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RSS FeedsWho The Hell Is The Doom Patrol?
(GameSpot PS2)

 
 

4 october 2018 06:53:00

 
Who The Hell Is The Doom Patrol?
(GameSpot PS2)
 


If you`ve been paying attention to pop culture news lately, chances are you`ve probably seen some casting announcements for one of the new shows headed to the DC Universe streaming service. It`s called Doom Patrol, and if you`re totally unfamiliar with that particular wing of DC`s canon, that probably sounds like a late 1960s Cold War era thriller to you. But--surprise!--it`s actually just a bunch of weird superheroes. Let`s break it down.The Doom Patrol first appeared in issue #80 of My Greatest Adventure, an anthology style comic that traditionally collected up a bunch of short adventure stories. The Doom Patrol was part of a strategy to make the leap to the superhero genre; the goal was to make a serialized story that would fit in both the adventure and the superheroic wheelhouse and make the whole transition go a lot smoother. The Doom Patrol was billed as `the world`s strangest superheroes` and the creators took that theme to heart. The core idea was a team of heroes who were tortured and made outcasts by their abilities, forced to live their lives as cool, pulpy explorers more in the vein of something like Jonny Quest than Superman.Now, if you`re thinking, `Wait a second, aren`t `outcast and tortured superheroes` X-Men`s whole brand?` You`re correct! Importantly, the Doom Patrol actually predated the first appearance of the X-Men by several months, and co-creator Arnold Drake is still not totally convinced that the X-Men weren`t a subtle Doom Patrol rip-off to begin with. Comparing the two these days is a lot more apples-and-oranges than it would have been back in the `60s. And, of course, judging by just name recognition and media franchise pull, it`s pretty obvious which one found more success, but hey, the more you know.Like most superhero teams, the Doom Patrol`s line-up has fluctuated over the years, but for the most part it`s maintained a level of B and C list (or lower) obscurity. They started out with an original group of characters who had been cr ...


 
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