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96June 1965
$0.12

The Doom Patrol #96

DC · June 1965 · on sale 1965-04-15

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Identification plate

Series
The Doom Patrol (DC, 1964 series)
Issue
#96
Publication date
June 1965
Key date
1965-06-00
On-sale date
1965-04-15
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Day the World Went Mad!cover1pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira SchnappDoom Patrol [Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]
1Happy Hobby Time!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappSuperboy; Frank
2The Day the World Went Mad! Part 1comic story7.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani; letters: Stan StarkmanDoom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Dr. Friedrich Kleinmann; Balu Sutra; Richard Morgan; Dr. Duroff; Cobra Syndicate
7[The Day the World Went Mad!] Part 2: The Three Families of Fearcomic story7.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani; letters: Stan StarkmanDoom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Nao Tsi; Cobra Syndicate; Dodge; Leroy; Mr. Stanhope; Sears; Mr. Pyke; McConnell
8For the Very Best in Comics Readingpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner; letters: Ira Schnapp
9-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffLittle Pete
10Amazing Power!comic story0.5script: Morris Waldinger; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Morris Waldinger
11[The Day the World Went Mad!] Part 3: Whom the Gods Would Destroycomic story8.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani; letters: Stan StarkmanDoom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Brotherhood of Evil [Madame Rouge; The Brain]; General Immortus [Mr. Semprevita]; Garguax
13Featuring 7 Epic Duels-to-the-Death...promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp
14For the Very Best in Comics Readingpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira Schnapp
1510 Issues of Doom Patrol for Only $1.00promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Bruno Premiani, Curt Swan; inks: Bruno Premiani, George Klein
16-letters page1script: Murray Boltinoff; pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani

Plus 5.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 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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