Comic Title: Doom Patrol Annual #1
Publisher: DC
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: 1988
On Sale Date: August 9, 1988 Shipping Date August 9, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #7

Shipping Date August 11, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #146

Newsstand Date September 3, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #146

Copyright Date August 9, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 48
Editor: Robert Greenberger

Title: "Public Works"
Pages: 38

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

Writer: Paul Kupperberg
Penciller: James W. Fry
Inker: Al Vey
Letterer: Gaspar Saladino
Colorist: Nansi Hoolahan

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

Feature Character(s)

• Doom Patrol (last appearance in Doom Patrol #14; next appearance in Doom Patrol #15)
• Robotman (last appearance in Doom Patrol #14; next appearance in Doom Patrol #15)
• Celsius (last appearance in Doom Patrol #14; next appearance in Doom Patrol #15)
• Negative Woman (last appearance in Doom Patrol #14; next appearance in Doom Patrol #15)
• Tempest (last appearance in Doom Patrol #14; next appearance in Doom Patrol #15)
• Scott Fischer (last appearance in Doom Patrol #14; next appearance in Doom Patrol #15)
• Lodestone (last appearance in Doom Patrol #14; next appearance in Doom Patrol Annual #1)

Supporting Character(s)

• Larry Trainor (last appearance in Doom Patrol #13; next appearance in Doom Patrol #16)

Villain(s)

• Lex Luthor (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #446; next appearance in Superman #24)
• Maddax the Destroyer (no further appearances)
• Roy Elston and a group of protestors (last appearance in Doom Patrol #10; no further appearances)
• Mr. Benjamin (last appearance in Doom Patrol #8; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Arvid E. Reynolds (last appearance in Doom Patrol #10; no further appearances)
• Mr. Blakely (an assistant to the mayor; no further appearances)
• Carlyle (Luthor's assistant; no further appearances)
• Ms. Burke (a councilwoman; no further appearances)
• Grimes (chief of police; no further appearances)
• Mayor Berkeley and his wife (no further appearances)
• Lester (Luthor's chauffeur; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A rampaging super-villain calling himself Maddax the Destroyer begins creating destruction on the streets in Kansas City. The Doom Patrol are called in to fight him. Maddax pretends to be their friend in front of television cameras, leading the public to blame the heroes for the destruction. Maddax has actually been hired by Lex Luthor to discredit the Doom Patrol and turn the public completely against them. Luthor's scheme fails when Maddax's power gives out, and the team realizes that they are being set up. The group is cleared of blame, but Luthor gets away without the public learning of his involvement.