Cover Credits |
Artist: Graham Nolan |
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Comic Title: Doom Patrol #18
Publisher: DC
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: January 1989
On Sale Date:
November 29, 1988 Shipping Date November 29, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #10
Shipping Date December 1, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #153
Direct Market Date December 1, 1988
Source: Comic Shop News, #75
Copyright Date November 29, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988
Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Robert Greenberger
Story |
Title: "Endings... Beginnings"
Pages: 22
Feature(s):
Doom Patrol (Post-Crisis)
Crossover Event:
Invasion
Writer: Paul Kupperberg
Penciller: Graham Nolan
Inker: Timothy Dzon
Letterer: John E. Workman, Jr.
Colorist: Michele Wolfman
Reprinted In:
Doom Patrol:The Bronze Age Omnibus HC (2020)
Feature Character(s)
- Doom Patrol (last appearance in Invasion #2; next appearance in Invasion #3)
- Robotman (last appearance in Invasion #2; next appearance in Invasion #3)
- Negative Woman (last appearance in Invasion #2; next appearance in Blasters Special #1)
- Tempest (last appearance in Invasion #2; next appearance in Invasion #3)
- Chief (last appearance in Doom Patrol #17; next appearance in Doom Patrol #19)
- Scott Fischer (last appearance in Invasion #2; next appearance in Invasion #3)
- Lodestone (last appearance in Invasion #2; next appearance in Invasion #3)
- Celsius (as a corpse; last appearance in Doom Patrol #17; no further appearances)
Supporting Character(s)
- Larry Trainor (last appearance in Doom Patrol #16; next appearance in Doom Patrol #19)
- Dorothy Spinner (last appearance in Doom Patrol #14; next appearance in Doom Patrol #23)
Villain(s)
- Garguax (dies in this story; last appearance in Doom Patrol #17; no further appearances)
- The Sirens (last appearance in Doom Patrol #17; no further appearances)
Other Character(s)
- Mr. Winthrop (a funeral director; no further appearances)
Comments:
This issue is labeled as an Invasion Aftermath Extra.
The final panel of this story depicts the detonation of the gene bomb and leads into Invasion #3.
Synopsis:
The Doom Patrol return home following the defeat of the alien invasion force. They mourn the loss of their teammate Arani. They also discover that the city, which once hated them, now celebrates them as heroes. Scott also reveals his illness to Lodestone.
Meanwhile, Garguax seizes the opportunity to stage his own invasion by attacking the Doom Patrol with the Sirens. During the battle, the team's headquarters is destroyed. Larry Trainor is injured in a helicopter crash, and Negative Woman loses her powers. The invasion is thwarted when the Chief directs a satellite to fire a laser which destroys Garguax's ship.
At the conclusion of Arani's funeral, the Doom Patrol witness an explosion of black light in the sky.
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