Comic Title: Doom Patrol #17
Publisher: DC
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: 1988
On Sale Date: October 25, 1988 Shipping Date October 25, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #9

Shipping Date October 27, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #151

Copyright Date October 25, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Robert Greenberger

Title: "From Gil'Dishpan... with Doom"
Pages: 22

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

Crossover Event:
Invasion

Writer: Paul Kupperberg
Penciller: Graham Nolan
Inker: Timothy Dzon
Letterer: Robert M. Pinaha
Colorist: Michele Wolfman

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

Feature Character(s)

• Doom Patrol (last appearance in Doom Patrol #16; next appearance in Invasion #2)
• Robotman (last appearance in Doom Patrol #16; next appearance in Invasion #2)
• Chief (last appearance in Doom Patrol #16; next appearance in Doom Patrol #18)
• Tempest (last appearance in Doom Patrol #16; next appearance in Invasion #2)
• Negative Woman (last appearance in Doom Patrol #16; next appearance in Invasion #2)
• Scott Fischer (last appearance in Doom Patrol #16; next appearance in Invasion #2)
• Lodestone (last appearance in Doom Patrol #16; next appearance in Invasion #2)
• Celsius (dies in this story; last appearance in Doom Patrol #16; next appearance in Doom Patrol #18)

Guest Star(s)

• Aquaman (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #442; next appearance in Invasion #2)
• Aqualad (last appearance in Millennium #8; next appearance in Invasion #2)
• Sea Devils (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Invasion #2)
• Dane Dorrance (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Invasion #2)
• Judy Walton (first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)
• Biff Bailey (first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)
• Nicky Walton (first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• Garguax (last appearance in Invasion #1; next appearance in Doom Patrol #18)
• The Sirens (last appearance in Doom Patrol #12; next appearance in Doom Patrol #18)
• The Gil'Dishpan (last appearance in Invasion #1; next appearance in Invasion #2)
• Several unidentified aliens (minions of the Gil'Dishpan; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Several Atlantean warriors (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Wonder Woman (pictured on a monitor)
• Firestorm (pictured on a monitor)
• Starman (pictured on a monitor)
• Atom (pictured on a monitor)

Comments:
This issue is labeled as an Invasion First Strike Extra.

Synopsis:
Garguax meets with the Doom Patrol under a truce. He reveals that he attempted to join the alien invaders, but they rejected him. Now he offers his help to destroy a base under the arctic sea headed by the Gil'Dishpan. The Doom Patrol arrives in the arctic to find that Aquaman is already leading an attack on the base with the Atlanteans. The Sea Devils are also involved in the fight. The Doom Patrol join in.

During the fight, Celsius ignores the rest of the team. She is still troubled by the return of the Chief. When the Sea Devils discover the aliens are about to activate the fusion drive of their ship, they warn their comrades to retreat. However, Arani refuses to heed the order. She presses the attack. When the drive is activated, she is killed. Bombs planted on the alien ship are then detonated, which disable it. A stalemate is achieved, but one member of the Doom Patrol is dead.