke and Terry None, two women who “Don’t Exist”, kissed

taken by a Hyperuniversal Pataphisycal corporation called Retconn, which changes and manipulates stories to sell, fused him with the superman archetype to become an agent of complete universal control

he was part of a series of comics about the previously mentioned Retconn twisted the narrative of the universe and subdue all those who threatened his plan. For example:

Wonder women became a housewife with an emotional disorder with a constant manifestation of her emotions in the form of a shapeshifting superhero called Shade

Batman became a priest with a buch of churchbois wearing robin costumes

and then Retconn was about to sell the entire DC universe to some multiuniversal trader before our heros, who were freed from their  come to the rescue, then realizing that they have no chance, they try to reset the fucking contunuity, until a buff reality bender named Flex Mentallo, stopped him.

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Rita Farr in JLA/Doom Patrol Special: Milk Wars (2018)

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JLA/Doom Patrol Special #1

Steve Orlando, Gerard Way, Magdalene Visaggio (A) Aco, Sonny Liew (CA) Frank Quitely In Shops: Jan 31, 2018 SRP: $4.99

“MILK WARS” part one! Welcome to the un-event of the year! Kicking off a line-wide adventure, DC’s Young Animal collides with the DC Universe to bring you a different kind of crossover. The Doom Patrol has discovered that an interdimensional corporation called RetCo has been stealing stories, reconfiguring them and repackaging them for new markets. Our gang of misfit heroes have felt the touch of this nefarious company, and it has already started to change them. Even scarier, though, is how deeply RetCo has embedded itself into current continuity, using the radioactive milk of psychic cows to quell the more dangerous impulses of the Justice League and turn them into heroes safe for the masses. And to kick this off, RetCo has gone all the way to the top. Meet Milkman Man, heretofore unknown final son of Krypton, who was sent to our planet to save him from the destruction of his homeworld, only to be adopted by an evil dairy farmer and raised to love all things dairy! Co-plotted by Steve Orlando and Gerard Way, with art by ACO (MIDNIGHTER), this extra-sized special starts “Milk Wars” with a splash! Plus, who is Eternity Girl, and how does she connect to this whole scheme? A special four-part back-up feature by Magdalene Visaggio (Kim and Kim) and Sonny Liew (The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye) begins here.

JLA/Doom Patrol Special #1 preview. The un-event of the year! The Milk Wars have begun! #comics #MilkWars JLA/Doom Patrol Special #1 Steve Orlando, Gerard Way, Magdalene Visaggio (A) Aco, Sonny Liew (CA) Frank Quitely…