Comic Title: Doom Patrol #9
Publisher: DC
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: June 1988
On Sale Date: February 23, 1988 Shipping Date February 23, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #2

Shipping Date February 23, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #136

Newsstand Date March 17, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #136

Copyright Date February 23, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Shipping Date March 1, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #1
Listing dates were out of sequence

Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 48
Editor: Robert Greenberger

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Notes:
Contains Bonus Book #3

Title: "It's Raining Plastic Men"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Doom Patrol (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Paul Kupperberg
Penciller: Erik J. Larsen
Inker: Gary Martin
Letterer: John E. Workman, Jr.
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Reprinted In:
Doom Patrol:The Bronze Age Omnibus HC (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Doom Patrol (last appearance in Doom Patrol #8; next appearance in Doom Patrol #9)
• Robotman (last appearance in Doom Patrol #8; next appearance in Doom Patrol #9)
• Celsius (last appearance in Doom Patrol #8; next appearance in Doom Patrol #9)
• Tempest (last appearance in Doom Patrol #8; next appearance in Doom Patrol #10)
• Negative Woman (last appearance in Doom Patrol #8; next appearance in Doom Patrol #10)
• Lodestone (last appearance in Doom Patrol #8; next appearance in Doom Patrol #10)
• Karma (last appearance in Doom Patrol #8; next appearance in Doom Patrol #10)
• Scott Fischer (last appearance in Doom Patrol #8; next appearance in Doom Patrol #10)

Supporting Character(s)

• Negative Man (as Larry Trainor; last appearance in Doom Patrol #8; next appearance in Doom Patrol #10)

Villain(s)

• Garguax (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Doom Patrol #11)
• The Plastic Men (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Doom Patrol #11)

Other Character(s)

• Bill and Max (two nuclear missile silo technicians; no further appearances)
• An unidentified government official and Mr. Davis (his assistant; no further appearances)
• Colonel Dexter (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A nuclear missile silo is attacked by an army of plastic men who steal the missiles and take them into space. When Robotman sees the story in the newspapers he immediately recognizes them as the creations of Garguax. Using Negative Woman's government connections, Robotman and the junior members of the Doom Patrol stake out another missile base. When the plastic men attack, the Doom Patrol is unable to stop them. Another missile is stolen, forcing the heroes to wait for Garguax to make his next move.