Comic Title: Showcase Presents the Doom Patrol Vol. 2 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2010
On Sale Date: August 18, 2010 Direct Market Date August 18, 2010
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Direct Market Date August 18, 2010
Source: Previews, #260

Cover Price: $19.99
Page Count: 512
Editor: Anton Kawasaki

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Death of the Doom Patrol?"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Doom Patrol (of Earth-1)

Writer: Arnold Drake
Artist: Bruno Premiani

Reprinted From:
Doom Patrol #121 (1968)

Feature Character(s)

• Doom Patrol (last appearance in Doom Patrol #120; next appearance in Showcase #94)
• Chief (dies in this story; last appearance in Doom Patrol #120; no further appearances)
• Robotman (presumed dead in this story; last appearance in Doom Patrol #120; next appearance in Showcase #94)
• Negative Man (dies in this story; last appearance in Doom Patrol #120; no further appearances)
• Elasti-Girl (dies in this story; last appearance in Doom Patrol #120; no further appearances)

Supporting Character(s)

• Mento (as Steve Dayton; last appearance in Doom Patrol #120; next appearance in New Teen Titans #13)

Villain(s)

• Madame Rouge (last appearance in Doom Patrol #119; next appearance in New Teen Titans #13)
• Brotherhood of Evil (last appearance in Doom Patrol #118; next appearance in New Teen Titans #14)
• Brain (last appearance in Doom Patrol #118; next appearance in New Teen Titans #14)
• Monsieur Mallah (last appearance in Doom Patrol #118; next appearance in New Teen Titans #14)
• Captain Zahl (an ex-Nazi U-Boat commander and old enemy of the Chief; next appearance in New Teen Titans #13)
• Madame Rouge's henchmen (no further appearances)
• Followers of Captain Zahl (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Murray Boltinoff (last appearance in Inferior Five #6; no further appearances)
• Bruno Premiani (no further appearances)
• Wilmer Boggs (a government agent; no further appearances)
• Citizens of Midway City (no further appearances)
• Citizens of Codsville, Maine (a tiny fishing village renamed Four Heroes; no further appearances)
• The captain of Steve Dayton's yacht (no further appearances)

Comments:
The Doom Patrol is destroyed, as Elasti-Girl, Negative Man, and the Chief die in this story.

Robotman, the Brain, and Monsieur Mallah appear to be killed, but survive, as revealed in their respective next appearances in Showcase #94 and New Teen Titans #14.

A new Doom Patrol island base is established and destroyed in this story.

Synopsis:
Striking back at all her former allies, Madame Rouge returns and apparently destroys the Brotherhood of Evil. She then launches a series of devastating attacks against the Doom Patrol in their own headquarters. To safeguard innocent bystanders, the team retreats to an island base prepared by the Chief for emergencies, unaware that they are being tracked by Madame Rouge and her new ally, Captain Zahl, an ex-Nazi foe of the Chief. Immobilizing the three heroes, Zahl issues an ultimatum: either they allow him to blow up the island and destroy them, or he will cause a similar blast to destroy a tiny fishing village of fourteen inhabitants. The Doom Patrol members heroically vote to sacrifice themselves, and Zahl detonates the island over Madame Rouge's protests. The world mourns the loss of the Doom Patrol, and Steve Dayton vows to find and destroy the murderers of his wife.