Comic Title: Doom Patrol #39
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: December 1990
On Sale Date: October 30, 1990 Shipping Date October 30, 1990
Source: Previews, #20

Shipping Date October 30, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #184

Copyright Date October 30, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Shipping Date November 1, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #22

Direct Market Date November 1, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #175

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Art Young

Title: "Bell, Book, and Candle"
Pages: 24

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

Writer: Grant Morrison
Penciller: Richard Case
Inker: Mark McKenna
Inker: Kim DeMulder
Letterer: John E. Workman, Jr.
Colorist: Daniel Vozzo

Reprinted In:
Doom Patrol:Down Paradise Way TPB (2005)
Doom Patrol Omnibus HC (2014)
Doom Patrol Book Two TPB (2016)

Feature Character(s)

• Doom Patrol (last appearance in Doom Patrol #38; next appearance in Doom Patrol #40)
• Robotman (last appearance in Doom Patrol #38; next appearance in Doom Patrol #40)
• Crazy Jane (last appearance in Doom Patrol #38; next appearance in Doom Patrol #40)
• Rebis (last appearance in Doom Patrol #38; next appearance in Doom Patrol #40)
• Rhea Jones (last appearance in Doom Patrol #38; next appearance in Doom Patrol #40)

Supporting Character(s)

• Dorothy Spinner (last appearance in Doom Patrol #37; no further appearances)
• Flex Mentallo (last appearance in Doom Patrol #37; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• Emissaries of the Orthodoxy (last appearance in Doom Patrol #38; next appearance in Doom Patrol #40)
• Anathematicians of the Cage (first appearance; next appearance in Doom Patrol #41)
• Huss (last appearance in Doom Patrol #38; next appearance in Doom Patrol #40)
• The Ultraquist Geomancers (last appearance in Doom Patrol #38; next appearance in Doom Patrol #40)

Other Character(s)

• Dolores Watson (a friend of Flex Mentallo; next appearance in Doom Patrol #41)
• Madame La Sirene (a psychic; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is continued from Doom Patrol #38 and continues in Doom Patrol #40.

Synopsis:
The Emissaries of the Orthodoxy bring Cliff and Jane to their homeworld where they meet the Anathematicians of the Cage. During the meeting the Ultraquist Geomancers send a smoke dog to attack. Cliff is ripped in half before the dog can be defeated. The Orthodoxy then prepares a response to the attack. Cliff's body is rebuilt giving him the legs of a spider.

Meanwhile, Rebis and Rhea are taken to the Shadow Cabinet by Huss where they learn more about the strange generational war.