The Doom Patrol #88 (1964) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Doom Patrol (DC, 1964 series)
Issue: #88
Publication date: June 1964
Key date: 1964-06-00
On-sale date: 1964-04-16
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

Origin story on record for: The Chief.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Man Who Lived Twice!	cover	1	pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira Schnapp	Elasti-Girl, Rita Farr, Negative Man, Robotman, Cliff Steele, Larry Trainor
1	Are You a Good Neighbor?	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	The Incredible Origin of the Chief, Part 1	comic story	11.67	script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani; letters: Stan Starkman	Dr. Niles Caulder, The Chief Origin, Elasti-Girl, Rita Farr, Negative Man, Robotman, Cliff Steele, Larry Trainor
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Charles Cuidera; letters: Ira Schnapp
4	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp
5	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6	[The Incredible Origin of the Chief] Part 2: The Man Who Lived Twice	comic story	6.67	script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani; letters: Stan Starkman	Dr. Niles Caulder, The Chief Origin, Elasti-Girl, Rita Farr, Negative Man, Robotman, Cliff Steele, Larry Trainor
7	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira Schnapp
8	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Moolah the Mystic
9	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
10	-	letters page	1	script: Murray Boltinoff; pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani
11	[The Incredible Origin of the Chief] Part 3: Showdown for the Chief!	comic story	5.67	script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani; letters: Stan Starkman	Dr. Niles Caulder, The Chief, Elasti-Girl, Rita Farr, Negative Man, Robotman, Cliff Steele, Larry Trainor
12	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Super-Team Family #9	1977	On eBay ›
Super-Team Family #10	1977	On eBay ›
The Doom Patrol Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-795-4	2002	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents the Doom Patrol #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-2182-9	2009	On eBay ›
Doom Patrol: The Silver Age Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-7355-2	2017	On eBay ›
Doom Patrol: The Silver Age #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-8111-3	2018	On eBay ›
DC Finest: The Doom Patrol: The World's Strangest Heroes #[nn] ISBN 978-1-79950-035-3	2025	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #873 of 39#89 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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