Comic Title: Doom Patrol #87
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1964
On Sale Date: March 5, 1964 Newsstand Date March 5, 1964
Source: House Ad, Brave and the Bold #53, Page 9

Copyright Date March 5, 1964
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1964

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Jan., April, July and Oct.
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Murray Boltinoff

Title: "The Terrible Secret of Negative Man"
Pages: 17

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

Writer: Arnold Drake
Artist: Bruno Premiani

Reprinted In:
Super-Team Family #8 (1976)
Doom Patrol Archives Vol. 1 HC (2002)
Showcase Presents the Doom Patrol Vol. 1 TPB (2009)
Doom Patrol:The Silver Age Omnibus HC (2017)
Doom Patrol:The Silver Age Vol. 1 TPB (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Doom Patrol (last appearance in Doom Patrol #86; next appearance in Doom Patrol #87)
• Chief (last appearance in Doom Patrol #86; next appearance in Doom Patrol #87)
• Robotman (last appearance in Doom Patrol #86; next appearance in Doom Patrol #87)
• Negative Man (last appearance in Doom Patrol #86; next appearance in Doom Patrol #87)
• Elasti-Girl (last appearance in Doom Patrol #86; next appearance in Doom Patrol #87)

Villain(s)

• Brotherhood of Evil (last appearance in Doom Patrol #86; next appearance in Doom Patrol #90)
• Brain (last appearance in Doom Patrol #86; next appearance in Doom Patrol #90)
• Monsieur Mallah (last appearance in Doom Patrol #86; next appearance in Doom Patrol #90)
• Madame Rouge (disguised as Gabrielle Soullet, daughter of the late scientist, Prof. Soullet, in this story; last appearance in Doom Patrol #86; next appearance in Doom Patrol #90)
• Giacomo (a midget member of the Brotherhood of Evil; no further appearances)
• Mechanical soldiers (created by the Brain; destroyed in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• An air traffic controller, newspaper reporters, and two Federal Reserve Bank guards (no further appearances)
• Dan Salem (last appearance in My Greatest Adventure #81; next appearance in Doom Patrol #94)

Comments:
Part 2: "The Toys of Terror"

Details of Negative Man's radioactive condition are revealed in this story.

Synopsis:
After the Doom Patrol saves her plane from crashing, Gabrielle Soullet, secretly Madame Rouge in disguise, appears to trick Negative Man into helping her steal plans for a device that can expand matter. Actually, he and the Chief are aware of this ruse by the Brotherhood of Evil and are luring them into a trap, but their plan backfires when a jealous Elasti-Girl mistakenly intervenes. The Brotherhood uses the expanding ray to rob the Federal Reserve Bank by enlarging toy tanks and soldiers into a life-size armed task force. Only Negative Man can stop them by removing his special bandages and jamming the Brain's controlling radio-waves with his own radioactivity. The expanding process proves defective and the enlarged weapons eventually disintegrate. Madame Rouge and Giacomo the midget are captured by the Doom Patrol, but Mallah and the Brain escape.