Comic Title: Showcase Presents the Doom Patrol Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2009
On Sale Date: April 8, 2009 Direct Market Date April 8, 2009
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Direct Market Date April 8, 2009
Source: Previews, #244

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 520
Editor: Sean Mackiewicz

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Chief 'Stands' Alone"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Arnold Drake
Artist: Bruno Premiani

Reprinted From:
Doom Patrol #94 (1965)

Feature Character(s)

• Doom Patrol (last appearance in Doom Patrol #94; next appearance in Doom Patrol #95)
• Chief (last appearance in Doom Patrol #94; next appearance in Doom Patrol #95)
• Robotman (last appearance in Doom Patrol #94; next appearance in Doom Patrol #95)
• Elasti-Girl (last appearance in Doom Patrol #94; next appearance in Doom Patrol #95)
• Negative Man (last appearance in Doom Patrol #94; next appearance in Doom Patrol #95)

Villain(s)

• The Claw (no further appearances)
• Tonka and Meena (trained hawks; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Dr. Salem (last appearance in Doom Patrol #87; next appearance in Doom Patrol #95)
• Bank guards (no further appearances)

Comments:
Part 2: "Master of the Killer Birds"

The "Action Chair," the Chief's special motorized wheelchair containing an arsenal of weaponry, first appears in this story, and appears next in the first story of Doom Patrol #99.

Elasti-Girl discovers the ability to expand or reduce separate parts of her body, rather than her entire body, in this story.

Synopsis:
With the Doom Patrol away on a mission, the Chief, with the aid of his "Action Chair," a special wheelchair containing a mini-arsenal, challenges the Claw, a costumed criminal who uses trained birds to rob. After a stalemate in which the Chief defeats the Claw's hawks and the Claw destroys the Chief's weapons system, the Doom Patrol arrives in time to witness the Chief's victory in a hand-to-hand battle.