Cover Credits |
Artist: Bruno Premiani |
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Comic Title: My Greatest Adventure #82
Publisher: DC
(National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1963
On Sale Date:
July 18, 1963 Copyright Date July 18, 1963
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1963
Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Jan., April, July and Oct.
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Murray Boltinoff
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Title: "Three Against the Earth"
Pages: 17
Feature(s):
Doom Patrol (of Earth-1)
Writer: Arnold Drake
Artist: Bruno Premiani
Reprinted In:
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 My Greatest Adventure #81; next appearance in My Greatest Adventure #83)
- Chief (last appearance in My Greatest Adventure #81; next appearance in My Greatest Adventure #83)
- Robotman (last appearance in My Greatest Adventure #81; next appearance in My Greatest Adventure #83)
- Elasti-Girl (last appearance in My Greatest Adventure #81; next appearance in My Greatest Adventure #83)
- Negative Man (last appearance in My Greatest Adventure #81; next appearance in My Greatest Adventure #83)
Villain(s)
- Monsieur Duvoir, Senator Durham, and Dr. Savatini (a financial genius, a U.S. Senator, and chairman of the International Science Foundation; no further appearances)
Other Character(s)
- Roy Jamison (publisher of a large newspaper; no further appearances)
- Tim Logan (a newspaper editor; no further appearances)
- Danowic (an old watchmaker; no further appearances)
Cameo Appearance(s)
- Dr. Enrico Fermi (famous early nuclear physicist; as a character in the Chief’s false origin story)
- Vola, his father, and other members of their race (as characters in the Chief’s false origin story)
Comments:
Chap. 2: "The Conspiracy of the Green-Headed League"
Elasti-Girl is called Elasti-Woman in this story.
The Chief’s physical appearance, but not his true identity, is revealed to the public in this story.
Synopsis:
When a newspaper publisher’s revelation of the Chief’s true identity causes the Doom Patrol to suspect a traitor in their midst, the Chief "feeds" each member a different and false version of his origins, in order to unmask the culprit. Actually, the "leak" is due to a spy camera secretly planted on Elasti-Girl, but the public disclosure of the Chief as a supposed extraterrestrial serves to draw out of hiding a trio of actual alien agents bent on world takeover who seek the Chief as an ally. Through trickery, the Doom Patrol defeats the aliens and stops their invasion plans.
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